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| Intel is looking for U.S. site to host 8 new fabs |
9/28/2021 |
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“As the only U.S.-based leading-edge chipmaker, we are committed to building on this long-term investment and helping the United States regain semiconductor leadership,” said Gelsinger.
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| Tesla contracated Samsung to fabricate its auto chips |
9/27/2021 |
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Samsung will manufacture Tesla Inc.’s next-generation hardware 4 (HW 4.0) chip for the top US electric carmaker’s fully autonomous driving technology. According to multiple industry sources on Thursday, Samsung is certain to beat bigger foundry rival Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. (TSMC) to win the contract.
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| IDC predicts semiconductor overcapacity in 2023 |
9/27/2021 |
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IDC expect to see normalization and balance by the middle of 2022, with a potential for overcapacity in 2023 as larger scale capacity expansions begin to come online towards the end of 2022.
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| Foxconn to establish EV manufacturing in Thailand |
9/24/2021 |
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The local automotive industry’s transition to modern EV technology will be strengthened with Foxconn’s innovation in production and development of the EV platform together with PTT Group’s knowledge in Thai business operation, allowing the country’s manufacturing industry and economy to grow and increasing the country’s stance among international competitors.
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| White House is moving its attention to auto IC shortages |
9/24/2021 |
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Secretary of Commerce Gina Raimondo, who along with Brian Deese, director of the National Economic Council, met on Thursday with semiconductor industry participants, told Reuters that strong action was needed. "It's time to get more aggressive,"
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| DRAM prices expected to drop in Q4 |
9/24/2021 |
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PC DRAM is expected to drop 5-10% as notebook production of is expected to decline in 4Q21, propelling the sufficiency ratio of PC DRAM to 1.38%.
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| Biden nominated trade envoy determined China Huawei is a threat |
9/23/2021 |
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Former Pentagon official Alan Estevez also pledged to "look at" Honor Device Co - a handset unit spun off of Huawei - to see whether the telecommunications company was using the spinoff brand to minimize or circumvent its own blacklist designation.
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| Intel to have TSMC fabricate its GPU on 6nm process |
9/23/2021 |
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“It is necessary to first determine the process that can be assumed at the start of design,” said Koduri, according to Tom’s Hardware. “Other features, such as how much operating frequency can be used are also important factors. Cost is also an issue."
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| Power blackout at Infineon Dresden |
9/23/2021 |
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Monday, the power supply was down for twenty minutes. The emergency generators started up, but they can only keep up with the relevant systems*
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| RISC-V represents $8.6B of Semiconductor IP Market |
9/22/2021 |
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There is a need for diverse and open approach across the compute, memory, security and other architectures. This demand is being mainly driven by the growth of advanced applications such as AI-enabled smart devices, 5G communications, high performance computing (HPC) and autonomous cars.
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| Renesas and OmniVision have jointly developed an integrated HD automotive camera system |
9/21/2021 |
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Renesas' Automotive HD Link (AHL) technology transmits high-definition video over low-cost cables and connectors. The AHL components in the design pair with OmniVision’s OX01F10 1.3MP SoC, which provides the industry’s best imaging performance across a wide range of challenging lighting conditions, along with the most compact form factor and lowest power consumption.
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| TSMC's wafer price hike reflects the tightness of supply |
9/21/2021 |
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With the latest notices to its customers, TSMC will raise its wafer prices across the main nodes mainly from the beginning of 2022. The company has maintained its wafer prices for quite a long time when compared with its smaller competitors. The change in its pricing strategy from 2022 implies not only stronger market demand going forward, but also that the capacity tightness will persist in the next few quarters.
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| Arm delivers a new software architecture for the future of automotive |
9/21/2021 |
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Arm, in collaboration with leaders across the automotive supply chain, is delivering a new software architecture and reference implementation, Scalable Open Architecture for Embedded Edge (SOAFEE), and two new reference hardware platforms to accelerate the software-defined future of automotive.
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