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Intel’s German fab in peril as politician says ‘no’ to subsidy demand
Intel’s German fab in peril as politician says ‘no’ to subsidy demand
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Germany’s finance minister Christian Lindner has said the country will not meet Intel’s demand for higher subsidies for a proposed…
Europe shone as chip market fall slowed in April
Europe shone as chip market fall slowed in April
Market news |
The global chip market showed signs it was reaching a turning point in April, with the European region showing year-on-year…
WSTS lowers global chip market forecast for 2023
WSTS lowers global chip market forecast for 2023
Feature articles |
The World Semiconductor Trade Statistics organization has dropped its forecast for the chip market in 2023 and expects it to…
Germanium-tin alloy stacks up for future transistors
Germanium-tin alloy stacks up for future transistors
Technology News |
European researchers claim that vertical transistors made with germanium-tin alloy in the channel could be key to lower-power, higher performance…

Magnachip plans to split display, power businesses
Magnachip plans to split display, power businesses
Business news |
Magnachip Semiconductor Corp. (Seoul, South Korea) has said it is splitting its display and power businesses into separate entities. Although the company’s CEO said Magnachip remains committed to make chips…
Singapore startup offers design services down to 3nm
Singapore startup offers design services down to 3nm
New Products |
Sinble Technology Pte Ltd. (Singapore) is a 2022 startup formed to offer IC and subsystem design services with expertise in 8nm and above down to 3nm FinFET manufacturing processes. The…
China’s Innoscience denies EPC claims of GaN patent infringement
China’s Innoscience denies EPC claims of GaN patent infringement
Business news |
Innoscience, a Chinese startup that manufactures GaN-on-Si power transistors, has called lawsuits filed by US headquartered “malicious” and “at odds with the facts.” Innoscience Technology Co. Ltd. (Zhuhai China) said…
Chip market to turn up in 2Q23, says SEMI
Chip market to turn up in 2Q23, says SEMI
Market news |
The contraction of the global chip market is going to “moderate” in 2Q23 with a gradual recovery starting in 3Q23, according to industry body SEMI. SEMI said it expects both…
Applied Materials to build $4 billion R&D center in Silicon Valley
Applied Materials to build $4 billion R&D center in Silicon Valley
Technology News |
Applied Materials Inc. (Santa Clara, Calif.), the world’s largest semiconductor manufacturing equipment company, has said it will build a collaborative R&D centre at its headquarters campus. The Equipment and Process…
Europe must be able to make leading-edge chips, says EU’s Breton
Europe must be able to make leading-edge chips, says EU’s Breton
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European Commissioner Thierry Breton, has said that Europe must be able to build leading-edge chips as well as making more mature chips for its automotive and industrial needs. Breton, the…
Indian chip startups get seed funds from Sequoia Capital
Indian chip startups get seed funds from Sequoia Capital
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InCore Semiconductors and Mindgrove Technologies – both based in Chennai, India – have both received seed funding in rounds led by Sequoia Capital India. In the case of InCore Semi…
Foundry SMIC reports falling sales, profits and tough times ahead
Foundry SMIC reports falling sales, profits and tough times ahead
Business news |
China’s largest foundry chipmaker Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corp. (Shanghai, China) has posted a reduced net profit on declining sales in its 1Q23 financial results. The company’s revenue was US$1,462.3 million…
IMEC maps out monolithic CFET at VLSI Symposium
IMEC maps out monolithic CFET at VLSI Symposium
Technology News |
IMEC researchers are due to report on a monolithic silicon nanosheet Complementary Field-Effect Transistors (CFETs) at the upcoming 2023 Symposium on VLSI Technology and Circuits. The conference is due to…
UK to create IMEC style research center: report
UK to create IMEC style research center: report
News |
As part of its soon-to-be-announced semiconductor strategy the UK government plans to create a £10 million “innovation and knowledge centre,” according to a newspaper report. A notice from the UKRI…
NXP, Infineon reported to be in TSMC, Bosch wafer fab team
NXP, Infineon reported to be in TSMC, Bosch wafer fab team
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NXP Semiconductors and Infineon Technologies AG are part of a TSMC-led venture planning to spend up to €10 billion on a 28nm wafer fab in Dresden, Germany, according to Bloomberg…
Infineon widens SiC supply basis
Infineon widens SiC supply basis
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Diversification is the order of the day…
Bottom in sight as chip market falls 21% in March
Bottom in sight as chip market falls 21% in March
Market news |
The value of the global chip market continued to fall in March but there are signs of an approaching bottom to the market decline in the latest figures from the…
Global chip market to decline 11% in 2023, says Gartner
Global chip market to decline 11% in 2023, says Gartner
Market news |
Global semiconductor revenue will decline to US$532.2 billion in 2023, a decline of 11.2 percent, according to Gartner. The market will then grow 18.5 percent to reach an annual value…
Infineon strengthens Europe’s semiconductor industry with “Smart Power Fab”
Infineon strengthens Europe’s semiconductor industry with “Smart Power Fab”
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Capacity expansion amidst international competition…
‘Growing’ transistors on top of computer chips
‘Growing’ transistors on top of computer chips
Technology News |
MIT engineers “grow” atomically thin transistors on top of computer chips Emerging AI applications, like chatbots that generate natural human language, demand denser, more powerful computer chips. But semiconductor chips…
Bosch plans $ billion takeover in U.S. SiC market
Bosch plans $ billion takeover in U.S. SiC market
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Foundry deal to boost manufacturing capacity…
Fabless chip companies’ ranking reflects revenue plunge
Fabless chip companies’ ranking reflects revenue plunge
Market news |
Most of the top fabless chip companies saw their revenues decline sequentially in 4Q22 due to difficult end-market conditions, according to TrendForce. The decline is expected to continue into 1H23.
Move over ‘Moore’s Law’ – here is ‘Sam’s Law’!
Move over ‘Moore’s Law’ – here is ‘Sam’s Law’!
Opinion |
“The Intel 4004 has 2,200 transistors and I’ve now made 1,200 on the same piece of silicon.” Sam Zeloof is the kind of guy that will not take no for…
Arm grows market share in bouyant IP market
Arm grows market share in bouyant IP market
Market news |
Arm grew its leading share of the fast-growing chip design intellectual property market in 2022, according to according to Eric Esteve from IPnest. The marker researcher reckons the design IP…
GloFo sues IBM over Intel, Rapidus partnerships
GloFo sues IBM over Intel, Rapidus partnerships
Partners |
Chipmaker GlobalFoundries Inc. (New York) has sued IBM claiming the computer company has unlawfully shared chip IP and trade secrets with Japan’s startup chip company Rapidus Inc. and chip giant…
Nexperia engages broker to sell Newport wafer fab
Nexperia engages broker to sell Newport wafer fab
Business news |
Chinese-owned Nexperia BV has asked ATREG Inc. to help it sell its wafer fab in Newport, Wales, in compliance with UK government instructions. Nexperia acquired the fab in July 2021…
China’s chip, electronics manufacturing fail to rebound
China’s chip, electronics manufacturing fail to rebound
Market news |
China’s production of semiconductors fell by nearly 15 percent in 1Q23 compared with the same quarter a year before, according to Bloomberg citing China’s National Bureau of Statistics. Similarly, smartphone…
Tata hires former boss of Intel foundry services
Tata hires former boss of Intel foundry services
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The Indian conglomerate Tata Group has employed former Intel executive Randhir Thakur to be CEO of its subsidiary set up to enter semiconductor manufacturing. Tata Group makes everything from steel…


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