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Electronics World

Electronics World is a technical engineering magazine aimed at professional design engineers. The editorial covers the full range of electronic industry activities including: technology, systems, components, design tools and instrumentation. It encompasses from hardware through to software and design through to product implementation. Our purpose is to inform, educate, advise and entertain. For more information, visit our web site www.electronicsworld.co.uk

eSilicon

eSilicon, a leading Value Chain Producer (VCP) for the semiconductor industry, provides a comprehensive suite of design, productization and manufacturing services, enabling a flexible, low-cost, lower-risk path to volume chip production. The company delivers custom chips (ASICs) to system OEMs and fabless semiconductor companies who serve a wide variety of markets including the consumer, computer, communications and industrial segments.

For more information, please visit www.esilicon.com.

E&T

For more information, please visit kn.theiet.org/magazine.

MIPS

MIPS Technologies is the world’s second largest semiconductor design IP company and the number one analog IP company worldwide.  With more than 250 customers around the globe, MIPS Technologies powers some of the world’s most popular products for the digital consumer, broadband, wireless, networking and portable media markets—including broadband devices from Linksys, digital cameras from Canon, DTVs and entertainment systems from Sony, DVD recordable devices from Pioneer, digital set-top boxes from Motorola, network routers from Cisco, microcontrollers from Microchip and laser printers from Hewlett- Packard. Today, the company owns more than 400 patent properties (patents and applications) worldwide. Founded in 1998, MIPS Technologies is headquartered in Mountain View, California, with offices worldwide.

For more information, please visit www.mips.com.

National Microelectronics Institute

The National Microelectronics Institute (NMI) is the premier trade association representing the semiconductor industry in the UK and Ireland. Its aim is to help build and support a strong micro and nanoelectronics community by acting as a catalyst and facilitator for commercial and technological development. A not-for-profit organisation funded by its members, the NMI has a membership that spans the supply chain and includes fabless semiconductor manufacturers, IDMs, foundries, design services, IP providers, business associates, research and academic institutions.

For more information, please visit www.nmi.org.uk.

Tanner EDA

Tanner EDA is a leading provider of PC-based electronic design automation (EDA) software
solutions for the design, layout and verification of analog and mixed-signal ICs and MEMS. Its
solutions help speed designs from concept to silicon and are used by thousands of companies to
develop devices cost-effectively in the biomedical, consumer electronics, next-generation wireless,
imaging, power management and RF market segments. Founded in 1988, Tanner EDA is a division
of privately held Tanner Research, Inc.

For more information, please visit www.tannereda.com.

TSMC

TSMC is the world's largest dedicated semiconductor foundry, providing the industry’s leading process technology and the foundry industry’s largest portfolio of process-proven libraries, IP, design tools and reference flows. The Company's total managed capacity in 2006 exceeded seven million (8-inch equivalent) wafers, including capacity from two advanced 12-inch GigaFabs, four eight-inch fabs, one six-inch fab, as well as TSMC's wholly owned subsidiaries, WaferTech and TSMC (Shanghai), and its joint venture fab, SSMC. TSMC is the first foundry to provide 65nm production capabilities. Its corporate headquarters are in Hsinchu, Taiwan.

For more information, please visit www.tsmc.com.

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