Ethernet transceivers support up to 5Gbit/s over Cat5e cable
The Marvell Alaska 88E2010/40 Ethernet transceivers promise a cost efficient, small form factor and low power dissipation to allow the…
Intel exec sees huge potential for Moore’s Law post-CMOS
Moore’s Law has a long life, but pure vanilla CMOS process technology, not so much, a top fab executive from…
Examining metal eFuses
We first scrutinised the eFuses in Intel‘s 32nm high-k metal gate (HKMG) fabbed Westmere/Clarkdale processor (circa 2009). At the time,…
What’s inside an Apple Watch?(2)
Apple “Unibody” tradition continued The fabrication of the enclosure continues the Apple “Unibody” tradition of precision machining from a single…
Power modules from TI target 100mA-2A industrial designs
Texas Instruments (TI) has rolled out four Simple Switcher nano power modules that claim to deliver higher levels of power…
Probe examines how Mars lost water supply(2)
Scientists know that some H2O was lost to chemical reactions, while some was frozen at the Martian poles or is…
Material makes it possible to create ultra-thin solar cells(2)
To prevent recombination of electrons and holes, metallic electrodes can be used, through which the charge is sucked awayor a…
Chip design tool delivers tenfold performance boost
Synopsys recently upgraded its place-and-route chip design software, and its beta customers are already raving about the IC Compiler II’s…
3D IC success hinges on major foundries(2)
At the panel session, Abe Yee, a packaging expert at Nvidia, had some suggestions for the likes of Globalfoundries, Micron,…
Virtual design, verification for e-Mobility(2)
A big challenge in integrating systems is that components invariably come from multiple suppliers. This compromises safety and quality. At…