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Monitor, response parts of European Chips Act misguided, says think tank
Monitor, response parts of European Chips Act misguided, says think tank
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The European Commission’s proposed use of national governments to monitor and respond to the semiconductor supply chain won’t work, according…
Panasonic sues Broadcom over semiconductor patents
Panasonic sues Broadcom over semiconductor patents
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Panasonic Holdings Corp. (Osaka, Japan) filed lawsuits against chip company Broadcom Corp. in the western district of Texas alleging patent…
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
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The news that ST’s Crolles site in France will gain another 300mm wafer fab and a base for further FDSOI…
Foundries see cancellations as consumer spending slows
Foundries see cancellations as consumer spending slows
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Foundries have seen a wave of order cancellations, mainly behind the leading edge of production, and the chip manufacturing capacity…

Newport chip foundry still possible says Nexperia
Newport chip foundry still possible says Nexperia
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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,…
Foundries face order cancellations as consumer spending slows
Foundries face order cancellations as consumer spending slows
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Foundries have seen a wave of order cancellations, mainly behind the leading edge of production, and the chip manufacturing capacity utilization rate has started fall, according to TrendForce. The market…
Newport chip foundry is still possible, Nexperia’s Versluijs tells MPs
Newport chip foundry is still possible, Nexperia’s Versluijs tells MPs
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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…
Raspberry Pi Pico goes wireless
Raspberry Pi Pico goes wireless
New Products |
The Raspberry Pi Foundation has introduced three new members of its Pico family, the organization's first product using the internally designed RP2040 microcontroller.
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
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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…
Sondrel keeps up with the Joneses
Sondrel keeps up with the Joneses
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Former European TSMC executive Gareth Jones has joined chip design services company Sondrel Ltd. to head up its turnkey ASIC services business. Jones was previously director of marketing for the…
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…
Chip market went flat in 1Q22
Chip market went flat in 1Q22
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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…
Advanced Bluetooth LE SoCs are highly integrated
Advanced Bluetooth LE SoCs are highly integrated
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Semiconductor manufacturer Renesas Electronics has announced new Bluetooth low energy (LE) solutions offered as the world’s most advanced, integrated System-on-Chip (SoC) family for wireless connectivity.
Nordic and customers gain license to Huawei cellular IoT
Nordic and customers gain license to Huawei cellular IoT
Business news |
Fabless wireless chip company Nordic Semiconductor ASA has signed a royalty-bearing component-level license with Huawei Technologies Co. Ltd. for low power wide area (LPWA) cellular IoT standard essential patents (SEPs).
Low-cost BLE wireless MCUs offer high-quality RF, power performance
Low-cost BLE wireless MCUs offer high-quality RF, power performance
New Products |
Semiconductor company Texas Instruments has announced a new family of wireless microcontrollers (MCU) that are offered as enabling high-quality Bluetooth Low Energy (LE) at half the price of competing devices.
Weakening chip market forces another forecast downgrade
Weakening chip market forces another forecast downgrade
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The weakening of the semiconductor market, due to inflation, Covid-related shutdowns in China, lingering supply-chain issues and the war in Ukraine has forced a downgrade at market research firm Semiconductor…
Bluetooth ‘fingerprints’ can be used to identify, track mobile devices
Bluetooth ‘fingerprints’ can be used to identify, track mobile devices
Technology News |
Engineers at the University of California San Diego say they have demonstrated for the first time that the Bluetooth signals that are emitted constantly by mobile phones have a unique…
Portable smart telescope makes astronomy, nature photography easy
Portable smart telescope makes astronomy, nature photography easy
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A self-described team of optics, computers, and robotics geeks has unveiled what they say is the world's first portable smart telescope with features such as one-click GOTO, gigapixel panorama, and…
Americas chip market growth stays high in April as China decline continues
Americas chip market growth stays high in April as China decline continues
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The global chip market’s year-on-year growth continued to dip in April. Continued strong growth in the Americas region was offset by a dip in the Chinese market. The global chip…
Semiconductor market to grow 11 percent in 2022 despite headwinds
Semiconductor market to grow 11 percent in 2022 despite headwinds
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The global semiconductor market will be worth $680.7 billion in 2022, up 11 percent despite gathering headwinds slowing down the global economy. The latest report from IC Insights sees the…
New RF switches lay the groundwork for 6G
New RF switches lay the groundwork for 6G
Technology News |
Researchers at The University of Texas at Austin say they have developed radio frequency (RF) components that will allow future 6G devices to achieve the increased speeds and efficiency necessary…
2022 chip market growth will be 11 percent despite headwinds, says IC Insights
2022 chip market growth will be 11 percent despite headwinds, says IC Insights
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The global chip market will be worth $680.7 billion in 2022, an annual increase of 11 percent despite soaring energy costs, supply chain shortages, Covid-19 lockdowns in China and the…
SEMI Europe urges haste with European Chips Act
SEMI Europe urges haste with European Chips Act
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SEMI Europe, the semiconductor industry body, has urged the European Union to adopt the European Chips Act quickly, but also recognize where it falls short and involve the industry in…
Panthronics improves efficiency of NFC wireless charging
Panthronics improves efficiency of NFC wireless charging
New Products |
Panthronics AG (Graz, Austria) has introduced the PTX130W wireless charging controller IC for near field communications, an upgrade on the previous device, the PTX100W. This provides a system efficiency 18…
UK looks for input on chip supply chain
UK looks for input on chip supply chain
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The UK government is asking industry for its views on the state of the domestic semiconductor industry and its ability to supply chips. The inquiry comes after several industries have…
UK government opens inquiry about domestic semiconductor industry
UK government opens inquiry about domestic semiconductor industry
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The UK government has opened an inquiry into the state of the semiconductor industry in the UK and its ability to supply chips. The inquiry comes after several quarters of…
Newport Wafer Fab sale comes under investigation
Newport Wafer Fab sale comes under investigation
Business news |
The UK government has opted to investigate the sale of Newport Wafer Fab Ltd. to China-controlled Nexperia NV (Nijmegen, The Netherlands) nearly a year after the deal completed. The UK…


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