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  Headlines and summaries from the pages of Electronic Engineering Times. Previous editions are available from the 1994, 1995, 1996, and 1997 News Archives.
Friday February 21, 1997SOI gives kick to Exponential's bipolar MPUApple Computer's plan to develop systems based on the 533-MHz Exponential Technology X704 microprocessor drew much of the attention at last week's MacWorld Expo here. What was less evident is that Exponential draws at least part of its performance edge from the use of bonded silicon-on-insulator (SOI) wafers.
Pentium chip sets go mobileFolsom, Calif. -- Intel Corp., now apparently dominant in both desktop and notebook personal-computer core logic, moved last week to raise new technology barriers in the mobile world.
New Web site puts design specs onlineA joint effort by EE Times Online and Chronology Corp. hits the Internet this week. The venture aims to provide design engineers with electronic access to a significant array of specifications needed for complex IC- and board-level design.
PCMCIA readies thermal standardWith laptop computers facing an uphill battle over heat-dissipation problems, the PCMCIA committee is moving to head off a potential overheating crisis with a new thermal-management standard.
Europe seeks duties on DRAMThe European Union could re-introduce dumping duties on South Korean and Japanese DRAMs imported into the 15-country territory in two weeks, when a year-long suspension of duties expires.
Thursday February 20, 1997Bonding twist hints at universal substrateA simple bonding technique devised at Cornell University's department of Materials Science has suddenly opened the possibility for a "universal substrate" on which virtually any non-matching compound can be grown.
Summit buys TriQuest for analysis boostMoving to consolidate its position in the emerging market for register-transfer-level (RTL) graphical entry and analysis tools, Summit Design last week announced its intent to purchase TriQuest Design Automation (Campbell, Calif.). The purchase will add state-machine optimization and analysis capabilities to Summit's existing offerings.
LG Semicon maps its European R&D strategyLG Semicon, faced with depressed DRAM prices, expects systems knowledge and chip-design creativity in Europe to help it leverage itself into position as a diversified global semiconductor supplier.
ATE cashes in on chip shiftAs the oversupplied memory market forces major manufacturers to turn cartwheels just to stay profitable, automatic test equipment (ATE) system makers are churning out a new generation of big-ticket test equipment at a rapid clip.
Tinier ICs fuel rebirth for atomic litho effortAtom lithography -- a technique that uses neutral atoms instead of light to write patterns on surfaces -- is luring scientists by its promise of a way to build ICs 10 times smaller than is possible with light-based lithography.
Wednesday February 19, 1997Symposium swings open gate to FPGAs' futureNews of a working 250-MHz signal-processing circuit in a standard Xilinx FPGA was just one item in a fascinating mix of theoretical papers, experiments and actual designs presented at the fifth International Symposium on field-programmable gate arrays.
Looming price war threatens small fabsPure-play IC foundries are entering a bruising battle for market share that is likely to benefit fabless semiconductor companies and their customers, but it could also damage some smaller players.
LSI tips next-gen, 0.25ý CMOS processLSI Logic lifted the hood on its 1998-generation CMOS process, giving analysts at the Goldman Sachs & Co. technology conference an early look at G11.
Motorola settles Rockwell suit, eyes allianceMotorola's Information Systems Group has settled all patent claims on V.34 modems it made against Rockwell International's Semiconductor Systems division. That clears the way for Motorola to join the 56-kbit pulse-code modulation modem alliance of Rockwell and Lucent Technologies's microelectronics group.
Spectrum auction seen as tool to cut budget deficitSpectrum set aside for digital-TV broadcasting has emerged as a hot issue in the debate over how to balance the federal budget. Precisely what role spectrum auctions will play in deficit reduction remains unclear.
HP strengthens test-programming languageHewlett-Packard has boosted the performance of its HP VEE test programming language by adding an incremental compiler, which, according to HP, boosts speed of computation-intensive routines by a factor of 40 over previous versions.
Moto widens MCU array for Flex paging, GSMMotorola unveiled the newest member of its microcontrller family, the 68HC11PH8 at the recent Wireless Symposium &Exhibition.
Monday February 17, 1997Encryption stall hobbles U.S. DVD pushWith their efforts to license the DVD encryption algorithm tangled in red tape, some U.S. PC and silicon vendors have just about abandoned hope of keeping to their revised launch schedules for DVD-enabled systems.
Ambit, Synopsys to lock horns in logic synthesisAmbit Design Systems, a much-awaited startup led by EDA industry veterans, will disclose plans this week to challenge Synopsys, in the high-end ASIC market. But the Mountain View, Calif., synthesis giant maintains it's ready for a challenge.
SyncLink rallies against RambusStung by Intel Corp.'s decision to work with rival Rambus Inc., the SyncLink DRAM consortium is focused on delivering an SL-DRAM prototype by early next year. The goal is to have the prototype match or exceed the 1.6-Gbyte/second memory bandwidth goal established by Intel for 1999 desktops.
Motorola's GCMOS process invades RF turfThe recent Wireless Symposium & Exhibition provided the second battleground in two weeks for the growing struggle among CMOS, silicon bipolar and gallium arsenide for control of the RF market.
Detroit seeks "smart" airbagsAutomotive-electronics engineers are working frantically to resolve the highly publicized safety problems with auto airbags, which pose a threat to children and small adults involved in collisions. But the realities of serving multiple masters -- auto stylists, accountants, government legislators and quality control -- are complicating the already complex technical job of ensuring that next-generation airbags will protect, not injure, passengers.
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