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  • abbreviation Electronics very-large-scale integration

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  • noun electronics Abbreviation of very large scale integration.

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  • The whole business is not well defined unless you are looking at some specific figure of merit (such as VLSI density) - but when you do that you lose the relevance to the economy as a whole.

    the Foresight Institute 2009

  • This is definitely a revolutionary change, said Dan Hutcheson, a longtime semiconductor industry watcher and CEO of VLSI Research Inc., who was briefed ahead of time on Intel's announcement.

    WATCH: Intel Wows With Latest Innovation Catharine Smith 2011

  • BTW, I am a doing Physics Masters + B. E in (Electronics& Instrumentation), I am very fond of VLSI Design, Communication protocols, solid state physics and control designs.

    Update « Sunayana’s Blog 2009

  • VLSI Research analyst Ha Pham says Varian has hit "peak" market share in its segment of semiconductor equipment, after increasing it from 31% in 2004 to 80% last year.

    Applied's Expensive New Materials Rolfe Winkler 2011

  • Japan accounts for roughly one-fifth of the world's supply of silicon wafers used to make semiconductors, according to VLSI Research, and is home to a large number of manufacturers for a key material in liquid-crystal-display panels.

    Crisis Tests Supply Chain's Weak Links James Hookway 2011

  • This is definitely a revolutionary change, said Dan Hutcheson, a longtime semiconductor industry watcher and CEO of VLSI Research Inc., who was briefed ahead of time on Intel's announcement.

    WATCH: Intel Wows With Latest Innovation Catharine Smith 2011

  • It was renamed Advanced Risc Machine and spun off into Arm Ltd, which was owned by Acorn, Apple and chip company VLSI.

    What makes an iPad tick? Take a look inside… 2010

  • John Schmitz holds six patents in the semiconductor field and has published over 45 scientific articles and a technical book in the field of integrated circuit technology ( "Chemical Vapor Deposition of Tungsten and Tungsten Silicides for VLSI Applications").

    Contributor: John E.J. Schmitz 2010

  • Indeed we do have expert systems and genetic algorithms which design things like VLSI circuits.

    Aiguy's Computer 2008

  • He earned his BSEE from U.C. San Diego and spent several years researching VLSI for imaging and pattern recognition applications during his graduate studies at Caltech.

    John LeMoncheck: Unwiring Home Entertainment Josh Wolfe 2010

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