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ON Semiconductor offers first power controller chip for ultra high density offline supplies 6/24/2021
In conventional PFC circuits the rectifier bridge diodes account for around 4W of losses in a 240W power supply, which represents around 20% of total losses. In contrast, PFC stages are typically 97% efficient and the LLC circuit achieves similar performance.
Wave of new IC fabs to boost semiconductor equipment sales 6/24/2021
"Equipment spending for all 29 fabs is expected to surpass US$140 billion over the next few years as the industry pushes to address the global chip shortage,"
U.S. blocked China's acquisition of Magnachip 6/24/2021
the United States (CFIUS) issued an interim order on June 15 blocking the Chinese private equity fund Wise Road Capital from acquiring Magnachip Semiconductor Corp. of Seoul, South Korea. The regulatory step puts the deal on hold.
COVID-19 infections postponed SEMICON Taiwan 6/24/2021
SEMICON Taiwan 2021, which was originally slated to take place in Taipei this September, will be rescheduled to either December this year or January 2022. An official announcement will be made in mid-August.
Intel offers 5G wirless silicon with associated support 6/23/2021
The vendor introduced its Intel Network Platform, which includes system-level reference architectures, drivers and software building blocks.
New record registered for IC equipment orders 6/23/2021
The billings figure is 4.7% higher than the revised billings level of US$3.43 billion in April, and is 53.1% above the May 2020 billings level of US$2.34 billion.
SK Siltron and Silicon Works to develop gallium nitride (GaN)-based chips 6/23/2021
SK Siltron, the country’s exclusive wafer producer, is looking to enter GaN chip business, according to industry sources on Sunday. The company has been conducting research and development (R&D) for GaN semiconductors at the request of the Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy.
Huawei failed appeal to overturn FCC's 5G barring 6/23/2021
The 5th Circuit Court of Appeals in New Orleans, Louisiana on Friday (June 18) found that the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) was within its power and competence to issue the rule barring “Universal Service Fund” subsidies recipients from purchasing equipment or services from firms designated as national security risks.
SMART Modular offers space qualified products 6/22/2021
SMART is targeting the aerospace, defense and industrial application with the new T5EN PCIe/NVMe M.2 2280 and U.2 flash drives.
Winbond offers SPI NOR Flash clocks up to 166 MHz 6/22/2021
Apart from the existing 3V 512Mb W25Q512JV, the new 1.8V W25Q512NW SPI NOR Flash also features pin-to-pin compatibility, enabling customers to upgrade to higher flash storage capacities without having to change the footprint of their designs.
Foxconn and TSMC to purchase Covid-19 vaccine for Taiwan Government 6/22/2021
Taiwanese government said on Friday it would allow both companies to negotiate on its behalf with German-based vaccine maker BioNTech. While negotiations are ongoing, both companies said they are looking to purchase 5 million doses each, before donating them to the government.
Pure-play foundries to invest heavily into automotive IC 6/22/2021
Despite smartphones and other mass-market applications still playing a main role in foundries' revenue, the foundries may see sales generated from the auto sector grow substantially over the next two to three years.
Intel CEO Pat Gelsinger predicts some good years of growth ahead 6/18/2021
“I predict there’s 10 good years in front of us, because the world is becoming more digital, and everything digital needs semiconductors.”
Semiconductor material prices increased 6/18/2021
Spot market prices for polysilicon have recently risen by over 20% to US$36-37 per kilogram from the level early this year, but silicon wafer makers will be little affected by the price hikes as they have inked long-term contracts with suppliers of the material.
Rambus acquires PLDA and AnalogX to boost its IP portfolio 6/18/2021
Both acquisitions are intended to address what the company has called a ‘generational shift’ in the data centre space and the development of next generation systems and new architectures.
Nexperia to invest $700 million boosting manufacturing capacity at all sites 6/18/2021
“Nexperia reported robust product sales of $1.4 billion in 2020, with demand accelerating rapidly in Q3 and Q4,” says COO Achim Kemp, “that momentum has been maintained so far this year, and we expect it to continue over the long term.”
Korea's Key Foundry offer next-generation automotive power semiconductor 6/17/2021
Key Foundry’s new automotive power semiconductor is built on the second-gen flash memory 0.13 micron BCD (Bipolar-CMOS-DMOS) technology, which incorporates analog components, digital components and high-voltage transistors on the same chip.
Alibaba offers new embedded CPU design 6/17/2021
The product won the first prize in the Zhejiang Science and Technology Awards unveiled on Tuesday, thanks to its innovative breakthroughs in the instruction set, processor architecture and supporting tool chain.
DDR5 likely to overtake DD$ in 2023 6/17/2021
According to one industry analyst, adoption of DDR5 in the mainstream market should take place by 2023.
IC Insights predicts semi market to rise 6/17/2021
IC Insights credited its more upbeat forecasts to continued per-bit pricing strength in the DRAM and NAND flash markets as well as a better than expected outlook for many of the logic and analog IC product categories.
Samsung puts new memory MCP package into production 6/16/2021
The multi-chip package combines LPDDR5 memory and UFS 3.1 NAND storage, which has the capacity and efficiency to make 5G functionality accessible to a wider range of smartphone users.
AMD Zen 4 Epyc processors have as many as 128 cores and 256 threads 6/16/2021
AMD Zen 4 is the company's next major architecture revision, codenamed Genoa, and is set to be a huge step up from the existing Zen 3 architecture.
IDC expecting increase in (SSD) revenue and shipments over the next four years 6/16/2021
Shipments are expected to grow with a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 7.8%, and revenues are slated to increase at a CAGR of 9.2% from now until 2025. As a result, the market will reach $51.5 billion in revenue by 2025, according to IDC.
Hyundai Motor acquired Hyundai Mobis to design its own chips 6/16/2021
Hyundai Mobis acquired the semiconductor business from family unit Hyundai Autron in December last year. It then formed a new chip designing team under the research and development division for own designing and development early this year.
Worldwide sales up 2% Month to Month 6/15/2021
Worldwide sales of semiconductors reached $41.8 billion in April 2021, an increase of 1.9% from the March 2021 total of $41 billion and 21.7% more than the April 2020 total of $34.4 billion, according to the Semiconductor Industry Association (SIA).
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