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| Simmtech to double Production Line in Penang |
1/6/2023 |
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The expansion project will double SUSTIO’s HDI PCB production capacity while creating an additional of 400 full-time jobs for Malaysians. Simultaneously, the company will also be working with local companies to enhance its localisation programme which will further thrive the country’s semiconductor ecosystem.
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| Foxconn to use Nvidia chips to build self-driving vehicle platforms |
1/5/2023 |
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Taiwanese contract manufacturer Foxconn said it will manufacture electronic control units (ECUs) for cars based on Nvidia's DRIVE Orin chip made specifically for computing in connected and autonomous vehicles. The ECUs will serve the global automotive market, Foxconn said
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| NVIDIA brings GeForce RTXbrings 40 graphics to its portable PCs |
1/5/2023 |
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The company has introduced RTX 40 GPUs for laptops that promise large leaps in performance, even in lower-end systems. The flagship RTX 4080 and 4090 GPUs are reportedly powerful enough to play games across three 4K monitors at 60 frames per second.
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| Amazon. says now will cut 1,8000 jobs |
1/5/2023 |
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The cuts amount to 6% of Amazon's roughly 300,000-person corporate workforce and represent a swift turn for a retailer that recently doubled its base pay ceiling to compete more aggressively for talent
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| Intel settlement with VLSI to avoid $4B patent lawsuit |
1/4/2023 |
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The case in question [PDF] dates back to 2018 and alleged that Intel had infringed on five VLSI-owned patents governing things like secure communications, power optimization and delivery, and flip-chip interconnects.
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| Congatec offers Intel core computer on a module |
1/4/2023 |
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The company expects series production of OEM designs based on these new modules to ramp up quickly and massively as the new processors with long life availability offer vast improvements in many features yet are fully hardware compatible to the predecessors
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| The rbot has become the AIOT |
1/4/2023 |
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According to the experts who spoke during a November panel talk titled “How Smart Can We Live?” as part of the Embedded Forum at electronica 2022 in Munich. Nitin Dahad, editor-in-chief of embedded.com, moderated the session.
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| Taiwan Brings 96 Startups to Attend CES 2023 |
1/3/2023 |
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The National Development Council (NDC), The Ministry of Economic Affairs (MOEA), and the Ministry of Digital Affairs (MODA), and will bring 96 startups to Las Vegas to join the CES.
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| Synaptics developing new chips for growth markets like IoT in VR and EVs |
1/3/2023 |
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The company, founded 36 years ago by industry luminaries Carver Mead and Federico Faggin, has created much of the technology behind touchpads, fingerprint sensors and display drivers. Through acquisitions in the last few years, Synaptics is developing new chips for growth markets like IoT in virtual reality and EVs.
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| India's VLSI Industrry is growing |
1/3/2023 |
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India’s share of global electronics manufacturing will rise to about 10% in four to five years from the current 3.5%. The worldwide semiconductor industry is currently valued at $500-$600 billion and caters to the global electronics industry, currently valued at about $3 trillion.
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| Twitter closes a Sacramento data center |
1/2/2023 |
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Twitter is continuing to slim down its operations, and it looks like the company’s financial crash diet is leaving a bad taste in the mouths of its workforce.
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| Amazon eyes on Sport Streaming |
12/30/2022 |
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The move comes as Amazon seeks to strengthen its grip on the sports streaming market. The company already owns the rights to stream NFL games in the US and Premier League soccer matches in the UK.
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| Thailand Dominates ASEAN Electric Vehicle Market |
12/30/2022 |
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Thailand registered the highest EV sales volume in the region, capturing almost 60% share, followed by Indonesia and Singapore. Battery EVs (BEVs) constituted 61% of the sales and plug-in hybrid EVs (PHEVs) the rest. The top five brands accounted for almost 67% of the EV sales in SEA. Wuling emerged as the best-selling EV brand followed by Volvo and BMW.
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| Apple to have new iPad mini in 2023 |
12/29/2022 |
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The "main selling point" of the upcoming iPad mini upgrade will be a new processor, Kuo says in a series of tweets. Shipments are expected to start “by the end of 2023” or in the first half of 2024. Apple could put its M1 or M2 chip into the iPad mini.
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| Government entities were told to delete TikTok from their computers |
12/29/2022 |
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Agencies have 60 days to write rules banning that social media service “or any successor application or service developed or provided by ByteDance" on government hardware, with exceptions for law-enforcement, national-security, and security-research cases.
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