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Edward R. McCracken, chairman of the board and chief executive officer of Silicon Graphics, Inc., has been elected to the Board of Directors of National Semiconductor Corporation. McCracken's election brings a unique combination of technical and managerial expertise to the board, particularly in the emerging multimedia marketplace. As
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Advanced Micro Devices, Inc., and Sony Corporation have been jointly recognized with the 1995 MITI Minister's Award for their collaborative development of a single-chip solution for digital cordless telephones. This award signifies the importance of design-in activities and promotes the sales of foreign-based semiconductors in the Japanese market.
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Sierra Semiconductor Corporation and DSP Group, Inc. have signed a licensing agreement for DSP Group's speech compression software, TrueSpeech. The agreement allows Sierra to use TrueSpeech in their high-speed modem solutions for Digital Simultaneous Voice and Data (DSVD) applications. DSVD enables users to talk interactively and share computer
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The semiconductor and computer industry is experiencing robust growth, with embedded high-end microprocessors (MPUs) and microcontrollers (MCUs) leading the charge. According to In-Stat, a premier market research company, total high-end embedded processor shipments surpassed those for personal computers (PCs) and workstations (WSs) by 2.8 times in 1994, with 173.
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California has taken a significant step towards reducing pollution and promoting energy efficiency with the announcement of $1.7 million in grants for five state companies that have developed innovative technologies to save energy, cut pollution, and encourage recycling. The U.S. Department of Energy's NICE3 program, which
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Power Spectra Inc. has announced significant breakthroughs in its BASS and PSIristor product lines, which have proven indispensable in both offensive and defensive Information Warfare applications, a key area of development initiated by the US Department of Defense following the Gulf War. Michael Gamble, Power Spectra's President and
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Vitesse Semiconductor Corp. announced that it has been selected by AT&T's Network Systems to receive the 1994 "Supplier Excellence" award for the second year in a row. This prestigious award is presented annually to a select group of vendors that exceed criteria established for
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Sunrise Test Systems Inc., a Viewlogic Company, has announced that Austria Mikro Systeme International (AMS) has adopted Sunrise's suite of tools for the support of AMS's ASIC design activities, as well as for internal ASSP designs. The selection of Sunrise's tools was based on
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A group of leading technology companies has formed the Isochronous Network Communication Alliance (incAlliance) to promote high-quality, real-time interactive multimedia (RIM) and computer-telephony integration (CTI) products and services. The alliance aims to educate the industry on the differences and requirements between voice, video, and data communications for LAN/WAN implementations
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The pharmaceutical industry is on the cusp of a revolution, as SmithKline Beecham (SB) and the David Sarnoff Research Center have signed a letter of intent to collaborate in developing and commercializing a device for rapid synthesis and screening of molecules for drug discovery. This innovative partnership aims to create
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The CAD Framework Initiative (CFI) and SEMI/SEMATECH have formed a mutual membership agreement to strengthen the ability of Electronic Design Automation (EDA) in meeting the needs of the next generation of silicon technology per the Semiconductor Industry Association (SIA) National Roadmap. This partnership leverages the assets of both organizations,
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Major personal computer makers are launching notebook models today featuring the new, lower-power version of the Intel Pentium chip. This development marks a significant step in the transition from 486 to Pentium-class chips, which has already begun in desktop computers, but is now gaining momentum with portable models. Toshiba, the
