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MIGDAL HAEMEK, Israel and MILAN, Italy, June 25, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- RedCat Devices, a fabless company specializing in the development of radiation hard (rad-hard) components for civilian and special applications, and TowerJazz, the global specialty foundry leader, announced today a breakthrough achievement in the design and fabrication of radiation hard integrated circuits (ICs). The developed technology opens multi-billion markets that require specific components able to...

MIGDAL HAEMEK, Israel and SEOUL, Korea, June 20, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- TowerJazz, the global specialty foundry leader, today announced its industry leading 0.18-micron Bipolar-CMOS-DMOS (BCD) process has been qualified to meet the certification requirements of the AEC-Q100 standard as defined by the Automotive Electronics Council (AEC). AEC-Q100 is a system standard that defines critical stress tests conducted for the purpose of qualifying an integrated circuit (IC) for automotive...

SEOUL, South Korea and CUPERTINO, Calif., June 19, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- MagnaChip Semiconductor Corporation ("MagnaChip Semiconductor") (NYSE: MX), a Korea-based designer and manufacturer of analog and mixed-signal semiconductor products, announced today that it now offers a new premium 0.18-micron Bipolar-CMOS-DMOS (BCD) high voltage process. This new process features operability at 60V and will support additional voltage ranges (12V~60V) for applications that include DC-DC...

HONOLULU, June 11, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Several technologists from Texas Instruments (NASDAQ: TXN) (TI) will share research and insight on semiconductor advancements shaping future applications this week at the 2012 Symposium on VLSI Technology. "TI's comprehensive research and development activities are addressing some of the electronic industry's most challenging problems," said Ajith Amerasekera, director of TI's Kilby Labs and the 2012 VLSI Symposium Chair. "Several TI speakers...

SINGAPORE and HSINCHU, Taiwan, June 5, 2012 /PRNewswire-Asia/ -- A*STAR Institute of Microelectronics (IME) and United Microelectronics Corporation (NYSE: UMC; TWSE: 2303), a leading global semiconductor foundry, have agreed to develop Through-Silicon Via (TSV) technology for backside illuminated CMOS image sensors (CIS). The resulting technology will substantially enhance performance, lower costs and shrink the size of multi-megapixel image sensors found in mobile applications...

ALBANY, New York, June 4, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- According to a new market report published by Transparency Market Research (http://www.transparencymarketresearch.com) "Image Sensors Market - The U.S. Industry Analysis Market Share, Trends and Forecast, 2011 - 2017 [http://www.transparencymarketresearch.com/image-sensors-market-us.html ]," the U.S. image sensors market was worth USD 2.0 billion in 2011 and is forecasted to reach USD 3.7 billion in 2017 at a CAGR of 11.1% from...

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif., May 31, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Analog Bits, the Integrated Clocking and Interface IP leader, today announced the immediate availability of a fully integrated Sensor macro product line to monitor both on-chip temperature variation and voltage supply. Temperature variation is a particularly acute problem below 65nm process lithography as increased power density and ever-thinning wires induce electro-migration, product life, and reliability issues to the point of...

SANTA CLARA, Calif., May 29, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- OmniVision Technologies, Inc. (NASDAQ: OVTI), a leading developer of advanced digital imaging solutions, today introduced the OV2722, the Company's second-generation native 1080p high-definition (HD) CMOS image sensor, designed specifically for ultra-portable applications where high performance and low profile are critical. Using OmniVision's new OmniBSI+ pixel architecture, the OV2722 delivers improved sensitivity and image quality...

SEOUL, South Korea, and CUPERTINO, Calif., May 29, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- MagnaChip Semiconductor Corporation ("MagnaChip Semiconductor") (NYSE: MX), a Korea-based designer and manufacturer of analog and mixed signal semiconductor products, today announced that it has signed a joint development agreement with Yield Microelectronics Corporation (YMC) to develop a family of 0.35um and 0.18um standard Multiple Times Programmable (MTP)-IP devices. (Logo:...

NEWPORT BEACH, California, May 14, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- TowerJazz, [http://www.towerjazz.com ] the global specialty foundry leader, today announced the release of the most comprehensive 180nm power management analog/mixed-signal reference design flow, featuring key technology from Cadence Design Systems. The two companies will showcase Reference Flow 2.0 at several events, including DAC, the Cadence CDNLive! conference and the Cadence Mixed-Signal Technology-on-Tour. The new...