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Qualcomm, Tesla, Renesas hit by Samsung’s Texan winter
Qualcomm, Tesla, Renesas hit by Samsung’s Texan winter
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The shutdown of Samsung's S2 wafer fab in Austin, Texas, will have hit global 300mm chip manufacturing capacity and Qualcomm,…
China’s purchase of logic, MPU increased in 2020
China’s purchase of logic, MPU increased in 2020
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Logic, microprocessors and NAND flash memory or increased their significance in Chinese chip market worth US$143.4 billion in 2020, according…
AccelerComm develops PUSCH decoder IP for 5G
AccelerComm develops PUSCH decoder IP for 5G
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Channel coding specialist AccelerComm Ltd. (Southampton, England) has developed a shared channel encoder and decoder for 5G radio networks.
Flex Logix ports Flex FPGA to Globalfoundries FDSOI process
Flex Logix ports Flex FPGA to Globalfoundries FDSOI process
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Both EFLX 4K logic and DSP tiles are in design for the 22FDX fully-depleted silicon-on-insulator process, cutting FPGA cost and…

Europe needs to wake from its 30-year semiconductor sleep
Europe needs to wake from its 30-year semiconductor sleep
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Peter Clarke looks back over three decades that have led the EU let multiple electronics systems industries wither and left Europe dependent on offshore chipmakers who do not always deliver.
Amazon-qualified ref design brings Alexa to hearables
Amazon-qualified ref design brings Alexa to hearables
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Semiconductor company QuickLogic has announced an Amazon-qualified reference design that it says empowers OEMs and ODMs to evaluate and develop their own smart hearable products quickly and easily.
Samsung combines high-bandwidth memory with AI processing power
Samsung combines high-bandwidth memory with AI processing power
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The HBM-PIM architecture cuts AI power consumption by 70 percent and doubles processing performance…
Reports: Europe wants Samsung and TSMC to enter fab project
Reports: Europe wants Samsung and TSMC to enter fab project
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The European Union is considering the construction of a wafer fab to build chips below 10nm and wants TSMC and Samsung to be involved, according to reports on Bloomberg and…
IP blocks boost 5G NR performance
IP blocks boost 5G NR performance
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AccelerComm’s fully integrated PUSCH decoder boosts 5G NR in MIMO wireless channels where performance is critical…
Flex FPGA ported to GloFo’s FDSOI process
Flex FPGA ported to GloFo’s FDSOI process
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FPGA fabric licensor Flex Logix Technologies Inc. (Mountain View, Calif.) has announced its intellectual property is being ported to Globalfoundries' 22FDX manufacturing process.
Snow in Texas closes Samsung, NXP, Infineon wafer fabs
Snow in Texas closes Samsung, NXP, Infineon wafer fabs
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Chipmakers around Austin, Texas, have been forced to close their wafer fabs because of rolling electricity blackouts caused by exceptional weather.
Bosch, Continental invest in AI vision startup
Bosch, Continental invest in AI vision startup
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Recogni Inc, developer of an AI vision cognition system for autonomous vehicles, has successfully closed a Series B funding round of $48.9 million. With his technology, Recogni was able to…
Opinion: Time for Europe to wake from a 30-year slumber
Opinion: Time for Europe to wake from a 30-year slumber
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Over three decades the European Union has let multiple electronics systems industries wither and Europe is now dependent on offshore chipmakers who do not always deliver.
Resistance builds against Nvidia-ARM deal
Resistance builds against Nvidia-ARM deal
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Qualcomm, Google and Microsoft have all raised objections in the US to the acquisition of ARM by Nvidia…
Bitcoin mining takes advantage of fluctuating power
Bitcoin mining takes advantage of fluctuating power
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Cryptocurrency Mining as a Service (CMaaS) from startup DPO can make use of fluctuating energy demands and make money for power generators from bitcoin…
TSMC has no “concrete” plans to make chips in Europe
TSMC has no “concrete” plans to make chips in Europe
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TSMC has noted the European Commission's call to boost the domestic semiconductor industry but the foundry has no plans to make chips in Europe, according to a senior executive.
Ultra-low-power 64-bit RISC-V core
Ultra-low-power 64-bit RISC-V core
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ASIC company Micro Magic has announced an ultra-low-power 64-bit RISC-V core that it claims consumes only 10 mW at 1 GHz.
Sondrel looks for 100 engineers as it ramps 5nm designs
Sondrel looks for 100 engineers as it ramps 5nm designs
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UK chip designer Sondrel is looking for 100 engineers as it moves to 5nm design work for customers.
Objections grow to Nvidia-ARM deal
Objections grow to Nvidia-ARM deal
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Qualcomm, Google and Microsoft have all raised objections in the US to the acquisition of ARM by Nvidia…
DoD extends partnership with Globalfoundries on secure chips
DoD extends partnership with Globalfoundries on secure chips
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Globalfoundries Inc. has announced a strategic partnership with the US Department of Defense (DoD) to provide a secure and reliable supply of semiconductor solutions manufactured at Fab 8 in Malta,…
Sondrel seeks engineers as it starts 5nm designs
Sondrel seeks engineers as it starts 5nm designs
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Chip design service provider Sondrel Ltd. (Theale, England) wants to recruit more than 100 engineers as it announces it is progressing to 5nm design work.
Downturn in German components distribution ends
Downturn in German components distribution ends
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According to FBDi order intake increases by 23% in the fourth quarter, though the full year for 2020 shows deep COVID-19 traces.
Google, Microsoft, Qualcomm object to Nvidia-ARM deal
Google, Microsoft, Qualcomm object to Nvidia-ARM deal
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Three major companies have raised objections to the acquisition of ARM by Nvidia with the US Federal Trade Commssion, according to Bloomberg.
FPGAs bring increased I/O density to edge devices
FPGAs bring increased I/O density to edge devices
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Programmable logic device maker Lattice Semiconductor has announced new versions of its MachXO2ZE FPGA family with wafer level chip-scale packaging (WLCSP) and increased I/O density.
European chip shortage looms for 2021
European chip shortage looms for 2021
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DMASS reports a 12.7 percent fall in semiconductor revenue across Europe last year to €7.7bn and warns of shortages later this year.
Micro desktop PC provides simple software test platform
Micro desktop PC provides simple software test platform
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Edge computing solutions provider SolidRun has announced a 2-inch-cube, quad-core edge computer powered by the NXP i.MX 8M plus processor.
Quantum-inspired technology targets COVID-19 challenges
Quantum-inspired technology targets COVID-19 challenges
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Information and communication technology company Fujitsu has announced that it has partnered with early-stage deep technology company Entanglement to solve problems related to COVID-19 and other previously unsolvable problems through…
NeuReality eyes datacenter AI with $8 million seed funding
NeuReality eyes datacenter AI with $8 million seed funding
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NeuReality Ltd. (Caesarea, Israel), a startup focused on scalable AI for the data center, has raised $8 million in seed funding.


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