Will Imagination Deals Deliver MIPS to China?
Imagination will sell itself to Canyon Bridge, while simultaneously agreeing to sell MIPS to Tallwood VC. Has Imagination structured both…
Synopsys Buys Materials Modeling Tool Firm QuantumWise
Synopsys says deal will help it support chip makers, which are evaluating new materials to extend Moore's law and develop…
MicroLED Pits Big Apple vs. Tiny LED Chips
The emergence of new display technology such as microLED will change not only the face of mobile devices but also…
AI Reshaping Fab Operations
Chipmakers are adopting artificial intelligence to boost fab operations, and the effort is starting to pay off, according to Micron…
iPhone X Packs Upgrades—at a Price
Apple's new flagship smartphone offers facial recognition authentication, wireless charging, optimizations for augmented reality and more... but costs $999 and…
Toshiba Plans Next Memory Fab
Even as the future of Toshiba Memory remains unclear, firms chooses Kitakami City in Japan's Iwate prefecture as site of…
TMSC, ARM, Xilinx, Cadence Partner on 7-nm Process
Xilinx, ARM, Cadence, and TSMC have announced a partnership to build a test chip in 7-nm FinFET process technology for…
Chip Execs More Bullish on EUV
Most chips execs believe EUV lithography will be used in volume production before 2021 but mask costs continue to rise,…
Modified clock filters improve at-speed test
Adding programmable shift registers and separating the synchronization cell improved performance by minimizing delays and skew.
Q’comm Details ARM Server SoCs
Qualcomm will describe at Hot Chips the Falkor dual-CPU custom ARM core in its Centriq server processor slated to ship…