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Headlines for Thursday, May 17, 2012

Business

Taiwan expects 14% boost in IC output in Q2

Headlines for Wednesday, May 16, 2012

Conferences & Shows

Farnell element14 Cadsoft Eagle design opens

Business

Former Apple, Google, Facebook engineers launch IoT startup

GSA spies venture capital investment uptick in April

Extra!

Q&A: Nvidia’s Dally on 3-D ICs, China, cloud computing

Technology

OIF to define three 56 Gbits/s serial interfaces

Cadence tips faster Spice coming soon

UK opens Europe's largest robotics laboratory

Product

Altis foundry updates 130-nm specialty design kits

Cadence extends verification and storage IP offerings

Headlines for Tuesday, May 15, 2012

Business

Will China hit a (great) wall? Don’t bet on it

Avago, TriQuint settle litigation

DRAM sales projected to grow 3% in 2012

Nvidia upgrades Tesla, eyes cloud gaming

EMC buys memory IT startup for reported $430M

IHS: Apple iOS to reassert tablet dominance in 2012

SMIC gets government backing for second Beijing fab

Handicapping the field of possible MIPS suitors

AMD’s fires Trinity in x86 notebook battle

Design

Virtual file system speeds data access, reduces storage needs

Technology

Open Virtual Platforms Selected by EU research project

NSF's I-Corps targets 'innovation ecosystem'

MaxLinear takes Silicon Labs to court over 'false allegations'

Headlines for Monday, May 14, 2012

Business

Smartphone, tablet sales driving growth in mobile memory

Qualcomm moves to No. 5 in chip sales

Intel drives Xeon server CPU to 17W

Nvidia, IV license IPWireless 3G/4G patents

Technology

IMEC to detail memristor progress at VLSI Symposia

Design

Netronome reduces SoC power use with timing tricks

Headlines for Sunday, May 13, 2012

Product

Transphorm delivers more 600-V GaN power components

Business

Ailing Bauer resigns as Infineon CEO

Headlines for Friday, May 11, 2012

Business

Applied to cut jobs, move solar manufacturing to Asia

Analog chip market to grow 3% in 2012, says research firm

Nvidia sees Q2 sales uptick amid tight 28-nm supply

Four reasons why MIPS new cores may make it relevant again

ST shines in MEMS rankings, says IHS

Northrop Grumman win $84M U.S. Navy contract

Silicon Ventures tips plan to stem fabless VC drought

Toshiba backs LED firm Bridgelux

Product

MIPS challenges ARM's Cortex with Aptiv launch

Technology

TI donates $2.2 million for UC Berkeley design lab