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| DRAM sales down 40% |
11/22/2022 |
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Weakening economic conditions and high inflation rates have slowed global demand for personal computers, mainstream smartphones, and other consumer electronics. As a result, DRAM demand has spiraled downward and sales are now forecast to fall by 40% to $29.3 billion in the second half of 2022
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| Renesas provides a universal power solution for automotive camera |
11/22/2022 |
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Renesas Electronics Corp.’s RAA271082 automotive power management IC (PMIC) for next-gen automotive camera applications is a versatile ISO-26262 compliant multi-rail power IC with a primary high voltage synchronous buck regulator, two secondary low voltage synchronous buck regulators, and a low voltage LDO regulator.
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| ITRI collects 10th Innovation Award from CES |
11/22/2022 |
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Taiwan’s Industrial Technology Research Institute (ITRI) has been named one of the CES 2023 Innovation Awards Honorees for its AI Aquarium. This is the 10th award that ITRI has collected from CES since its first participation in 2018.
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| ams OSRAM Launches Global Partner Network |
11/21/2022 |
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ams OSRAM has launched a new Global Partner Network of design consultancies, module suppliers, and supporting component manufacturers to accelerate customers’ time to market and facilitate new business opportunities, while taking advantage of the latest optical and sensor technologies.
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| ITRI offers High Resolution Full-Color Micro LED Display for AR Glasses |
11/21/2022 |
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The low-power (<1W) display features a resolution of >2,000 PPI and brightness of >20,000 nits, and integrates the display and sensor functions in a compact design, giving the product a slim look (<0.5in). The design adopts heterogeneous integration technology similar to semiconductor processes to create micro-displays with wide color gamut by bringing micro LED, CMOS, and quantum-dot color conversion layers together within a single panel.
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| Samsung to quadruple capacity by 2027 |
11/18/2022 |
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Samsung Electronics Co. will add a new fab every year to keep its lead in chipmaking and scale up foundry to enhance the consigned business to its dominant mass-market memory rank, Korea’s chipmaker said defying the industrial down cycle and economic uncertainties.
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| MediaTek wants to address the market of Windows on Arm PCs |
11/17/2022 |
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MediaTek's Kompanio platforms for Windows on Arm PCs will include 'some of the technology' applied to high-end Dimensity SoCs for smartphones as well as 5G, Bluetooth, Wi-Fi, and even display driver ICs (DDICs) specifically designed for laptops, the company revealed.
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| Keysight USB4 Version 2.0 Solutions Optimize Design Performance |
11/17/2022 |
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Keysight Technologies Inc. has launched a new set of USB 80Gbps solutions that maximize the performance of USB designs and ensure compliance with the specifications implemented by the USB Implementers Forum (USB-IF) standard to deliver accuracy and high signal fidelity.
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| Medical device connectivity (MDC) expected to grow to $9 billion |
11/16/2022 |
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MDC helps overcome staffing challenges in organizations as data from medical devices is added to patients’ electronic records without manual entry. The promising market for global MDC is expected to hit $8.96 billion by 2027 from $2.47 billion in 2022, registering a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 29.4%.
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| TSMC Arizona site to concentrate on 3nm |
11/16/2022 |
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TSMC has led a wave of new fab investments in the U.S. as part of a national effort to rebuild the domestic semiconductor industry centered around the CHIPS Act.
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| GlobalFoundries is planning layoffs and hiring freeze |
11/15/2022 |
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The company Friday informed its employees of the impending workforce reductions, without disclosing when exactly they would occur or which divisions would be affected. The chipmaker said Tuesday during an earnings call that it was working on initiatives to lower its operating expenses by $200 million annually.
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| SSDs Get Smarter with computational storage |
11/15/2022 |
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3D NAND flash–based SSDs are no longer just a place to store data for fast access. Coupled with DRAM, they’re now the primary storage for many devices, including some laptops. Thanks to advances in controller technology, firmware and software can do a lot more on their own at a time when data is growing exponentially through artificial intelligence (AI)- and machine learning (ML)-driven workloads.
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