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GloFo breaks ground on $4 billion Singapore wafer fab
GloFo breaks ground on $4 billion Singapore wafer fab
Business news |
Contract chip manufacturer Globalfoundries Inc. (Malta, New York) has announced it has broken ground on a 300mm wafer fab in…
Closer ties for Intel and Qualcomm
Closer ties for Intel and Qualcomm
Business news |
The heads of Intel and Qualcomm are looking to increase co-operation as computing and communications come together.
ADI, Keysight team on OpenRAN
ADI, Keysight team on OpenRAN
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Keysight is to develop an OpenRAN test bench using ADI’s PHY and transceiver and Intel FPGA…
US proposes 25% tax credit for chip making
US proposes 25% tax credit for chip making
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A bi-partisan team of US politicians has introduced the Facilitating American-Built Semiconductors (FABS) Act into Congress. It would provide a…

AI vision SoCs target next-gen security camera applications
AI vision SoCs target next-gen security camera applications
New Products |
Imaging semiconductor design company Ambarella has announced the expansion of its AI vision system-on-chip (SoC) portfolio with two devices aimed at next-gen video security applications.
Intel, Qualcomm are a good fit, say CEOs
Intel, Qualcomm are a good fit, say CEOs
Business news |
Pat Gelsinger, CEO of Intel, and Cristiano Amon, the CEO-elect of Qualcomm, are looking to increase co-operation as computing and communications come together.
Intel eyes Bavaria for wafer fab
Intel eyes Bavaria for wafer fab
Technology News |
Intel is in talks with the German state of Bavaria over the potential creation of a foundry wafer fab near Munich, according to a Reuters report.
India’s Cron AI raises funds for SenseEdge
India’s Cron AI raises funds for SenseEdge
Business news |
Edge AI inference platform developer Cron Systems Pvt. Ltd. (New Delhi, India) has raised $4 million in a Series A funding round led by VenturEast and Kitaki Ventures.
Intel in talks with Bavaria over wafer fab location
Intel in talks with Bavaria over wafer fab location
Technology News |
Intel is in talks with the German state of Bavaria over the potential creation of a foundry wafer fab near Munich, according to a Reuters report.
US, EU make Western hemisphere semiconductor pact
US, EU make Western hemisphere semiconductor pact
Business news |
The United States and the European Union have said they will form a partnership for the purpose of enhancing the west's ability to design and produce leading-edge chips.
€8m project for Europe’s first RISC-V supercomputer chip
€8m project for Europe’s first RISC-V supercomputer chip
Business news |
A European project is developing a high performance RISC-V processor for supercomputer designs and derivatives for automotive and edge IoT.
Europe down to 7.2% of global chip production
Europe down to 7.2% of global chip production
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China has nearly doubled its share of global wafer fab capacity in the last five years, rising to about 22.8 percent, according to a chart released by the European Semiconductor…
Top ten chip market boom for 2021
Top ten chip market boom for 2021
Business news |
IC Insights raises Its 2021 worldwide chip market forecast to 24 percent growth to top $500bn for the first time.
IoT SOM is highly integrated, cost effective
IoT SOM is highly integrated, cost effective
New Products |
IoT technology company Digi International has announced that it has expanded its ConnectCore family of system-on-modules (SOMs) designed for mission-critical industrial, medical, transportation, and agriculture applications.
Semiconductor R&D scorecard shows Europe, China up, Japan down
Semiconductor R&D scorecard shows Europe, China up, Japan down
Technology News |
The US remains the driving engine of global semiconductor R&D but with Europe increasing its significance while Japan diminishes, according to an analysis of the sources of papers to leading…
IoT solutions purpose-built for next-gen smart, connected devices
IoT solutions purpose-built for next-gen smart, connected devices
New Products |
Wireless semiconductor company Qualcomm Technologies has introduced seven new solutions designed to help enable the proliferation of next-generation smart IoT devices and to drive global digital transformation across industries.
Opinion: Is the West still blind to China’s ‘buy-the-tech’ strategy?
Opinion: Is the West still blind to China’s ‘buy-the-tech’ strategy?
Feature articles |
You can hardly blame China. If Chinese interests value western technology companies more than western capital does, then a truly free market will let China buy them.
First space-qualified configurable quad ADC
First space-qualified configurable quad ADC
New Products |
The EV12AQ600 from Teledyne e2v is the industry’s first four channel 12bit analogue-to-digital converter (ADC) to be qualified for space deployment…
Nvidia, AMD keep winning in fabless chip market ranking
Nvidia, AMD keep winning in fabless chip market ranking
Market news |
The top ten fabless chips companies enjoyed booming year-on-year growth in 1Q21 despite tight foundry capacity, according to market analysis firm TrendForce.
Quantum computing market will take time to grow
Quantum computing market will take time to grow
Market news |
The total market for quantum technologies will grow to US$791 million in 2025 and experience a compound annual growth rate of 18 percent over the period 2020 to 2025, according…
Adaptive SoCs claim highest AI performance per watt
Adaptive SoCs claim highest AI performance per watt
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Programmable logic chipmaker Xilinx has announced the newest members of its Versal ACAP portfolio of software-programmable, adaptive SoCs that it says offer the world’s highest AI performance per watt.
Intel offers $2bn for RISC-V pioneer SiFive says report
Intel offers $2bn for RISC-V pioneer SiFive says report
Business news |
RISC-V pioneer SiFive has received an offer of $2bn from investor Intel according to reports by Bloomberg.
Pandemic comparison makes chip market look strong
Pandemic comparison makes chip market look strong
Market news |
Europe has joined the China and Asia-Pacific regions in showing strong year-on-year growth in the latest chip market figures from the Semiconductor Industry Association (SIA).
Xilinx targets Versal FPGAs at edge AI
Xilinx targets Versal FPGAs at edge AI
New Products |
The latest Versal AI Edge ACAP series adds dedicated AI accelerators with power consumption down to 6W for more local processing…
Why carmakers lose importance for chip industry
Why carmakers lose importance for chip industry
Market news |
In a current report, market watcher IC Insights shows the impact of the Corona pandemic on semiconductor demand by the automotive industry - and explains why this industry will remain…
Fraunhofer zooms RISC-V into the functional safety zone
Fraunhofer zooms RISC-V into the functional safety zone
Technology News |
To meet the strict requirements of functional safety in automotive applications, the Fraunhofer Institute for Photonic Microsystems IPMS has developed a fault-tolerant embedded RISC-V processor core. This IP core, called…
Rohm bundles FuSa expertise in support website
Rohm bundles FuSa expertise in support website
New Products |
Under the ComfySIL brand, Rohm Semiconductor is bundling 1,000 products that support functional safety in automotive systems on a new website. The improved findability of products and documents increases work…
AI processor scales from single chip to 16-chip PCIe solution
AI processor scales from single chip to 16-chip PCIe solution
New Products |
Analog AI processor company Mythic has introduced a new Analog Matrix Processor that it says delivers best-in-class performance, scalability, and power efficiency.


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