SiRF's recent success in the GPS chip market is undeniable. But for Kanwar Chadha, founder of the IC design house, SiRF still has a long way to go. Digitimes recently talked with Chadha about SiRF's challenges and the future...

As more customers are now preferring their solutions to be made on one complete automation design platform, Synopsys believes it is exposed to more opportunities like growing partnerships with more Taiwan IC design houses...

When the concept of "dual-core" spreads from PC to handsets, chip makers will be addressing challenges arising from basic handset functions and multimedia content management. Integrated Device Technology (IDT),...

Mobile TV is a hot topic. Technology standards have been set, spectrum has been allocated and the content is there. However, the industry is fragmented, with different markets supporting different standards and spectrums...

As many as 2.4 billion ARM-core processors were shipped in 2006, making ARM one of the world's largest intellectual property (IP) vendors. And with the...

As many as 2.4 billion ARM-core processors were shipped in 2006, making ARM one of the world's largest intellectual property (IP) vendors. And with the upcoming Apple iPhone using a minimum of four ARM-based processors,...

Although field-programmable gate array (FPGA) specialist Xilinx has traditionally been associated with the low-volume network infrastructure market, Moore's law has progressed to the point where FPGA pricing is now as low...

Best known as a designer of Bluetooth chips, CSR also does WiFi, with its UniFi chip. The Cambridge, UK, based company has now added a multimedia applications processor (MAP) to the UniFi solution for a low-cost VoIP-enabled...

Taiwan-based IC designer Sunplus Technology has been undergoing a series of restructuring in order to boost the company's profitability. Last year it spun off three business units and it also announced a plan to reduce...

Anyone who has ever shopped for home stereo equipment can be easily forgiven for mistakenly believing that audio amplifiers are priced by the kilogram, as it seems the further upscale one looks, the bigger and heftier the...

In November of 2006, Altera said it will start volume production of its 65nm-made Stratix III family FPGAs (field-programmable gate arrays) in 2008. About the same time, its major rival Xilinx was said to be starting volume...

California-based Global Locate, a producer of A-GPS (assisted-GPS) semiconductors and software, recently caught quite some attention when it announced that its Hammerhead GPS solution and software was adopted by TomTom's...

The successful cooperation between foundries and IC design houses is well documented. With the division of labor getting finer, however, the once seamless cooperation between foundries and IC designers may now need a bridge...

Almost three years after it debuted at the Intel Developer Forum (IDF), wireless USB remains one of the most promising implementations of ultra wideband (UWB) short-range radio technology, but it is still waiting for its...

Graphics used in mobile applications are increasingly being found in a variety of devices, from handsets to GPS navigation devices to ultra-mobile PCs and are playing an increasingly important role in the functioning of...

Next year is shaping up to be the year when premium broadcast TV content will start becoming available on handsets on a widespread basis, though issues including frequency allocation, content, conditional access and digital...

Switzerland-based u-blox AG, a global provider of GPS (global positioning system) chipsets and modules, has been actively seeking cooperation with Taiwanese hardware makers, especially hand-held device manufacturers, to...

According to market research, the semiconductor-IP business is growing, and one company enjoying that upside is CEVA, a leading licensor of DSP IP cores. In 2005, 130 million devices shipped with CEVA technology inside...

According to market research, the semiconductor-IP business is growing, and one company enjoying that upside is CEVA, a leading licensor of DSP IP cores. In 2005, 130 million devices shipped with CEVA technology inside...

Mentor Graphics is routinely assessed as the third of the "big three" in EDA, but in practice, this pigeon-holing is simply a comparative reference to revenues. The truth is that in a period of little to no growth...

Mentor Graphics is routinely assessed as the third of the "big three" in EDA, but in practice, this pigeon-holing is simply a comparative reference to revenues. The truth is that in a period of little to no growth...

When STMicroelectronics appointed Bob Krysiak as corporate vice president and general manager to head its newly established Greater China operations in October 2005, it stressed that the creation of the new unit was a vital...

Finland based and a specialist in IP for mobile video, Hantro is a small company but one with international representation. The company is now poised to offer both hardware- and software-IP solutions for emerging markets...

As the semiconductor industry moves further into deep submicron and begins to implement new design techniques and materials such as high-K dielectrics, new deposition techniques are required. Currently, the industry buzz...

Although the US-headquartered IC-design house SigmaTel continues to leverage its patents in response to market pressure from its ambitious China-based rival, Actions Semiconductor, as well as other competitors, the company,...