Embedded design specialists Renesas Electronics is to buy power management and analog solutions company Intersil for US$22.50 per share in cash. This represents an aggregate equity value of approximately US$3.2 billion and the board of directors of both compan...

Insights | By Paul Whytock | 13-09-2016

The market for industrial semiconductors is predicted to boom and reach a value of €60billion by 2021 according to studies by analysts Semicast Research. The company says Texas Instruments was the leading vendor of semiconductors to the industrial sector in 20...

Articles | By Paul Whytock | 07-09-2016

The market for industrial semiconductors is predicted to boom and reach a value of €60billion by 2021 according to studies by analysts Semicast Research. The company says Texas Instruments was the leading vendor of semiconductors to the industrial sector in 20...

Insights | By Paul Whytock | 07-09-2016

Sexual relations with robots has been a sporadic cinematic theme ever since those perfectly behaved and submissive Stepford wives hit the silver screen. Now though it seems that robot relationships of a conjugal nature could become a reality with one expert on...

Articles | By Paul Whytock | 06-09-2016

Sexual relations with robots has been a sporadic cinematic theme ever since those perfectly behaved and submissive Stepford wives hit the silver screen. Now though it seems that robot relationships of a conjugal nature could become a reality with one expert on...

Insights | By Paul Whytock | 06-09-2016

A collaboration on a 28nm embedded flash (eFlash) process for making microcontrollers (MCUs) aimed at green and autonomous vehicles applications has been agreed between pure-play foundry TSMC and Renesas Electronics. These companies have worked together on MCU...

Articles | By Paul Whytock | 01-09-2016

A collaboration on a 28nm embedded flash (eFlash) process for making microcontrollers (MCUs) aimed at green and autonomous vehicles applications has been agreed between pure-play foundry TSMC and Renesas Electronics. These companies have worked together on MCU...

Insights | By Paul Whytock | 01-09-2016

Californian wearable technology specialists NFCRing says it has developed the world's first EMVCo compliant payment ring. The ring is based on a contactless security chip manufactured by German chipmaker Infineon Technologies. Unlike many smart rings this one...

Articles | By Paul Whytock | 23-08-2016

Californian wearable technology specialists NFCRing says it has developed the world's first EMVCo compliant payment ring. The ring is based on a contactless security chip manufactured by German chipmaker Infineon Technologies. Unlike many smart rings this one...

Insights | By Paul Whytock | 23-08-2016

Traditional testing often misses concurrency problems in multicore systems, but static analysis can help, explains Gramma Tech’s Marc Brown. Multicore processors are ubiquitous in embedded devices but still pose a challenge for developing safety-critical an...

By Marc Brown | 19-08-2016

Semiconductor and intellectual property company EnSilica has agreed to provide configurable ASICs specialist BaySand’s ASIC UltraShuttle-65 multi-project wafer (MPW) customers with a range of configurable intellectual property (IP) solutions. BaySand recently...

Articles | By Paul Whytock | 18-08-2016

Semiconductor and intellectual property company EnSilica has agreed to provide configurable ASICs specialist BaySand’s ASIC UltraShuttle-65 multi-project wafer (MPW) customers with a range of configurable intellectual property (IP) solutions. BaySand recently...

Insights | By Paul Whytock | 18-08-2016