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| An outline of NVMe 2.0 specifications and new features |
7/2/2021 |
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While maintaining backward compatibility with previous generations, NVMe 2.0 allows for faster and simpler development in what has become an increasingly diverse device environment that has expanded to include hard disk drives (HDDs). NVM Express president Amber Huffman said rearchitecting NVMe is all about meeting the evolving demands of the future of storage.
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| Analysts predict strong profit at Samsung |
7/2/2021 |
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The South Korean tech giant was projected to log 11.2 trillion-won (US$9.9) billion in operating profit for the April-June period, up 37.6 percent from a year earlier, while its sales were estimated to increase 15.8 percent on-year to 61.3 trillion won over the period.
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| Texas Instruments Inc.to acquire Micron Utah fab |
7/2/2021 |
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The factory, in Lehi, Utah, will be the fourth 300-millimeter wafer facility for the semiconductor company. It will also be used for 65-nanometer and 45-nm production for analog and embedded processing products.
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| Micron said it is doing great on memory business |
7/1/2021 |
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Micron Technology Inc. expects memory-chip demand to remain high even as the supply of other types of computer chips meets customer needs, the company said late Wednesday as its earnings and an outlook surpassed Wall Street expectations.
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| Samsung Foundry successfully taped out SOC for Synopsys with yield |
7/1/2021 |
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This tapeout is the culmination of an extensive collaboration between Synopsys and Samsung Foundry to accelerate the delivery of a highly optimized reference methodology that realizes the maximum power and performance opportunities inherent to the latest 3D transistor architecture.
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| DRAM revenue surged by 30% |
6/30/2021 |
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Distance education and work from home (WFH) continued propelling a substantial demand for smartphone and laptop DRAM, resulting in a 6% growth in bit shipment and a 3% rise in ASP over the previous quarter.
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| Qualcomm shows Snapdragon 888 Plus 5G Mobile platform |
6/29/2021 |
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The Snapdragon 888 Plus 5G Mobile platform is a follow-on to the Snapdragon 888, and it will serve as the brains of smartphones coming in the second half of the year from customers including Asus, Honor, Motorola, Vivo, and Xiaomi.
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| Renault teams with STMicroelectronics on EV |
6/29/2021 |
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Both companies said that they will work together with the objective of improving the power performance of Renault’s Group’s applications for electric and hybrid vehicles, based on ST’s wide bandgap semiconductor technologies and products.
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| Industry is generally OK with the Nvidia/ARM take over |
6/29/2021 |
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Broadcom Corp., MediaTek Inc. and Marvell Technology Group Ltd. are the first customers of the Cambridge, U.K.-based Arm to publicly support the takeover, which has raised concerns on national security grounds.
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| 29 fabs are coming online to plug IC shortage |
6/28/2021 |
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19 fabs along with another ten expected to be built in 2022 respond to insatiable demand for semiconductors, fueling an equally vibrant chip equipment sector expected to surpass $140 billion over the next several years, according to a SEMI forecast.
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| Brazil' government approved SK hynix Inc.'s deal to acquire Intel Corp.'s NAND business |
6/28/2021 |
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Last October, SK hynix, South Korea's No. 2 chipmaker, signed a deal to buy Intel's non-volatile business for US$9 billion, which includes the U.S. firm's solid state drive business and a NAND flash chip plant in Dalian, China. Following the deal, the South Korean firm had to obtain approval from antitrust regulators in major countries.
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| Memory manufacturers seen unexpected seasonal gain |
6/25/2021 |
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Market forecaster Omdia reported this week that semiconductor revenues rose a modest but unexpected 0.5 percent over the previous quarter during the three months ending March 31. The gains mark only the third time chip makers have logged first quarter revenue growth since 2002.
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| Foxconn gets deeper into semiconductor |
6/25/2021 |
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Foxconn (Hon Hai) Technology Group has recently acquired a 5.03% stake or 120 million shares in Malaysia-based Dagang NeXchange (DNeX) for around NT$720 million (US$25.78 million) from existing DNeX shareholders, which will help further deepen its deployments in the semiconductor and electric vehicle (EV) sectors.
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