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Low power linear audio amplifier drives MEMS speakers
Low power linear audio amplifier drives MEMS speakers
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USound GmbH (Graz, Austria) has developed a high-performance low power linear audio amplifier than can boost the battery life of…
Bosch IMU enhanced for consumer applications
Bosch IMU enhanced for consumer applications
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The BMI323 is six-axis accelerometer and gyroscope suitable for motion-triggered applications in consumer goods. The inertial measurement unit (IMU) from…
Fast track analog blocks for IoT designs
Fast track analog blocks for IoT designs
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Agile Analog in Cambridge has launched a complete set of analog functions for developing IoT chips. The six IP blocks…
Solution from Infineon and Cerence makes vehicles “hear” the sirens of emergency vehicles
Solution from Infineon and Cerence makes vehicles “hear” the sirens of emergency vehicles
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Combination of MEMS microphone and software detects and locates approaching emergency vehicles.

China drives 200mm wafer capacity boom
China drives 200mm wafer capacity boom
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Capacity of 200mm silicon wafers is set to grow 20% by 2025, led by automotive and power in China, says the latest data from Semi. Semiconductor manufacturers worldwide are planning…
IEDM: TSMC to report 2D nanosheet transistor
IEDM: TSMC to report 2D nanosheet transistor
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TSMC engineers, working with two universities in Taiwan, will report on the world’s first nanosheet gate-all-around transistor made with a two-dimensional semiconductor material at this year’s International Electron Devices Meeting…
EnSilica looks to acquisitions, expands Bristol design centre
EnSilica looks to acquisitions, expands Bristol design centre
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UK chip designer EnSilica has capitalised on the demand for semiconductors, expanding its design centre in Bristol and looking at acquisitions after an increase in revenues of 77%. The results…
US to investigate Samsung, TSMC, Qualcomm
US to investigate Samsung, TSMC, Qualcomm
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Samsung, TSMC and Qualcomm are to be investigated by the US International Trade Commission (USITC) over patent infringement. The complainant is Daedalus Prime, a non-practising entity (NPE) in New York…
EDA, IP markets booming
EDA, IP markets booming
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Electronic systems design revenue increased 17.5 percent year-on-year in 2Q22, according to the Electronic System Design Alliance. This was the steepest increase for a decade. Electronic systems design revenue includes…
IMEC moves pMUTs to flat panel displays for better haptics
IMEC moves pMUTs to flat panel displays for better haptics
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The IMEC research institute (Leuven, Belgium) has developed a piezoelectric Micromachined Ultrasound Transducer (pMUT) array that is compatible with flat-panel-display (FPD) process technologies. The array can produce acoustic pressures in…
Samsung, TSMC, Qualcomm come under US investigation
Samsung, TSMC, Qualcomm come under US investigation
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Samsung, TSMC and Qualcomm are to be investigated by the US International Trade Commission (USITC) following allegations of patent infringement. The complainant is Daedalus Prime LLC of New York, a…
Analog Devices, Keysight team on phased array technology
Analog Devices, Keysight team on phased array technology
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Semiconductor company Analog Devices and electronics test and measurement equipment and software provider Keysight Technologies have announced that they are partnering to advance the adoption of phased array technology.
Polyn adds NeuroVoice AI software to NASP chip
Polyn adds NeuroVoice AI software to NASP chip
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Polyn Technology Ltd. (Tel Aviv, Israel), developer of the Neuromorphic Analog Signal Processor (NASP), has announced the availability of NeuroVoice, which performs on-chip voice extraction from noisy backgrounds. The NASP…
Wafer maker SweGaN funded by Atlantic Bridge, MediaTek
Wafer maker SweGaN funded by Atlantic Bridge, MediaTek
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GaN-on-SiC epitaxial wafer maker SweGaN AB (Linköping, Sweden) has replaced its CEO and raised 125 million Swedish Krone (about €12 million) in a Series A investment round co-led by Intertech…
TinyML platform provider ports to Syntiant processor
TinyML platform provider ports to Syntiant processor
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Imagimob AB (Stockholm, Sweden has announced an agreement to integrate its TinyML development platform with Syntiant’s NDP120 neural decision processor. This will enable developers to use the Imagimob platform to…
Advanced logic, memory, YMTC come under China export controls
Advanced logic, memory, YMTC come under China export controls
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The US Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) has ramped China export controls in moves that will likely impact a broader swathe of the semiconductor sector. Companies affected are likely…
Foundries defy chipmarket downturn
Foundries defy chipmarket downturn
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Taiwanese foundries TSMC and UMC were able to maintain strong progress year-on-year with September sales while the global chip market is headed towards contraction. TSMC achieved net revenue for September…
Intel tests silicon qubits at wafer-scale
Intel tests silicon qubits at wafer-scale
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Intel has reported high yield and uniformity for silicon electron spin qubit devices tested across a 300mm-diameter wafer. The company claims the achievement is a major milestone towards fabricating quantum…
Report: Huawei, Shenzhen support creation of local foundry
Report: Huawei, Shenzhen support creation of local foundry
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Struggling Chinese telecommunications giant Huawei is supporting the creation of a chip foundry in its home town of Shenzhen, according to a Bloomberg report. Pengxinwei IC Manufacturing Co. Ltd., known…
IQE, Micledi form microLED partnership
IQE, Micledi form microLED partnership
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Compound semiconductor wafer supplier IQE plc has formed a partnership with Micledi Microdisplays BV (Leuven, Belgium) to develop microLEDs for augmented reality products. Under this agreement, IQE will provide Micledi…
ST to build silicon-carbide substrate factory in Italy
ST to build silicon-carbide substrate factory in Italy
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European chip maker STMicroelectronics NV has announced a plan to build an integrated silicon-carbide epitaxial substrate manufacturing facility in Catania, Italy, at a cost of $730 million. The money will…
Rockley CEO puts up own money, helps raise funds
Rockley CEO puts up own money, helps raise funds
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Photonics IC company Rockley Photonics Holdings Ltd. has obtained $10 million in financing from holders of convertible notes due 2026. Andrew Rickman, founder, chairman and CEO of Rockley Photonics, has…
Micron to build $100 billion megafab in New York state
Micron to build $100 billion megafab in New York state
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Memory chip maker Micron Technology Inc. (Boise, Idaho) has said it will spend $100 billion over the next 20-plus years to build a megafab in Clay, New York. A $20…
$100m semiconductor tool centre for Wales
$100m semiconductor tool centre for Wales
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KLA is to break ground tomorrow on a $100m R&D and production plant for its SPTS division in Newport, Wales. The investment will create a 200,000 square foot facility with…
August figures show chip market fall approaches
August figures show chip market fall approaches
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The global semiconductor market is heading for a fall earlier and deeper than market forecasters have so far predicted. The annual growth of the global chip market was 0.1 percent…
Global chip market flat in August, decline imminent
Global chip market flat in August, decline imminent
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The global chip market is headed into a decline that looks set to start earlier and be deeper than market forecasters have so far predicted. The annual growth of the…
Spain launches III-V foundry for photonics
Spain launches III-V foundry for photonics
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Sparc Foundry (Vigo, Spain) has been launched as a compound semiconductor foundry and photonics research center. The company is led by Professor Francisco J. Diaz Otero and will include a…
Vibration sensor makes vehicle interior quieter
Vibration sensor makes vehicle interior quieter
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MEMS-based sensor improves Active Noise Control Systems…


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