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| Ancora Semiconductor raise first round capital of NT$456 million |
9/19/2022 |
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Ancora Semiconductor Inc., a Delta Electronics affiliate focusing on gallium nitride (GaN) technology, has raised NT$456 million in its first capital raising round from strategic investors ROHM Co. Ltd, Sino-American Silicon (SAS), uPI Semiconductors, and Delta Electronics Inc.
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| Intel put emphasis on RISC-V cores |
9/19/2022 |
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The premise behind the new Intel Pathfinder platform is that system-on-chip (SoC) architects and system software developers can create their own products using a variety of RISC-V cores and intellectual property (IP) from the partner ecosystem, instantiate on FPGA and simulator platforms, and then run industry leading operating systems and tool chains within a unified IDE.
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| Arm has beefed up its Arm Neoverse product roadmap |
9/16/2022 |
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The roadmap features the addition of Arm Neoverse V2, code named Demeter, for years into the future. Neoverse V2 is the latest Arm core targeted at providing leadership in per-thread performance for the cloud, hyperscale, and high-performance computing workloads,
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| Brewer Science to show advanced packaging at SEMICON Taiwan 2022 |
9/16/2022 |
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Dr. Alvin Lee will address cost-effective solutions and innovative material technologies that enable advanced wafer-level packaging applications. Materials will be discussed that address the growing challenges in applications requiring thin wafer handling, die attach, high-temperature processing, permanent adhesives, dielectrics, and wafer cleaning.
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| XP Power in Malaysia expands into Phase III manufacturing |
9/16/2022 |
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The Asia III site will be the company’s largest facility, representing the biggest investment valued at RM228 million for Phase 1, over the span of five years. This expansion is vital in XP Power’s global growth strategy, increasing production capacity to support surging customer demand across regions.
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| IDC predicts huge increase for Cloud Businesses in ASEAN |
9/15/2022 |
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Several key areas that are prioritized by Southeast Asian countries to drive their digital economy include becoming a data-driven organization, accelerating digital services, autonomous operations, omni-experience, and supply chain modernization.
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| Cadence strengthens AI based designs |
9/15/2022 |
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AI (JedAI) Platform enables a generational shift from single-run, single-engine algorithms in electronic design automation (EDA) to algorithms that leverage big data and artificial intelligence (AI) to optimize multiple runs of multiple engines across an entire SoC design and verification flow.
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| Intel loses more market share too AMD |
9/15/2022 |
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Intel CEO Pat Gelsinger last week said he expects the company to continue to lose market share in data center equipment to rival chipmaker AMD.
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| US seek to collaborate with Mexico on EVs, microchips |
9/14/2022 |
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Mexico and the United States plan to take advantage of the Biden administration’s massive investment in semiconductor production to push the integration of their supply chains and cooperate on expanding the production of electric vehicles through Mexico’s nationalized lithium industry,
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| Seagate partners with data storage startup |
9/12/2022 |
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The storage stalwart has teamed up with a DNA-based digital data storage startup called Catalog, which was founded by MIT alumni in 2016. The technical twosome today announced that they will be working on several initiatives together, but the most interesting potential advance could be the work on making DNA-based platforms up to 1,000 times smaller.
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| IC lead times improved |
9/12/2022 |
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It would be ‘healthy’ for the semiconductor industry if it got back to 10- to 14-week lead times.
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| Hydrogen fuel cells cars have faded |
9/9/2022 |
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It rapidly became obvious that for the near future, battery power would deliver more efficient solutions than fuel cells to meet the demand for green cars.
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