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| Rambus Inc completed the acquisition of PLDA |
8/23/2021 |
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With this acquisition, Rambus expands its digital controller offerings with complementary CXL 2.0, PCIe 5.0 and PCIe 6.0 controller and switch IP, and gains critical building blocks for its CXL Memory Interconnect Initiative.
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| Thailand semiconductor industry gets support |
8/23/2021 |
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Thailand announced recently to promote investment in the manufacturing of semiconductors and related industries, as well as research and development, aim to further strengthen Thailand’s electronics supply chain at a critical juncture when the sector sees rising investment in face of global challenges.
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| Crypto chip production fell at Nvidia |
8/20/2021 |
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Nvidia’s cryptocurrency chip product, CMP, had lower sales, at $266 million, than the $400 million the company predicted in May. Shares of Nvidia were up more than 2% in after-hours trading.
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| Samsung overtakes Intel again on semiconductor sales |
8/20/2021 |
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Samsung's total semiconductor sales increase by 19% in the second quarter of 2021 to $20.3 billion, moving it past Intel and into first place to become the world’s largest semiconductor supplier for 2Q 2021.
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| Samsung trying to determine 3rd U.S. fab location |
8/20/2021 |
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The company is evaluating sites in Texas, where it operates two chip facilities, including an EUV fab in Austin, along with New York and Arizona. If built, the new fab that would make advanced logic chips for Samsung’s new foundry business.
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| Energy harvesting startups to power up remote IoT sensors |
8/19/2021 |
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The vision of wireless energy is not a new concept — it’s just orders of magnitude less ambitious about the amounts of power involved. The idea of transmitting electrical power through the air originated with the famed and troubled inventor Nikola Tesla way back in the late 1890s.
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| Intel to release new Arc GPU in Q1 2022 |
8/18/2021 |
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Arc will represent Intel's first serious run at the gaming GPU market, but the company isn't starting from zero. The company has decades of experience in writing and updating graphics drivers, and it is in the habit of releasing both "stable" driver packages and beta drivers with improvements for specific games.
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| New approach is needed for memory design |
8/14/2021 |
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Discrete memory vendors pursue technology scaling aggressively and relentlessly to maintain performance and cost leadership. However, the slowing of Moore’s Law means that smaller geometries alone are not enough to keep pace with the market requirements. The vendors must also constantly innovate with architectural innovations and increasingly faster interfaces.
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| Automotive MCU sales to surge 23% in 2021 |
8/14/2021 |
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The huge market for automotive MCUs — which accounted for about 40% of total MCU sales over the last decade — has been on an uneven ride in the past several years.
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| Pandemic is affecting industries in the Philippines |
8/14/2021 |
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Various governments in Southeast Asia have implemented nationwide or regional lockdowns as well as movement control orders in order to curb the spread of the pandemic. As such, MLCC suppliers including Taiyo Yuden, Murata, and Samsung, all of which have facilities located in Malaysia and the Philippines, are now confronted with an increasing risk of uncertainties regarding their production capacities and shipment schedules.
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| Singapore is ambitious in expanding its semi market |
8/13/2021 |
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Singapore has set a target for 2030 to increase its electronics manufacturing by 50%, with an eye on semiconductor development. In order to reach its target, foreign direct investment is expected to play a large role.
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