Posted by: Art Swift
in Technology on Oct 19, 2010
It’s “sweeps season” in the processor marketing wars, and it will be interesting to see which architecture comes out on top of the pundits and analysts ratings game. Of course, in the entertainment world, the ratings sweeps measure actual programming uptake by the viewing audience. In processors, it’s a little tougher, as many of the cores being announced in this fall launch season won’t be seen in production for a couple of quarters to a couple of years.
Posted by: David Dahan
in General on Dec 02, 2009
Historically, most semiconductor companies were vertically integrated: they designed, fabricated, packaged and tested their semiconductors using internally developed software design tools, manufacturing processes and equipment.