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Author Archives: Mads Ølholm

Mads Ølholm
Oct 13, 2011
13

RRAM to take on flash at 11nm

For a couple of more generation we will have to contend with good old flash, but then the game changes.

The current generation of flash memory is manufactured on 19/20nm technology and according to IMEC shrinking of this technology combined with stacking is likely to make it possible to manufacture for a couple of more generations all the way down to 11nm.
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Mads Ølholm
Oct 12, 2011
35

Latest supercomputer to run on InterLagos cores.

299,008 cores will dwarf current records

Oak Ridge has just signed a contract with Cray Inc., (NASDAQ:CRAY) to deliver a supercomputer based on processors from AMD and graphics for visualization from NVIDIA.
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Mads Ølholm
Oct 10, 2011
12

Globalfoundries start fabbing 28nm wafers

First chip is a triple core MIPS-based design from eSilicon

eSilicon has just taped out their first 28nm MIPS processor that has now started fabbing at GlobalFoundries’ Fab 1 in Dresden according to a joint press release from eSilicon and MIPS.
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Mads Ølholm
Oct 6, 2011
4

IBM and Crocus join MRAM-forces

Long term agreement allows for cross licensing of patents and collaboration.

Both IBM (NYSE:IBM) and the start-up Crocus are very active in the field of MRAM (Magnetoresistive Random Access Memory)
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Mads Ølholm
Oct 5, 2011
20

SuVolta to take on Intel’s FinFET transistors

Claims 50 percent power reduction at a 22nm node.

On October 25 SuVolta’s Chief Technology Officer is set to present at ARM’s TechCon in Santa Clara, CA. Scott Thompson will compare FinFET, SOI and bulk CMOS.
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Mads Ølholm
Oct 4, 2011
3

Intel acquires Israeli navigation company

Shells out somewhat around $300 million to acquire Telmap.

It has gone largely unnoticed, but Intel (NASDAQ:INTC) last week started the acquisition of Telmap for an undisclosed sum, which we believe will be somewhere between $300 and $350 million.
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Mads Ølholm
Oct 3, 2011
21

Intel gains market share on AMD manufacturing woes

Architecture tuned for the process pays off

Intel’s (NASDAQ:INTC) Sandy Bridge is a big hit, but is also helped by serious manufacturing problems at AMD’s (NYSE:AMD) manufacturing partner GlobalFoundries.
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Mads Ølholm
Sep 29, 2011
29

Amazon lights a Fire

It’s not the specifications that make Fire different. It’s the price and the content

Amazon (NASDAQ:AMZN) is probably the most unpopular American company in China and Taiwan today after having released the Kindle Fire.
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Mads Ølholm
Sep 28, 2011
4

New FeRAM memory to compete against flash

MOAR memory

Researchers have come up with a new version of FeRAM that allows non-destructive reading.
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Mads Ølholm
Sep 27, 2011
8

Elpida first with 25nm 4Gbit DDR3

Just 2 months after sampling the 2Gbit device the new device with double capacity is ready for manufacturing.

Elpida Memory Inc. (TYO:6665) has managed to pull another first by being the first company to finish the development of a 25nm 4Gbit synchronous DRAM supporting the DDR3 standard, the company said in a press release.
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Mads Ølholm
Sep 26, 2011
14

Now HP gets to run Meg Whitman

Forgive me for confusing HP with the lunatic asylum run by the patients…

Leo is out. Meg is in.
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Mads Ølholm
Sep 22, 2011
19

HP: The train wreck continues

The board of directors is leaking like a sieve…

If you think that the train wreck had already been dealt with effectively, then you are sorely mistaken.
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Mads Ølholm
Sep 22, 2011
8

Samsung has started mass production of 20nm DDR3

Also opens a new fab for 20nm NAND flash

Many companies have started sampling 2nm DDR3 memory, but Samsung is first out of the door with actual mass production of the memory based on a 20nm process.
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Mads Ølholm
Sep 20, 2011
1

Network chip gets more than 200 cores

Sonics latest IP block is a truly many-core design.

Sonics is gearing up for the very high end networking market with the release of its SonicsGN solutions that in essence is network on a chip.
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Mads Ølholm
Sep 19, 2011
5

Intel hits an all-time low

No, no, not the shares, but the voltage.

As we all know microprocessor designers are doing whatever they can to drop the voltage required to run microprocessors to the bare minimum in order to reduce the power consumption.
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