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- 1 bln GPS ICs to ship in 2013
- GPS IC shipments to reach 1 bln annually in 2013. Average Selling Prices (ASPs) will continue to fall, but the effect on vendors’ revenue streams will be more than offset by this strong growth in volume, ABI Research says. by AM
- Tags: Integrated Circuit, GPS, Semiconductors, Handhelds, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Hardware, AM
- Blog posts 2008-03-27
- National Security and the PC
- The best thing about being an intellectual right-winger is that I am, of course, always right -something that can't generally be said for everyone. In particular it can't be said for a guy named Lewis Page whose report: DARPA looking to verify imported military chips, on the Register...
- Tags: Security, Integrated Circuit, PC, Semiconductors, Hardware, Paul Murphy
- Blog posts 2007-11-14
- IC-CIDeR for VMware - Effective Security for Virtualization
- Due to the increasing use of virtual IT infrastructures, the demands on monitoring and control of these environments along with suitable backup technologies are growing. The Infrastructure Center for VMware Framework (IC) is the heart of the IC product family for VMware ESX. IC is a client-server product that operates...
- Tags: Security, Integrated Circuit, Virtualization, VMware Inc., mySoftIT, Semiconductors, Hardware
- White papers 2007-11-01
- The Advantages of FRAM-Based Smart ICs for Next Generation Government Electronic IDs
- Electronic versions of passports and other government-issued identification documents use an Integrated Circuit (IC) or chip to establish a digital link between the holder and personal biometric information, such as a digitized photo, fingerprint or iris image. Designed to enhance border, physical and IT security, electronic chips ensure that the...
- Tags: Integrated Circuit, E-passport, Passport, Government, Semiconductors, Hardware
- White papers 2007-09-27
- Package-on-Package for Logic and Memory Integration
- New and innovative packaging technologies are enabling the integration of logic and memory in handheld products to reduce the overall footprint for ICs (Integrated Circuits) on the main board. One of these technologies is Package-on-Package (PoP), where the bottom package is for the logic and the top package is for...
- Tags: Integrated Circuit, Logic, Integration, Semiconductors, Handhelds, Hardware
- White papers 2006-10-20
- Adaptive Sensing and Image Processing With a General-Purpose Pixel-Parallel Sensor/Processor Array Integrated Circuit
- In this paper, a pixel-parallel image sensor/processor architecture with a fine-grain massively parallel SIMD analogue processor array is overviewed and the latest VLSI implementation, SCAMP-3 vision chip, comprising 128 × 128 array, fabricated in a 0.35µm CMOS technology, is presented. Examples of real-time image-processing executed on the chip are shown....
- Tags: Integrated Circuit, Vision, IEEE, Image Processing, Chip, Semiconductors, Strategy, Network Technology, Hardware, Management, Networking
- White papers 2006-09-01
- VOIP Integrated Circuits to generate $1.3 bln in 2009
- VoIP ICs continue to gain traction as VoIP functionality is integrated into Customer Premise Equipment (CPE) including modems, routers and residential gateways, reports In-Stat. The overall market for VoIP ICs will grow from $208.7 mln in 2004 to $1.3 bln in 2009. Over the next 5 years, wireless handsets will...
- Tags: Telephony, Semiconductors, TELECOMMUNICATIONS, VoIP, integrated circuit, VoIP IC
- Blog posts 2006-03-21
- IC average selling price to grow in Q1 2006
- The average selling price (ASP) for ICs is expected to resume growth in Q1 2006, following a 15% decline since January of 2005, according to Advanced Forecasting.
- Tags: Q1 2006
- Blog posts 2005-12-26
- Integrated Circuit package shipments to grow at 3.9% a year
- Worldwide unit shipments of semiconductor integrated circuit packages will increase at a 3.9% compound annual growth rate from 2004 through 2010, reaching 137 bln units. The category composed of fine-pitch ball grid array packages and chip-scale packages will register a 19.8% CAGR, Gartner says.
- Tags: Semiconductors, integrated circuit
- Blog posts 2005-10-03
- IC wafer manufacturing capacity at 88.8% in Q2 2005
- Total IC wafer manufacturing capacity utilization hit 88.8% in Q2 2005, up from 84.8% in Q1 2005 but down from 95.4% in Q2 2004, according to Semiconductor International Capacity Statistics.
