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A 64-bit ARM v8-A processor test chip based on TSMC’s 10FinFET process technology has been introduced by ARM. Simulation benchmarks show power and efficiency gains relative to TSMC’s 16FinFET+ process technology, which is currently used to implement chips powering many of today’s premium smartphones.

IC Insights will release its May Update to the 2016 McClean Report later this month. This includes a discussion of the 1Q16 semiconductor industry market results, an update of the capital spending forecast by company, a review of the IC market by electronic system type and a look at the top-25 1Q16 semiconductor suppliers (the top 20 1Q16 semiconductor suppliers are covered below).

Analysis from consultancy firm Semiconductor Intelligence has shown that the outlook for semiconductor capital expenditures (capex) in 2016 is weak. Gartner’s January 2016 forecast called for a decline of 4.7%. IC Insights in February projected a 0.8% decline. The table below shows the Gartner forecast along with the capex forecasts from the top three spenders (Intel, Samsung and TSMC) which account for about half of total industry capex.

ELVEES NeoTek as a part of ELVEES companies group (ELVEES) and Imagination Technologies report the tapeout of the ELVEES Image Semantic Engine (ELISE), a next-generation multi-platform SoC for a wide range of existing and future global video analytics markets.

IC Insights’ April Update to the 2016 McClean Report includes IC Insights’ final 2015 top 50 company rankings for total semiconductor and IC sales as well as rankings of the leading suppliers of DRAM, flash memory, MPUs, IC foundry services, etc. Figure 1 ranks the top 13 IC foundries (pure-play and IDM) by foundry sales in 2015.

Manufacturers of advanced electronic products - ranging from mobile and networking appliances to futuristic Internet of Things devices – will benefit from TSMC’s certification of ANSYS solutions for its 10nm FinFET process technology.

imec and Holst Centre, an open-innovation initiative set-up by imec and TNO, have presented a 0.6V ECG readout chip in 40nm technology based on time-domain circuit techniques. The chip maintains consistent beat detection capabilities, even under movement (~40mVpp), paving the way to a low cost, low power multi-sensor SoC solution for wearable medical applications.

At SPIE Advanced Lithography Conference (San Jose, Feb 21-25th), imec will present electrical results of DSA (directed self-assembly)-formed vias, gaining insight in the impact of DSA processing variations on electrical readout.

Synopsys has announced that it has collaborated with Mindtree to deliver a complete Bluetooth Smart IP solution consisting of Synopsys' DesignWare Bluetooth Smart PHY IP on TSMC's 55 and 180nm processes and Mindtree's BlueLitE link layer and software stack IP.

Semiconductor industry spending on R&D grew by just 0.5% in 2015, which was the smallest increase since the 2009 downturn year and significantly below the CAGR of 4.0% in R&D expenditures during the last 10 years, according to IC Insights’ 2016 edition of The McClean Report.The 0.5% increase nudged worldwide R&D spending by semiconductor companies to a new record-high level of $56.4bn in 2015 from the previous peak of $54.1bn in...