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| DRAM prices to decline as much as 10% |
7/7/2022 |
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Facing uncertain peak-season demand in 2H22, some DRAM suppliers have begun effectively expressing clear intentions to cut prices, especially in the server field, where demand is relatively stable, in order to reduce inventory pressure.
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| Microchip puts into production First RISC-V-Based SoC FPGA |
7/7/2022 |
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Microchip Technology Inc. announces the production qualification for the MPFS250T and the previously announced MPFS025T. Microchip’s Mi-V ecosystem has also continued to streamline RISC-V adoption while enabling a new class of smaller, more power-efficient and less-costly industrial, IoT and other edge-compute products.
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| CO2 Batteries to replace lithium |
7/7/2022 |
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Energy Dome, a startup founded in 2019 and headquartered in Milan, Italy, has developed a novel technology which aims to drastically reduce greenhouse gas emissions into the atmosphere, thus helping to solve the environmental issue. This new technology, named CO2 Battery, is actually a long–duration energy storage which allows renewable energy production to be more affordable and dispatchable.
Energy Dome’s CO2 battery
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| Chroma ATE to Invest in EV Maker Gaius Automotive |
7/6/2022 |
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Chroma will supply electric control units (ECUs) to Gaius as one of the key components for electric three-wheeled delivery vehicles. The tie-up will offer strong support to the development of Taiwan’s electric vehicle (EV) industry.
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| Material shortage hinders semiconductor equipment shipments |
7/5/2022 |
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Current observations indicate that this delay of semiconductor equipment has a relatively marginal impact on expansion plans in 2022 with the bulk of repercussions arriving in 2023, affecting TSMC, UMC, PSMC, Vanguard, SMIC, and GlobalFoundries,
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| Maturity of 5G to Spur Growth in the Drone Market |
7/5/2022 |
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ABI Research predicts total worldwide shipments of sUAS ecosystems to reach 3 million by 2025, increasing at a 25% compound annual growth rate (CAGR). COVID-19 has driven the need for more human-drone collaboration. At the same time, the maturity of drone hardware and complementary technology such as 5G allows more countries to relax their drone regulations.
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| NAND flash prices to drop over Q322 |
7/5/2022 |
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capacity is sufficient to meet increased bit demand amid growing output month by month from Kioxia and WDC, according to TrendForce research. However, post-pandemic demand for consumer electronics such as laptops will no longer lead to flagging orders.
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| P-DUKE offers 12W DC-DC convertor |
7/5/2022 |
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Wthi thermal dissipating via its metal casing and high conversion efficiency of up to 90%, operation from -40 to +70°C ambient temperatures without derating is possible.
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| Intel ships its cryptocurrency-mining ASIC |
7/4/2022 |
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Head of Intel's Accelerated Computing Systems and Graphics group, tweeted Wednesday the company has started initial shipments of the Blockscale ASIC to crypto-mining firms Argo Blockchain, Hive Blockchain and Griid:
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| Efficient Power Conversion Corp.'s GaN transistors is now Rad-Hard |
7/4/2022 |
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With higher breakdown strength, lower gate charge, lower switching losses, better thermal conductivity, and very low on-resistance, power devices based on GaN significantly outperform silicon-based devices and enable higher switching frequencies resulting in higher power densities, higher efficiencies, and more compact and lighter weight circuitry for critical spaceborne missions.
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| Siemens and NVIDIA strengthen partnership to enable the industrial metaverse |
7/4/2022 |
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As a first step in this collaboration, the companies plan to connect Siemens Xcelerator, the open digital business platform, and NVIDIA Omniverse, a platform for 3D-design and collaboration. This will enable an industrial metaverse with physics-based digital models from Siemens and real-time AI from NVIDIA in which companies make decisions faster and with increased confidence.
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| Samsung leads industry with 3nm chips using a new nanosheet transistor |
7/4/2022 |
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Nanosheet technology promises to exceed performance limitations of FinFET, the current 3D-chip process used by Samsung and TSMC at the 7nm and 5nm nodes. Nanosheet is expected to improve power efficiency by reducing chip supply voltage levels, while also enhancing performance by increasing drive-current capability.
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| IC shipment to Russia down 90% |
7/1/2022 |
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Since the controls were put in place, global exports of semiconductors to Russia from all sources have declined by almost 90 percent,” said Raimondo, “leaving Russian companies without the chips they need for a wide variety of goods, including weapons like precision guided missiles and tanks.”
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| TSMC completes clean room Constuction in Japan |
7/1/2022 |
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The TSMC Japan 3DIC R&D Center, with its brand-new clean room facility, will pursue research into the next generations of three-dimensional silicon stacking and advanced packaging technologies in materials science.
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| Taiwan government urge U.S. to pass "Chip Bill" |
6/30/2022 |
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Aiming to incentivize that and other construction projects, the Senate last summer passed a bipartisan measure, known as the Chips Act, to spend $52 billion on manufacturer subsidies. But that legislation is still held up in congressional wrangling.
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| AMD investigating a potential data breach |
6/30/2022 |
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An AMD spokesperson told TechCrunch that the company “is aware of a bad actor claiming to be in possession of stolen data,” adding that “an investigation is currently underway.”
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| Tachyum offers a universal processor |
6/30/2022 |
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Rather than deciding to implement a CPU or GPU, a monolithic device may now be an option in the form of Prodigy, a universal processor developed by Tachyum. Prodigy combines the functionality of a CPU and GPU into a single architecture.
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| Details leaked on the upcoming AMD Dragon Range and AMD Phoenix CPUs |
6/29/2022 |
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Red Gaming Tech (RGT) on YouTube talked about the capabilities and specifications of some of the Ryzen 7000 processors for the mobile sector. AMD Dragon Range and Phoenix will each power laptops for gamers, but while Dragon Range will focus on delivering the best possible CPU performance, Phoenix will be competitive thanks to its built-in RDNA 3 iGPU.
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