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Foxconn chip venture takes stake in power MOSFET maker
Foxconn chip venture takes stake in power MOSFET maker
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Contract manufacturer Hon Hai Technology Group, which trades as Foxconn, and Yageo Group are jointly investing NT$2.8868 billion (about US$100…
EpicMEMS raises funds for 5G RF filters
EpicMEMS raises funds for 5G RF filters
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Kaiyuan Communication Technology Co. Ltd. (Xiamen, China), a startup that trades as EpicMEMS, has raised hundreds of millions of yuan…
Tower raises revenue, profit before joining Intel
Tower raises revenue, profit before joining Intel
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Tower Semiconductor Ltd. (Migdal Haemek, Israel) reported a net profit of $54 million on first quarter revenue of $421 million.
Report: Samsung Foundry next with 20 percent price hike
Report: Samsung Foundry next with 20 percent price hike
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Samsung Foundry is preparing to raise chip processing prices by 20 percent later this year, part of an industry-wide push…

ST says broad portfolio will help it reach $20bn annual sales
ST says broad portfolio will help it reach $20bn annual sales
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Leading European chip company STMicroelectronics NV is aiming grow at faster than the market rate to annual revenues of more than $20 billion by sometime between the 2025 and the…
Germany lines up €14bn for chips
Germany lines up €14bn for chips
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Germany is planning to allocate €14 billion (US$15bn) to support chipmakers, according to Reuters. Germany’s Economy Minister Robert Habeck says there would more examples like Intel setting up chip fabs…
Germany has €14 billion for chipmakers, says minister
Germany has €14 billion for chipmakers, says minister
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Germany’s Economy Minister Robert Habeck says his country has €14 billion (about US$14.8 billion) to support chipmakers, according to Reuters. Habeck added that there would more examples like Intel setting…
India lobbies Intel, Globalfoundries, TSMC for fabs
India lobbies Intel, Globalfoundries, TSMC for fabs
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The Indian government is talking to Intel, Globalfoundries and TSMC about setting up local chipmaking operations, according to a Bloomberg report that quotes Rajeev Chandrasekhar, minister of state for technology…
Yole: Intel foundry is plan to offset processor decline
Yole: Intel foundry is plan to offset processor decline
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The market for processors was worth $150 billion in 2021 split between FPGA, GPU, CPU and application processing units (APUs), according to Yole Developpement. Processor (FPGA, CPU, GPU,…
Applied upgrade supports backside power and GAA transistors
Applied upgrade supports backside power and GAA transistors
Technology News |
Applied Materials has introduced new semiconductor tools to support backside power networks and next generation gate-all-around (GAA) transistors. The Stensar chemical vapor deposition (CVD) system is a way to further…
TSMC, Taiwan to increase foundry market share in 2022
TSMC, Taiwan to increase foundry market share in 2022
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The rest of the world – including South Korea – will lose foundry revenue market share to Taiwan and China in 2022 compared to 2021, according to data from TrendForce.
Lithography equipment in short supply through 2023 says ASML
Lithography equipment in short supply through 2023 says ASML
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With the semiconductor industry plagued by shortage of components there is strong demand to build additional fabs and Dutch chipmaking equipment supplier ASML is benefitting. “We are running at maximum…
Applied offers upgrades to support GAA transistors
Applied offers upgrades to support GAA transistors
Technology News |
Applied Materials Inc. (Santa Clara, Calif.) has introduced Stensar chemical vapor deposition (CVD) as a way to further 2D scaling with EUV lithography and to support gate-all-around transistor formation. Stensar…
ASML: Demand to exceed litho supply into 2023
ASML: Demand to exceed litho supply into 2023
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With the semiconductor industry plagued by shortage of components there is strong demand to build additional fabs and chipmaking equipment supplier ASML is benefitting. “We continue to see unprecedented customer…
Russia in $38bn electronics plan
Russia in $38bn electronics plan
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The Russian government has developed a plan to spend almost 3.2 trillion roubles (about US$38.6bn) on Russian electronics up until 2030, according to Cnews.ru. Of this amount the authorities want…
China’s chip output falls due to Covid lockdowns
China’s chip output falls due to Covid lockdowns
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China’s production of ICs fell in March by 5.1 percent year-on-year to 28.5 billion units, according to data released by the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS). This is a marked…
Russia plans to spend $38.6 billion on semiconductor catchup
Russia plans to spend $38.6 billion on semiconductor catchup
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The Russian government has developed a plan to spend almost 3.2 trillion roubles (about US$38.6 billion on Russian electronics up until 2030, according to Cnews.ru. Of this amount the authorities…
GSA European Executive Forum, June 2, 2022
GSA European Executive Forum, June 2, 2022
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The Global Semiconductor Alliance (GSA) – the leading collaboration platform for global executives in semiconductors and related software and systems – will hold its GSA European Executive Forum on June…
SIA signs with Indian counterpart to boost chip cooperation
SIA signs with Indian counterpart to boost chip cooperation
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The Semiconductor Industry Association has signed a memorandum of understanding with the India Electronics and Semiconductor Association (IESA) agreeing to foster collaboration between the two countries in the semiconductor sector.
Foundries’ March sales up 33% y-on-y
Foundries’ March sales up 33% y-on-y
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Taiwanese foundries – Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. Ltd. and United Microelectronics. Corp. – both achieved sales revenue in March that was up 33.2 percent year-on-year. Sales revenue at leading foundry…
Intel, ADI in US chip alliance
Intel, ADI in US chip alliance
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Three leading US chip manufacturers have joined Mitre Engenuity’s semiconductor alliance with the aim of bolstering the resilience of the US semiconductor industry. Intel and Analog Devices, which both have…
Intel, Micron, Analog Devices form US chip alliance
Intel, Micron, Analog Devices form US chip alliance
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Intel, Micro and Analog Devices – three leading US chip manufacturers – have joined Mitre Engenuity’s semiconductor alliance with the aim of bolstering the resilience of the US semiconductor industry.
China’s share of global fabless IC market collapsed in 2021
China’s share of global fabless IC market collapsed in 2021
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China’s share of the global fabless IC market fell to 9 percent in 2021, down from 15 percent in 2020, according to figures from IC Insights. At the same time…
Asia-Pacific annual chip market growth joins Americas’ above 40%
Asia-Pacific annual chip market growth joins Americas’ above 40%
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The global chip market continued to boom in February with chip sales into the Asia-Pacific region up 41.4 percent higher than a year before on a three-month average basis, according…
Swiss quantum startup proposes ferroelectric FET, extends Series A
Swiss quantum startup proposes ferroelectric FET, extends Series A
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Terra Qauntum AG (Rorschach, Switzerland) has published research on a form of ferroelectric negative capacitance field effect transistor and extended its Series A funding round to $75 million. Terra Quantum…
CEO interview: Silicon Labs’ Matt Johnson on balancing breadth and focus
CEO interview: Silicon Labs’ Matt Johnson on balancing breadth and focus
Interviews |
Matt Johnson took over as CEO Silicon Laboratories’ at the beginning of 2022. We grasped an opportunity to ask what’s new and what stays the same for the wireless IoT…
Carbon qubit developer teams with CEA-Leti
Carbon qubit developer teams with CEA-Leti
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C12 Quantum Electronics (Paris, France) is working with French research institute CEA-Leti to make multi-qubit chips at wafer scale based on carbon nanotubes. C12 was founded in January 2020 and…
IMEC venture capital raises second fund
IMEC venture capital raises second fund
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The early-stage venture capital fund, imec-xpand, has raised €150 million (about US$165 million) towards its second fund. It has a target of raising €250 million (about US$275 million) but…


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