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Qualcomm signals win in UK L-Band auction
Qualcomm Inc. has beaten several other bidders for 40 MHz (1452-1492 MHz) of L-Band radio spectrum in UK comms regulator Ofcom's latest auction of frequencies, and will most likely use the frequencies for a mobile TV service with partners.
Ovum sees cable modems outpacing DSL
Ovum, the market-research arm of Datamonitor Group, has reported a continued decline in DSL port shipments in the first quarter of calendar 2008, compared with continued growth of Cable Modem Termination System (CMTS) ports.
Major shakeups in analyst's 1Q08 chip ranking
European chip makers fared relatively poorly in IC Insights' latest rankings of IC suppliers, which shows quite a shake-up amongst the top 20.
Broadcom's Samueli resigns as chairman
There's more trouble at Broadcom Corp.
Infineon merger speculation flares up -- again
The German press has often speculated about the imminent replacement of Infineon CEO Wolfgang Ziebart. Financial Times Deutschland has now joined the fray, and the issue has been clouded by talk -- again -- of a deal with rival NXP Semiconductor.
Aerospace engineering employment takes off
Aerospace employment increased in March, bucking the national manufacturing jobs decline.
ARM cleared in MMP patent appeal case
ARM Holdings plc has won a significant round in the long running legal dispute with Technology Properties Limited, Inc. and Patriot Scientific Corporation over the Moore Microprocessor Patent (MMP) portfolio, with the U.S.Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit affirming that the Cambridge, England based company's products do not infringe the patent.
IBM shifts Cell to 65 nanometers
IBM Corp. officially announces today a next-generation version of its Cell processor geared for computer servers, the PowerXCell which aims to deliver supercomputing to a broad group of IBM BladeCenter server users.
Programmer or Engineer?
The word "programmer" should be banned from the lexicon.
Chip forecast: China, India could offset losses elsewhere
A semiconductor industry forecast predicts 12-precent growth this year despite a shaky U.S. economy.
Zilog's broader 32-bit MCU move: Too little, too late?
Zilog, Inc. last week made a long overdue decision to solidify its 32-bit MCU strategy by licensing ARM's Cortex M3 processor. The company's broader 32-bit move seems inevitable, but it may have come too late.
Intel a winner in Swedish 2.6GHz auction
Intel was one of the main winners in the second European 2.6GHz spectrum auction, in Sweden, which raised SEK 2.1 billion (about $350 million) after a grueling 112 rounds of bidding over 16 days.
PicoChip preps architectural refresh after August tape-out
PicoChip Designs Ltd., a fabless chip company focused on wireless basestation applications, is getting ready to tape-out its fourth generation of multicore DSP chips while also planning an architectural refresh to allow it to take chips to higher performance.
Tools automate support for multicore CPUs
The MathWorks has built new parallel processing techniques into its flagship MatLab environment, and startup Exludus Technologies, Inc. is preparing an enhanced release of its scheduling middleware for X86 servers, the latest examples of companies tackling the challenge in automating the shift to parallel software for multicore processors.
Indian EE students pitch power-saving DSP design technique
Engineering students at an Indian college have proposed a new way to design highly power efficient processors, especially DSPs, using a new adder design and a multiplier circuit implementation that leverages decomposition logic.
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