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US chip suppliers dominate R&D spending
US chip suppliers dominate R&D spending
Market news |
The US and Asia-Pacific have increased their share of global semiconductor R&D over the last ten years at the expense…
Analyst Penn casts blame on Nexperia as Newport takeover investigated
Analyst Penn casts blame on Nexperia as Newport takeover investigated
Business news |
Malcolm Penn, semiconductor industry analyst and former director of Newport Wafer Fab Ltd., has said that Chinese-owned Nexperia pushed the…
Analog-in-memory AI processor startup uses memristors
Analog-in-memory AI processor startup uses memristors
Business news |
TetraMem in Calfornia is developing analog-in-memory compute processor architecture using memristor technology. The company was founded in 2018 by four…
UK publishes alternative to EU Horizon research programme
UK publishes alternative to EU Horizon research programme
Technology News |
The UK has published its plans to replace participation by companies and universities in the EU Horizon research programme, with…

US Patent Office, WIPO work on essential patents
US Patent Office, WIPO work on essential patents
Business news |
The United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) and the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) have agreed to work on ways to resolve disputes related to standard essential patents over…
UK tech agency ARIA in disarray after failed CEO appointment
UK tech agency ARIA in disarray after failed CEO appointment
Technology News |
The UK’s new £800m science funding agency, ARIA, has appointed a new chief executive after the first appointee didn’t start. The Advanced Research and Invention Agency (ARIA) is modelled on…
Iluvatar raises funds for more AI-GPUs
Iluvatar raises funds for more AI-GPUs
Business news |
GPU and high-performance processor company Iluvatar, registered as Shanghai Tianshu Zhixin Semiconductor Co. Ltd., has raised Series C+ and C++ rounds of financing totaling over 1 billion yuan (about US$150…
Arm London IPO talks paused by SoftBank
Arm London IPO talks paused by SoftBank
Business news |
SoftBank Group has put plans for a London initial public offering of shares in Arm Ltd. on hold because of the change of UK government turmoil, according to the Financial…
HP helps birth analog-in-memory processor startup
HP helps birth analog-in-memory processor startup
Business news |
TetraMem Inc. (Fremont, Calif.) is a startup that is developing analog-in-RRAM compute processor architecture. The company was founded in 2018 by four engineers with common experience at Hewlett Packard working…
Tsinghua Unigroup buy-out keeps Unisoc alive with Foxconn tie
Tsinghua Unigroup buy-out keeps Unisoc alive with Foxconn tie
Business news |
Tsinghua Unigroup has been acquired by Beijing Zhiguangxin Holding in a move that gives its chip making subsidiaries Unisoc – the merger of Spreadtrum Communications and RDA Microelectronics – and…
Beware an embargo on AI chips to China, says report
Beware an embargo on AI chips to China, says report
Business news |
The Chinese People’s Liberation Army (PLA) is using US-designed artificial intelligence chips as part of its upgrade and modernization program but an embargo could be difficult or dangerous to enforce,…
Tsinghua Unigroup buy-out keeps chip firms alive
Tsinghua Unigroup buy-out keeps chip firms alive
Business news |
Debt-ridden Tsinghua Unigroup, one of China’s largest semiconductor conglomerates, has been acquired by Beijing Zhiguangxin Holding. The new parent brings an equity-for-debt plan and a 60 billion yuan (about US$8.9…
Crolles fab helps keep Europe in deep tech
Crolles fab helps keep Europe in deep tech
Opinion |
The news that ST’s Crolles site in France will gain another 300mm wafer fab and a base for further FDSOI process development is a good thing for Europe, the companies…
Monitor, response parts of European Chips Act misguided, says think tank
Monitor, response parts of European Chips Act misguided, says think tank
Business news |
The European Commission’s proposed use of national governments to monitor and respond to the semiconductor supply chain won’t work, according to Stiftung Neue Verantwortung eV, an independent, non-profit think tank…
Aurora Labs gets funding of $63 million to realise AI in software-defined vehicles
Aurora Labs gets funding of $63 million to realise AI in software-defined vehicles
Business news |
In a Series C financing round, the software manufacturer Aurora Labs has received 63 million US dollars. The company intends to use the capital injection to further develop its AI-based…
Panasonic sues Broadcom over semiconductor patents
Panasonic sues Broadcom over semiconductor patents
Business news |
Panasonic Holdings Corp. (Osaka, Japan) filed lawsuits against chip company Broadcom Corp. in the western district of Texas alleging patent infringement on Thursday July 7. Panasonic alleges that Broadcom –…
Opinion: Next Crolles wafer fab helps keep Europe in the deep tech game
Opinion: Next Crolles wafer fab helps keep Europe in the deep tech game
Opinion |
The news that ST’s Crolles site in France will gain another 300mm wafer fab and a base for further FDSOI process development is a good thing for Europe, the companies…
Artificial entity thinks, learns like a person
Artificial entity thinks, learns like a person
Business news |
Cognitive technology company Future AI has announced the launch of its prototype software and artificial entity that it says thinks, learns, and evolves like a person.