- Tags: Q2 2005
- Blog posts 2005-09-11
- How 802.11b/g WLAN and Bluetooth Can Play: Without Standards-Based Solutions, ICs Must Referee Spectrum Rivalry
- Bluetooth and WLAN technologies were developed to serve two quite different applications: Bluetooth offers a quick way for systems such as headsets and printers to interface with a PC or handheld device; WLANs offer wireless alternatives to local-area networks. They use the same spectrum to provide their different, highly valued...
- Tags: Integrated Circuit, WLAN, Handheld Device, Standards, Wireless LANs, Bluetooth, LANs, Wi-Fi, Wireless, Handhelds, Networking, Hardware
- White papers 2005-09-01
- MPEG video IC revenues reached $3.8 bln in 2004
- Enthusiasm is still building around the nascent MPEG-4 AVC market, but the use of advanced video decoders does not mean that MPEG-2-only decoders will disappear from the market soon, reports In-Stat. In fact, MPEG-2 unit shipments are expected to experience growth until 2009, though declining ASPs for MPEG-2 solutions will...
- Tags: integrated circuit, MPEG video IC, MPEG Video
- Blog posts 2005-07-10
- An Active Integrated Circuit Wireless Interference Cancellation Solution
- The nature of growth in the wireless communications industry dictates that networking radios will be increasingly collocated in both frequency and space. This potentially places the multiple functionalities of Wireless Personal Area Networks (WPANs) and Wireless Local Area Networks (WLANs) at the users disposal while maintaining the benefits of spectral...
- Tags: Georgia Institute Of Technology, Integrated Circuit, WLAN, Wireless LANs, Wi-Fi, LANs, Wireless, Networking
- White papers 2005-07-06
- IC sales to total $226 bln in 2005
- Semiconductor Industry Association revised its annual forecast for global IC sales to a record $226 bln in 2005. SIA also projected an compound annual growth rate of 9.8% for the global industry through 2008. Global chip sales could grow to $309 bln by 2008.
- Tags: sales, IC sale
- Blog posts 2005-06-23
- Jack Kilby, inventor of the Integrated Circuit, dies
- Jack Kilby, inventor of the integrated circuit, diesI thoughtHe was a comic book artist...RIP, Mr. IC.You did good work!That's Kirby......assuming you were serious. :)Jack Kirby was possibly the greatest comic book artist ever (Silver Surfer, anyone?).Carl RapsonKirby was the God of comic books!he died about 6 years ago :-(YeahI know...
- Tags: Kirby, integrated circuit, Carl Rapson
- Discussion threads 2005-06-21
- IC market to reach $226.5 bln in 2005, $238.2 bln in 2006
- WSTS projects that the IC market will reach $226.5 bln in 2005, up 6.3% over 2004. In 2004, the chip market hit $213.0 bln, up 28% over 2003. In 2006, the WSTS projects the IC market will hit $238.2 bln, up 5.2% over 2005. In 2007, the WSTS projects the...
- Tags: WSTS, IC Market, integrated circuit
- Blog posts 2005-06-18
- IC market will hit $186.5 bln in revenues in 2005
- IC Insights projects that the IC market will hit $186.5 bln in terms of revenues in 2005, up 4% over 2004. Unit volumes are projected to remain flat at 105.6 bln in 2005, while average selling prices (ASPs) are expected to climb by 4% to $1.77.
- Tags: IC Market
- Blog posts 2005-06-17
- Mainland china to produce 22 bln Integrated Circuits worth $45 bln in 2005
- While IC demand will grow 32% in 2005 to $45 bln, mainland China internal IC production will reach only $9 bln despite ongoing massive semiconductor fab construction, according to The Information Network. In 2005 Mainland China will produce 22 bln ICs, which will account for only 20% of domestic demand....
- Tags: integrated circuit
- Blog posts 2005-06-15
- IC sales to grow 6% in 2005
- SG Cowen projects that the integrated circuits market will grow by 6% in 2005 over 2004, up from its previous forecast of 4%.
- Tags: Semiconductors, integrated circuit, sales
- Blog posts 2005-04-16
- IC sales to grow 6% in 2005
- SG Cowen projects that the integrated circuits market will grow by 6% in 2005 over 2004, up from its previous forecast of 4%.
- Tags: Semiconductors, integrated circuit, sales
- Blog posts 2005-04-16
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