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| EDA and semiconductor IP revenue soared |
7/20/2021 |
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EDA and semiconductor IP revenue soared to a new high, up 17% worldwide in Q1 compared to the same period in 2020, with revenue in China surging 73%.
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| TSMC evaluating to build a new feb in Japan |
7/19/2021 |
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The company has established a 3D IC research center in Japan, where it has gathered more than 20 Japanese partners, TSMC said at its latest announcement of quarterly results. TSMC will be in charge of the center’s technology development for advanced packaging.
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| SK hynix to post Q2 sales of $8.6 billion |
7/19/2021 |
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SK hynix was estimated to log 9.92 trillion won (US$8.6 billion) in sales in the April-June period, up 15.3 percent from a year earlier, while its operating profit was projected to reach 2.76 trillion won, up 41.8 percent from a year ago.
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| Samsung won $13.3 million grant for R&D |
7/19/2021 |
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Samsung Electronics Co. won ($13.3 million) in grant funding to 12 research and development projects in six emerging fields this year. Those fields for Samsung’s research support are advanced artificial intelligence, next-generation encryption system, network communication beyond 5G and 6G, future display, and semiconductor device and process.
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| Samsung to supply Exynos Auto chip to Volkswagen |
7/16/2021 |
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Samsung Electronics’ Samsung System LSI business has been supplying its latest system chip Exynos Auto for Volkswagen models for in-vehicle information and entertainment systems since early this year. Exynos Auto is Samsung Electronics’ standalone System-on-Chip component and automotive infotainment application.
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| ASP on DRAM continue to rise |
7/15/2021 |
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Looking ahead to 4Q21, TrendForce believes that DRAM supply will continue to rise, thereby leading to either a further narrowing of price hikes or pressure constraining the potential price hike of DRAM products.
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| SoftBank to enter into space and satellite services |
7/14/2021 |
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The SoftBank satellite plan has three main elements — a geostationary (GEO) plan to provide low bandwidth IoT services from space, a low Earth orbit (LEO) microsatellite system that offers low-cost service compared to GEO satellites, along with high-altitude drones to deliver 4G and 5G mobile communications to underserved areas.
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| Covid-19 to slow down semiconductor industry growth in Malaysia |
7/14/2021 |
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The coronavirus-induced lockdown in Malaysia could exacerbate the global semiconductor shortage, the sources said. It also remains to be seen whether the event will create further delays in the global automotive supply chain, the sources indicated.
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| Intel wants continue its expansion |
7/14/2021 |
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When Intel announced its IDM 2.0 strategy in general and its European expansion in particular back in April, it did not reveal many details about the plan. However, now that the details have transpired, they look truly ambitious: up to $100 billion in investments in multiple states and spread out across multiple facilities.
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| Taiwan Hi-tech manufacturers donate vaccine to the country |
7/13/2021 |
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Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. Ltd (TSMC) and Hon Hai Precision Industry Co. Ltd./YongLin Foundation have each completed the purchase of five million doses of BioNTech (BNT) 162b2 vaccine, for a total of 10 million doses, and donated them to the Taiwan Centers for Disease Control (CDC) .
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