Combating congestion in high-performance, low-cost systems on chip
The semiconductor chip market has become increasingly competitive in modern times. The customers demand extensive features for diverse applications, and hence, to pacify their needs most semiconductor players are designing SOCs (systems on chip) deploying increasingly complex architectures. An example can be multicore devices. Another example can be that to achieve greater test coverage through numerous test patterns, compression ...>>>

The Worst Timed Spin-Off In Semiconductor History
The most badly timed spin-off in the history of the semiconductor industry was the spin-off of Rheem Semiconductor from Fairchild Semiconductor. It happened in 1959, two years after Fairchild was founded, and was the first of many spin-offs from Fairchild. Strangely enough the Rheem spin-off was led by the company boss, Ed Baldwin, which seems a curious anomaly. After all, if you're the boss, and call the shots, why lead a spin-off? The reason may have had something to do with the fact that Baldwin was not one of the eight co-founders of Fairchild but was hired from Hughes, shortly after Fairchild was founded, to act as the ... >>>