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PITTSBURGH, June 4, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- ANSYS (NASDAQ: ANSS) and subsidiary Apache Design announced today that their RedHawk(TM) and Totem(TM) products achieved TSMC Phase I 20 nm certification. TSMC certified the tools for 20 nm design rule manuals (DRMs) and SPICE models. Early adopters are using the flows and tools while close collaboration continues between TSMC, ANSYS, Apache and designers. (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20110127/MM38081LOGO ) RedHawk and Totem...
MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif., May 31, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Synopsys, Inc. (Nasdaq: SNPS), a world leader in software and IP used in the design, verification and manufacture of electronic components and systems, today announced that TSMC has given Phase I Certification to Synopsys design implementation tools for its 20-nm process. TSMC certified the tools for its 20-nm design rule manuals (DRMs) and SPICE models. Certified products include Synopsys' IC Compiler(TM) for physical design; IC...
HSINCHU, Taiwan, May 3, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- TSMC (TWSE: 2330, NYSE: TSM) today announced its 28nm high performance ARM® Cortex(TM)-A9 dual-core processor test chip achieved 3.1GHz performance under typical conditions. The TSMC 28nm HPM (high performance for mobile applications) process technology that achieved these results addresses applications requiring both high speed and low leakage power. Using various design signoff conditions, ARM A9 at TSMC 28HPM delivers performance...
PRINCETON, N.J., April 25, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Next Inning Technology Research (http://www.nextinning.com), an online investment newsletter focused on semiconductor and technology stocks, has published updated outlooks for TriQuint Semiconductor (Nasdaq: TQNT), Xilinx (Nasdaq: XLNX), Alcatel-Lucent (NYSE: ALU), Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing (NYSE: TSM), and Intersil (Nasdaq: ISIL). Editor Paul McWilliams spent a decades-long career in the technology industry, and has earned a...
PRINCETON, N.J., April 20, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Next Inning Technology Research (http://www.nextinning.com), an online investment newsletter focused on semiconductor and technology stocks, has published updated outlooks for DragonWave (Nasdaq: DRWI) (TSE: DWI), Intel (Nasdaq: INTC), Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing (NYSE: TSM), Clearwire (Nasdaq: CLWR), and Cree (Nasdaq: CREE). Editor Paul McWilliams spent a decades-long career in the technology industry, and has earned a...
Peter Suciu for Redorbit.com Someone has been snapping up chips, but this wasn't a raid on the cookie jar that should tech analysts. Qualcomm, the world's largest mobile phone chipmaker, this week announced that it cannot meet the demand of some of its processors, including its popular Snapdragon processor. This could impact Android and Windows based handset makers. Qualcomm reportedly underestimated demands for the S4 Snapdragon chipset. The company does not produce its own chips, but...
KIRCHHEIM/TECK, Germany and HSINCHU, Taiwan, R.O.C., March 28, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Dialog Semiconductor plc (FWB: DLG), a provider of highly integrated innovative power management, audio and short range wireless technologies, today announced it is working closely with TSMC (TWSE: 2330, NYSE: TSM) to develop its next generation of bipolar-CMOS-DMOS (BCD) technology specifically tailored to high-performance power management ICs (PMICs) for portable devices. The BCD process can...
MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif., March 28, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Synopsys, Inc. (Nasdaq: SNPS), a world leader in software and IP used in the design, verification and manufacture of electronic components and systems, today announced that it collaborated with Altera and TSMC to silicon-validate modeling of key parasitic effects in Synopsys' StarRC(TM) solution for TSMC's 28-nanometer (nm) processes. The StarRC solution achieved the stringent model-to-silicon accuracy criteria of TSMC's 28-nm...
Availability of high volume capacity from TSMC and GLOBALFOUNDRIES enables InvenSense to satisfy fast growing demand for motion interface in consumer devices. Sunnyvale, CA (PRWEB) March 27, 2012 InvenSense, Inc., (NYSE: INVN), the leading provider of MotionTracking™ devices for consumer electronics, today announced dual-source capability for its CMOS-MEMS supply from the two leading semiconductor foundries in the world. Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC), the world’s...
SAN JOSE, Calif., March 27, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Altera Corporation (NASDAQ: ALTR) today announced it started shipping its 28-nm Cyclone® V FPGAs. Cyclone V devices are the lowest power and lowest cost 28-nm FPGAs available on the market today. Integrating an unparalleled combination of high functionality with low system cost and low power, the family is ideally suited for applications in the industrial, wireless, wireline, military and automotive markets. Shipping the Cyclone V...
