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Cadence acquires Bangalore-based Cosmic Circuits
The Hindu Business Line  Feb 10  Comment 
Nasdaq listed Cadence Design Systems, which makes integrated circuits has acquired Bangalore based Cosmic Circuits for an undisclosed sum. Cosmic Circuits is a provider of analogue and mi...
O[2]Micro Wins Patent for Power Source Detection Technology
Benzinga  Dec 20  Comment 
O[2]Micro^® International Limited (Nasdaq: OIIM), a global leader in the design, development and marketing of high-performance integrated circuits and solutions, today announced that it was issued 17 claims under United States patent number...
O[2]Micro Announces 1,000th Patent Milestone
Benzinga  Nov 26  Comment 
O[2]Micro^® International Limited (Nasdaq: OIIM), a global leader in the design, development and marketing of high-performance integrated circuits and solutions, today proudly announced that it has been granted its 1,000^th patent. O[2]Micro's...
Qualcomm Acquires Summit Microelectronics
Cellular News  Jun 18  Comment 
Qualcomm says that it has bought Summit Microelectronics (Summit), a USA based developer and provider of programmable power integrated circuits. Click here for more.
Qualcomm Buys Summit Micro
Forbes  Jun 18  Comment 
Researchers develop easy way to measure power
EE Times  Jun 4  Comment 
Researchers at the Fraunhofer Institute for Integrated Circuits have developed a space-saving metering unit that can be clipped onto a power cable like a laundry peg, without even having to disconnect the load. View the full article HERE.
TriQuint and U.S. military team up on gallium nitride ICs
EE Times  Apr 17  Comment 
TriQuint Semiconductor will work with the U.S. Army Research Laboratory to develop high-frequency and mixed signal integrated circuits based on gallium nitride technology. View the full article HERE.
TriQuint and U.S. military team up on gallium nitride ICs
EE Times  Apr 16  Comment 
TriQuint Semiconductor will work with the U.S. Army Research Laboratory to develop high-frequency and mixed signal integrated circuits based on gallium nitride technology. View the full article HERE.
Teen prodigy creates tablet PC
The Hindu Business Line  Nov 20  Comment 
For Chiman Prakash Reddy, trying to fit Integrated Circuits on a mother board and working out the next move in a game of Chess are just the same: they are just games. The 16-year-old prodig...




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Integrated Circuits are found in every conceivable electronic device, and control the on-off behavior of a device capable of conductive behavior. They evolved from vacuum tubes and transistors to incorporate hundreds of thousands of transistors on a single chip today.

IC's and semiconductors now control computing, communications, networking, and other facets of daily modern life. They are created by "etching" a pattern onto a semiconductor platform, such as silicon, which can then be controlled by exposure to electrical current.

Semiconductors are the individual "on-off" switches that make up a electronic devices. By only allowing the conductance of electricity in specific situations (as opposed to conductors and insulators), semiconductors can produce complex and sophisticated behaviors, calculations, and measurements. By working in tandem, many semiconductors can constitute an mp3 player, computer processor, or wireless network adapter.

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