EDN

VLSI ups IC forecast, sees super cycle

CHENGDU, China — VLSI Research Inc. has raised its chip forecast again amid booming demand in the area. VLSI has increased its 2010 IC sales forecast to 25 percent from 22 percent. IC units were also ...
EDN

VLSI ups IC forecast but sees red flags

SAN JOSE, Calif. — VLSI Research Inc. has raised its chip forecast amid booming demand, but the firm also sees some warning signs in the market. G. Dan Hutcheson, chief executive of VLSI Research ...
JD Supra

Federal Circuit Vacates VLSI’s $2.2 Billion Damage Award Against Intel

On December 4, 2023, the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit vacated a $2.18 billion damage award against defendant Intel Corporation because it found plaintiff VLSI Technology LLC had erred on ...
The National Law Review

Construing the Construction: Federal Circuit Chips Away at IPR Win

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IPWatchdog

Partial Win for VLSI Against Intel as CAFC Reverses PTAB on One Claim of Integrated Circuit Patent

“The CAFC agreed with VLSI’s construction, noting that the claims’ use of the phrase ‘being used for’ implies a requirement to use the metal interconnect layers to carry electricity.” In a ...
Ars Technica

LSI vs. VLSI

I'll be impressed if someone knows this, but here is my question: What exactly separates a VLSI IC from an LSI chip? According to Wikipedia, an LSI IC has more than 10k transistors, while a VLSI IC ...
Hackaday

Pull Passwords Out Of Silicon

[q3k] got tipped off to a very cool problem in the ongoing Pwn2Win capture-the-flag, and he blew it out of the water by decoding the metal interconnect layers that encode a password in a VLSI IC. And ...