Hiring is often a long, difficult, and time-consuming process. Finding the right fit for a semiconductor technical position is hard enough, but add the time it takes to work out the details of the new position, file all the appropriate paperwork, and get the new employee set up to get started and it's clear what a big commitment a new hire is.
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Semiconductor Industry Association has been working up some numbers lately and it has posted some of its results regarding employment. The results were not shocking but pleasing, especially for the people of Texas and California. Semiconductor Industry Association stated that California and Texas have great potential of growing remarkably in the semiconductor industry. They reached this conclusion on the basis of employment opportunities. California is the place which employs the most people in the semiconductor industry and Texas is not far behind in the line since it stands at the second place currently.
LinkedIn is no longer a tool for the savviest of job seekers. A LinkedIn presence has become a basic necessity for anyone with career aspirations. While there was a time when simply having a LinkedIn profile could help set an ambitious person apart from the competition, now it's important to take some extra steps to get a professional leg up using LinkedIn.
Recently, the demand for chips that convert analog signals to digital ones has increased mainly because of the wide use of cellular networks. Texas Instruments is considered one of the largest producers of analog semiconductors and it is benefiting from the increased demand of cellular networks. Due to such rise in demands, it is predicted that Texas Instruments will perform better than its performance in the first quarter.
Analysts have predicted that Texas Instruments will observe earnings per share of around 50 cents and total revenue of $3 billion. These estimates can be understated since the increased demand for cellular networks and the chips have not been accounted for. On the other hand, some analysts have stated that it is possible that the company might meet these predictions and give an even better performance. It has been said that Texas Instruments will be able to get earnings per share of more than 60 cents while the revenue should be around $3.5 billion. If these figures are really met, then it would prove that Texas Instruments has taken full advantage of being in a booming market.
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The BeagleBone Black has been one of the popular low-cost ARM development boards coming out of Texas Instruments in recent months for budget-minded hobbyists due to its $45 price-tag, being Linux friendly, and support for powering off a USB cable. The BeagleBone Black launched in Q2'2013 with the AM335x.
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The new DaVinci processor that are coming out of Texas Instruments take an innovative approach to processing video and the upcoming 4K video revolution in the industry. The device enables original-equipment manufacturers (OEMs) and original-design manufacturers (ODMs) to quickly bring to market devices featuring robust operating systems support, rich user interfaces, and high processing performance through the maximum flexibility of a fully integrated mixed processor solution.
Advanced Micro Devices is launching its code-named Kaveri processors, which represent one of the biggest technical advances that the company has made in some time. If you did not know already, AMD has invested large resources to make Austin a new home for its innovation, and these new chips are just one such example.
The Kaveri chips are meant for games and other high-performance applications. The new chips show that AMD is moving in a very different direction from Intel, which at the 2014 International CES put a lot of emphasis on “perceptual computing,” or using gestures and other new kinds of interfaces to control computers. Instead of interfaces, AMD is focusing on powerful graphics capabilities.
AMD says Kaveri has 2.4 billion transistors (the basic building blocks of computer electronics), and 47 percent of them are aimed at better, high-end graphics. Although the code name is Kaveri, the new chips will officially be called the A-Series Accelerated Processing Units (APUs). Like most AMD processors, they combine both graphics and central processing unit functions on the same chip.
Silicon Valley is still the Holy Grail for tech business, but Austin is now emerging as a new destination of choice for tech startups as well as larger enterprise companies and for several reasons. Austin now hosts a healthy mix of larger companies and savvy entrepreneurs coming in droves from California, New York and other tech hotbeds. Private investors are often surprised at the number of seasoned executives operating here, but the truth is that Austin has grown into one of the nation’s go-to spots for startups and large players alike, and a market for high-growth companies to thrive.
There’s no denying that AMD is no longer the proud anti-Intel company it once was, but that doesn’t mean it’s irrelevant. The chip-maker recently announced that it will begin shipping samples of its ARM-based Opterons later this quarter, a move that might help it to regain some lost ground in recent years.
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Codenamed “Seattle,” the ARM server chip dubbed as the Opteron A1100 is AMD’s promise of a greener future for the cloud. The shift from desktop to mobile means that the general public is becoming increasingly reliant on the cloud for their computing needs. ARM-based servers, though they won’t completely make x86-based servers obsolete, are perhaps solutions that will help to cut down on the amount of energy it requires to run a datacenter.
