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Cymer said it will reduce its worldwide workforce by approximately 8 percent, or 85 total employees, which are in addition to a range of cost saving measures previously in place as the severity of the semiconductor downturn becomes clearer. [Source: Fabtech / 11-18]

Linear Technology Corporation (NASDAQ-LLTC), a leading, independent manufacturer of high performance linear integrated circuits, today announced the promotion of Tony Armstrong to the position of Director of Product Marketing for Power Products. [Source: Techwire / 11-18]

The enormous complexity possible in ASICs today has had a damping effect on design starts. Many in the industry simply can't afford to design the chips their customers want, and that their foundries can easily fabricate. [Source: EDN / 11-18]

C&K Components has developed a 14-function navigation switch in the smallest package available on the market. The SensoNav switch combines sensitive touch and tactile functions in a package size measuring .... [Source: ECN Asia / 11-18]

Mobile handset chip vendor ST-NXP Wireless will close its activities in Dresden and Nuremberg (both Germany). The move is part of a major restructuring effort announced earlier. [Source: EETimes News / 11-18]

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co., the world's largest contract chipmaker, imposed a hiring freeze amid a global economic downturn that saw its latest monthly sales post their biggest decline in nearly two years. [Source: EETimes News / 11-18]

Surprise! The World Semiconductor Trade Statistics (WSTS) group is the latest entity to lower its chip forecast. [Source: EETimes News / 11-18]

How to use Atmel's AVR32 MCU reference designs to build a digital audio subsystem powerful enough to decode audio without a custom-built single chip ASIC audio decoder, flexible enough to accommodate the unpredictable shifts in user demand. [Source: Embedded / 11-18]

Powerful development tools and universal FPGA platforms for systems, ASIC prototyping and algorithm development. [Source: Programmable Logic DesignLine / 11-18]

Xilinx, Inc. (Nasdaq: XLNX), announced the availability of its XtremeDSP(TM) Solutions Video Starter Kit - Spartan(R)-3A DSP FPGA Edition 2.0, a comprehensive platform that accelerates the development of video applications on Xilinx FPGAs. Designed to leverage the cost/performance advantages of Spartan-3A DSP FPGAs, the latest version of the kit offers an updated set of video [Source: EDA Geek / 11-18]

The first steps towards doing that are today's legal actions in the International Trade Commission (ITC) and the US District Court in Delaware, against Samsung asserting that the Korean company is in breach of Spansion patents [Source: Electronics Weekly / 11-18]

Tektronix, Inc., a leading worldwide provider of test, measurement and monitoring instrumentation, announced the new MSO2000 Mixed Signal and DPO2000 Digital Phosphor oscilloscopes. [Source: Market Wire - Electronics / 11-18]

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Avago Technologies, a leading supplier of interface components for communications, industrial and consumer applications, today announced their participation in SCinet's 40Gb/s QDR [Source: Business Wire / 11-18]

Luminus Devices, Inc., today announced that Enterprise Bank of Lowell named the company one of the recipients of its 2008 Business of the Year Awards at the recent Celebration of [Source: Business Wire / 11-18]

Wind River (NASDAQ: WIND), the global leader in Device Software Optimization (DSO), today announced that Wind River's Support Operations Centers in North America and Europe have [Source: Business Wire / 11-18]

Cirrus Logic Inc. (Nasdaq: CRUS), an award-winning developer of analog and digital-signal processing integrated circuits for audio and energy applications, was recently named as one of [Source: Business Wire / 11-18]

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Fairchild Semiconductor (NYSE: FCS) meets the size and power demands of today's portable applications with its new ultra-thin and highly efficient MicroFET products. [Source: ElectronicsBuzz.com / 11-18]

Addressing the transition in PCs/Servers and PC/Server chipsets from PCI to PCI Express (PCIe) as the main system bus, Oxford Semiconductor today introduced the OXPCIe200 PCI Express [Source: Business Wire / 11-18]

