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| US chip industry facing a labor shortage, report says |
5/14/2024 |
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A McKinsey report found that the growing push for domestic semiconductor capacity in the US is driving a labor shortage. The report recommends certification programs and partnerships with middle and high schools to help fill the gaps.
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| DRAM, NAND contract prices on the rise, TrendForce says |
5/14/2024 |
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TrendForce reports contract prices for DRAM in the second quarter are expected to be up 13% to 18%, and NAND contract prices are also going up an expected 15% to 20%. A smaller price jump of about 10% is likely for eMMC/UFS.
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| Microchip’s Neuronix acquisition meshes AI content into FPGA fabric |
5/10/2024 |
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Microchip, long known for highly strategic acquisitions, has announced to acquire Neuronix, a supplier of neural network sparsity optimization technology that enables a reduction in power, size, and calculations for tasks such as image classification, object detection and semantic segmentation..
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| US chip production capacity expected to triple by 2032 |
5/9/2024 |
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US chip production capacity is projected to triple by 2032, taking its global share to 14% from 10%, according to a study by the Semiconductor Industry Association and commissioned by the Boston Consulting Group. The study points to the CHIPS and Science Act and other federally funded programs in the reversal of a downward trend in domestic chip production.
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| Microchip MCU Helps Designers Easily Incorporate Embedded Security |
5/9/2024 |
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Microchip Technology Inc. has launched a new family of PIC32CK 32-bit microcontrollers (MCUs) that features an integrated Hardware Security Module (HSM) subsystem and Arm Cortex-M33 core featuring TrustZone technology to help isolate and secure the device.
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| Apple is developing its own AI chip for data centers |
5/8/2024 |
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A report in The Wall Street Journal says Apple is working on an AI chip for data centers in a project codenamed Project ACDC, or Apple Chips in Data Center. Apple's server chip would likely focus on AI model inference and not training models, the report said
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| 2nm competition is heating up |
5/7/2024 |
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TSMC to start high volume production on its N2 process using GAA transistors this year, and that production on its N2P process using both GAA and backside power delivery (BSD) – would start in 2026.
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