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| Rambus, SK Hynix add 10 years to patent license deal |
4/12/2023 |
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Effective July, 2024, the extension maintains similar financial terms and provides SK hynix with broad access to the full Rambus patent portfolio through mid-2034. Other terms and details are confidential.
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| Global Semiconductor Sales Down 4% in February |
4/11/2023 |
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“Global semiconductor sales continued to slow in February, decreasing year-to-year and month-to-month for the sixth consecutive month,” said John Neuffer, SIA president and CEO.
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| Samsung cuts memory chip production |
4/10/2023 |
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Samsung said it would cut memory chip production to a “meaningful level,” a move competitors had been waiting for after a pileup of inventory hurt pricing and profits.
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| 4Q22 Global NAND Flash Revenue Down 25% |
4/10/2023 |
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Enterprise SSD took the brunt of the fall with prices plummeting 23–28%. Despite manufacturers lowering prices in an attempt to drive up demand, clients are hesitant to purchase more components for fear of overstock. As a result, NAND Flash bit shipments rose by a mere 5.3% as ASP fell 22.8%.
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| GM–GlobalFoundries Partnership reduce risks for automotive OEMs and suppliers alike |
4/10/2023 |
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GM and GlobalFoundries last month made a “first of a kind” pact under which the New York–based chipmaker will manufacture for GM’s key chip suppliers. The partnership comes as shortages of car chips continue to constrain automobile production even as electrified and autonomous vehicles are expected to double vehicle chip content during this decade
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| EPC Releases Phase 15 Report on GaN Reliability |
4/6/2023 |
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EPC's Phase-15 Reliability Report documents continued work using test-to-fail methodology and adding specific reliability metrics and predictions for real world applications of GaN.
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| Plataine, Nepes to build world’s first chip AI factory in Korea |
4/5/2023 |
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Israel’s Plataine and Nepes signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) on AI factory cooperation in Tel Aviv, Israel, on Sunday. Under the MoU, the two companies plan to establish a joint venture in the first half of this year and transform Nepes’ main production facility in Goesan, North Chungcheong Province into an AI factory.
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| Intel aims to recruit young workers with new plant |
4/5/2023 |
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Officials said Most of the positions are expected to be technicians, which require a two-year associate degree or less, and Intel officials say they are working on a shorter curriculum aimed at easing barriers to these careers.
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