Signal Transformer, a subsidiary of Bel Fuse Inc. (NASDAQ: BELFA)(NASDAQ: BELFB), announces the availability of the SHE (Super High Efficiency) Series of chassis-mount power isolation [Source: Business Wire / 11-18]

Nallatech, the domain expert in FPGA Accelerated Computing, will be providing live demonstrations of its latest PCI Express® (PCIe) and Intel® Front Side Bus (FSB) FPGA [Source: Business Wire / 11-18]

Altera Corporation (NASDAQ:ALTR) announced today, its HardCopy® II ASICs enabled Tektronix Inc. to reduce the development time of its latest oscilloscopes by 20 percent. Using [Source: Business Wire / 11-18]

ADI's new converter family optimizes bandwidth and resolution to deliver the industry's best combination of operating frequency, dynamic range and signal-to-noise ratio. [Source: ElectronicsBuzz.com / 11-18]

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Next generation Actel FPGAs to use UMC's 65nm low leakage process and embedded flash technology [Source: ElectronicsBuzz.com / 11-18]

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The new crystal ball can produce a palette of more than 16 million vibrant colors and billions of patterns. [Source: LEDs Magazine / 11-18]

Results: LED luminaires drew less than half the watts of the HPS luminaires, and maximum and minimum light levels were equal to or higher than the HPS. [Source: LEDs Magazine / 11-18]

ARM has standardised the software interface for the Cortex microcontroller in a move which is expected to accelerate the adption of the 32-bit processor in a wider range of microcontroller products [Source: Electronics Weekly / 11-18]

Gartner lowers its capital and equipment spending forecast for the second time in as many months, warning that the next year could ee a capital spending decline of about 17% and capital equipment revenue decline of 18%. [Source: Electronics Weekly / 11-18]

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) has reportedly invested in Taiwan-based Aiconn, a subsidiary of network-equipment maker Accton Technology, via the foundry's venture capital affiliate VentureTech Alliance. Industry sources have speculated that TSMC is looking to enter the wireless SiP (system in package) module market due to growing demand for portable consumer and wireless connectivity devices. [Source: DigiTimes / 11-18]

With global LED players working to increase their LED light efficiency, Taiwan-based LED chipmaker Epistar has successfully increased its high-power blue LED light efficiency to 100lm/W and the company estimates it will start mass production in the first half of 2009. [Source: DigiTimes / 11-18]

With the global semiconductor market falling on difficult times, IC packaging and testing houses Sigurd Microelectronics and King Yuan Electronics Company (KYEC) expect to see a 10% decline in revenues in the fourth quarter this year, according to market sources. [Source: DigiTimes / 11-18]

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) has announced volume production of the foundry segment's only 40nm semiconductor manufacturing process with the successful ramp of its 40nm General Purpose (G) and Low Power (LP) versions. A comprehensive design infrastructure including library, IP, design flow, engineering service, and monthly CyberShuttle prototyping vehicles is also ready for these two processes. [Source: DigiTimes / 11-18]

A recent survey by the China Semiconductor Industry Association (CSIA) pointed out that China's semiconductor industry only saw 1.1% growth in the third quarter of 2008, the slowest rate on record. According to CSIA, China's IC industry maintained double-digit growth at 12.5% in the first quarter of 2008. However, the growth slowed down to 8.3% in the second quarter and further down in the third quarter, CSIA noted. [Source: DigiTimes / 11-18]

The transition to 18-inch wafer production may be interrupted by the current economic woes, but it is a necessary step the semiconductor industry has to take in order to increase production scale and efficiency significantly for better competitiveness, according to Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC). As for its own 18-inch wafer production plan, TSMC has stated it is seeking more cooperation with equipment and material suppliers on development of 18-inch wafer fabs. [Source: DigiTimes / 11-18]

Power Forward Initiative (PFI) today announced that LSI (NYSE: LSI) has joined the initiative in order to collaborate with other industry leaders to advance the state-of-the-art in low-power design. [Source: Market Wire - Electronics / 11-18]