Newport chip foundry still possible says Nexperia
Newport chip foundry still possible says Nexperia
Business news |
A foundry at the Newport wafer fab in Wales, UK, is still possible, a senior executive from Nexperia has told UK law makers. Toni Versluijs, UK country manager at Nexperia,…
Newport chip foundry is still possible, Nexperia’s Versluijs tells MPs
Newport chip foundry is still possible, Nexperia’s Versluijs tells MPs
Business news |
Toni Versluijs, UK country manager at Nexperia, has told UK members of parliament that his company’s offer to support a compound semiconductor foundry within Nexperia Newport has been on the…
Going down: Annual chip market growth continued to soften in May
Going down: Annual chip market growth continued to soften in May
Market news |
Recent trends in the global chip market continued in May with the Americas region maintaining strong growth while Chinese market annual growth fell again. The global chip market was worth…
Nexperia executive to give evidence to UK government
Nexperia executive to give evidence to UK government
Business news |
Toni Versluijs, country manager at Nexperia UK, will give oral evidence to Members of Parliament about the domestic semiconductor sector on Tuesday July 5 in the morning. Versluijs, who is…
Hailo, Renesas team up for seamless transition from ADAS to automated driving
Hailo, Renesas team up for seamless transition from ADAS to automated driving
Business news |
AI chip vendor Hailo plans to cooperate with semiconductor supplier Renesas in the future. The aim of the collaboration is to provide a high-performance and energy-efficient processor solution for driver…
Chip market falls in 1Q22
Chip market falls in 1Q22
Market news |
The semiconductor market declined sequentially in 1Q22 but not by as much as normal seasonality would have dictated, according to market analysis firm Omdia. The market declined sequentially by 0.03…
Chinese DPU chip firm gains funds, unicorn status
Chinese DPU chip firm gains funds, unicorn status
Business news |
Data processing unit (DPU) chip company Jaguar Microsystems (Shanghai, China), founded in 2020 by former Broadcom executive Sunny Siu, has raised a round of financing worth hundreds of millions of…
Chip market went flat in 1Q22
Chip market went flat in 1Q22
Market news |
The semiconductor market declined sequentially in 1Q22 but not by as much as normal seasonality would have dictated, according to market analysis firm Omdia. The market declined sequentially by 0.03…
5G module to unleash Artificial Intelligence of Things (AIoT) potential
5G module to unleash Artificial Intelligence of Things (AIoT) potential
New Products |
IoT solutions provider Quectel Wireless Solutions has unveiled a computing module for operation on Android that integrates 5G New Radio (NR) and artificial intelligence (AI) technologies. The SG560D is equipped…
Stacked CMOS could overcome Forksheet limitations, says IMEC
Stacked CMOS could overcome Forksheet limitations, says IMEC
Technology News |
Research institute IMEC has proposed how Complementary FETs (CFETs) with vertically stacked n- and p-type transistors could overcome limitations with Forksheet refinements to nanosheet FinFETs. IMEC first discussed the Nanosheet,…


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