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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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| Samsung supplied 49% of the smartphone memory |
7/13/2021 |
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Samsung’s 49% share (DRAM & NAND) was followed by Hynix and Micron according to SA’s report, Smartphone Memory Market Share Q1 2021: Samsung Memory Captures Top Spot with Samsung, Hynix and Micron taking an 80%+ revenue share in the Q1 smartphone memory market.
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| Cirrus Logic to purchase Lion Semiconductor |
7/12/2021 |
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This acquisition will bring with it unique intellectual property and products for power applications in smartphones, laptops and other devices and accelerates growth of Cirrus Logic's high-performance mixed-signal business.
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| Large part of the proposed semiconductor hi-tech fund will go to TSMC |
7/12/2021 |
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The US Innovation and Competition Act (USICA), endorsed by the White House and passed by the Senate, would allocate large-scale funding for domestic chip production to alleviate supply chain crunches and ensure dependable semiconductor sourcing. The bill is awaiting passage by the US House of Representatives.
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| Multi sensors on smartphone defines its memory requirements |
7/12/2021 |
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Western Digital announced its second-generation UFS 3.1 storage solution for 5G smartphones, the iNAND MC EU551. It’s also aimed at supporting emerging applications such as gaming, augmented reality/virtual reality, and ultra-high-resolution cameras for burst mode photography.
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| SMIC gives up some foundry customers to concentrate on 14nm development |
7/9/2021 |
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China's growth in the semiconductor industry is not without challenges. Chip manufacturing is a highly complex process requiring great precision and typically takes several years to gain expertise and acquire specialized skills to mass-produce chips. Nevertheless, in spite of facing several technical challenges, the country is on track to realize its goal of mass-producing 14nm chips in 2022.
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| Boris Johnson to review risk of selling Newport Wafer to the Chinese |
7/9/2021 |
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“We have to judge whether the stuff that they are making is of real intellectual property value and interest to China, whether there are real security implications,” the PM told MPs, “we are looking into it. I have asked the national security adviser to review.”
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| Samsung realized $11 billion quarterly profit |
7/8/2021 |
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Samsung reported a likely 53% jump in second-quarter operating profit, beating market estimates on the back of strong chip prices and demand despite lower smartphone sales.
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| Intel wants to renew development base on "Sandy Lake" and "Sky Bridge" architects |
7/8/2021 |
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Intel announced that it is bringing back another one of its famed chip architects, 28-year veteran Shlomit Weiss. Weiss will lead all of Intel's consumer chip development and design. Weiss returns to Intel after a four-year stint as Mellanox/Nvidia's Senior VP of Silicon Engineering, where she ran the company's networking chip design group, a team of more than 1,000.
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| Laptop chip supply to ease in 4th Quarter |
7/7/2021 |
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But notebook demand is expected to drop significantly in the fourth quarter; the pandemic will gradually come under control; and additional production capacity for ICs will become available. Component shortages are expected to improve dramatically then.
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