Hella KGaA Hueck & Company, a global supplier of automotive lighting and electronic equipment, is a finalist in the 2009 Automotive News PACE (Premier Automotive Suppliers' [Source: Business Wire / 11-18]

Actel Corporation (NASDAQ:ACTL), the leader in low power FPGAs and UMC (NYSE:UMC)(TSE:2303), a leading global semiconductor foundry, today announced that the [Source: Business Wire / 11-18]

Dr. Morris Chang, founder of Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) has been named recipient of the 2008 Robert N. Noyce Award, the highest honor given by the Semiconductor [Source: Business Wire / 11-18]

Altera Corporation (NASDAQ:ALTR) today announced that it will be demonstrating at MILCOM 2008 (San Diego Convention Center in San Diego, California) how its custom logic solutions [Source: Business Wire / 11-18]

Nallatech, the domain expert in accelerated FPGA computing solutions today announced that the Nallatech BenONE series of PCI Express FPGA accelerator cards has been qualified for the HP [Source: Business Wire / 11-18]

A*STAR's Institute of Microelectronics (IME), Singapore and Chartered Semiconductor Manufacturing (Nasdaq: CHRT) and (SGX-ST:Chartered), one of the world's top dedicated [Source: Business Wire / 11-18]

Arches Computing Systems today announced that it is demonstrating at Supercomputing 2008 the Message Passing Interface (MPI), running in both hardware and software on the Xilinx® [Source: Business Wire / 11-18]

Transmeta Corporation (Nasdaq: TMTA) and Novafora, Inc. today announced they have signed a definitive agreement for Transmeta to be acquired by Novafora for [Source: Business Wire / 11-18]

SiBEAM, Inc. the leading innovator of 60GHz millimeter wave (mmWave) semiconductor solutions and developer of high-speed wireless communications platforms, today announced that SC [Source: Business Wire / 11-18]

TAIYO YUDEN (U.S.A.) INC. announces the CM01H900 wire-wound common-mode choke coil for HDMI transmission line interfaces, offering ultra-compact size and improved high-frequency [Source: Business Wire / 11-18]

The USB 3.0 Promoter Group today announced the completion of the USB 3.0 specification, the technical map for device manufacturers to deliver SuperSpeed [Source: Business Wire / 11-18]

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The TMS320DM357 (also referenced as DM357) leverages TI's DaVinci technology to meet the networked media encode and decode application processing needs of next-generation embedded devices. The DM357 enables OEMs and ODMs to quickly bring to market devices featuring robust operating systems support, rich user... [Source: ElectronicsBuzz.com / 11-18]

The PCM3168A and PCM3168A-Q1 are high-performance, single-chip, 24-bit, 6-in/8-out, audio coders/decoders (codecs) with single-ended and differential selectable analog inputs and differential outputs. The six-channel, 24-bit analog-to-digital converter (ADC) employs a delta-sigma (ΔΣ) modulator and supports 8-kHz... [Source: ElectronicsBuzz.com / 11-18]

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I2C-bus controlled dual channel 43 W/2 Ohm single channel 85 W/1 Ohm class-D power amplifier with load diagnostics [Source: ElectronicsBuzz.com / 11-18]

Intel Corporation introduced its most advanced desktop processor ever, the Intel® Core i7 processor. [Source: ElectronicsBuzz.com / 11-18]

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Spansion Sues Samsung in One of Technology Industry's Largest Patent Infringement Suits [Source: ElectronicsBuzz.com / 11-18]

Atmel's AT91SAM9G20 ARM-Based Embedded MPU Supported by Latest Mainline Linux Kernel [Source: ElectronicsBuzz.com / 11-18]

Vishay Intertechnology, Inc. (NYSE: VSH) today released a compact new ESD-protection array featuring a low capacitance and leakage current to protect USB-OTG ports against transient voltage signals. The new device provides three lines of USB ESD protection at a 5.5-V working range, and one line of VBUS protection at a 12-V working range. [Source: ElectronicsBuzz.com / 11-18]

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