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| Toshiba name two activist to board |
6/29/2022 |
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Toshiba has appointed two directors from activist hedge funds to its board possibly paving the way to a sale of the company to private equity.
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| Analog Devices offers high resolution 3D depth sensor module |
6/29/2022 |
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Analog Devices Inc. has launched the industry’s first high-resolution, industrial quality, indirect Time-of-Flight (iToF) module for 3D depth sensing and vision systems. Enabling cameras and sensors to perceive 3D space in one megapixel resolution.
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| Automated testing remains a challenge |
6/29/2022 |
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Survey found that only 11% of the respondents have a fully automated strategy. With growing complexity, the number of tests is increasing (77%) and without automation, product development slows.
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| TSMC launch clean room facility in Japan |
6/28/2022 |
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TSMC, the world's largest contract chipmaker, said the clean room at its Japanese subsidiary -- the TSMC Japan 3DIC R&D Center -- is located in the Tsukuba Center of the National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST).
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| China's Yangtze Memory Technologies plans to bring online a second plant |
6/24/2022 |
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The Chinese memory chip producer Yangtze Memory Technologies plans to bring online a second plant in its home city of Wuhan as early as the end of this year, sources familiar with the matter say, in a move that could further close the company's technology and output gap with global leaders like Samsung of South Korea and Micron Technology of the U.S.
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| SiC is not only for the automotive industry |
6/24/2022 |
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Despite SiC's wide use in the automotive industry, the technology is primed for use in other industries, including aerospace and power supply.Despite SiC's wide use in the automotive industry, the technology is primed for use in other industries, including aerospace and power supply.
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| Samsung to start mass production of 3-nanometer semiconductors |
6/23/2022 |
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The next-generation 3nm chips will be built on the Gate-All-Around (GAA) technology, which Samsung said will allow up to 45 percent area reduction while providing 30 percent higher performance and 50 percent lower power consumption, compared with the existing FinFET process.
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| TSMC offer options for its 3nm processes |
6/23/2022 |
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TSMC's 3nm technology, starting production later in 2022, will feature the company's FinFlex architecture offering choices of standard cells with a 3-2 fin configuration for performance, a 2-1 fin configuration for power efficiency and transistor density, or 2-2 fin configuration for efficient performance.
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| DRAM pricing forecast to drop around three to eight percent across markets |
6/22/2022 |
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TrendForce said Monday that DRAM pricing for commercial buyers is forecast to drop around three to eight percent across those markets in the third quarter compared to the previous three months. Even prices for DDR5 modules in the PC market could drop as much as five percent from July to September.
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| Foundry Output Value Up 8% in 1Q22 |
6/22/2022 |
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Although demand for consumer electronics remains weak, structural growth demand in the semiconductor industry including for servers, high-performance computing, automotive, and industrial equipment has not flagged, becoming a key driver for medium and long term foundry growth.
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| Synopsys offers RF Design Flow for TSMC N6RF Process |
6/22/2022 |
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Synopsys Inc. has launched a new RF design flow developed with Ansys and Keysight for the TSMC N6RF process, the most advanced RF CMOS technology that offers significant performance and power efficiency boosts.
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| Micron Readies LPDDR5 DRAM for Level 5 Autonomy |
6/22/2022 |
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Today, Micron announced that its LPDDR5 memory is now Automotive Safety Integrity Level (ASIL) D certified, under ISO 26262, which is considered one of the most stringent safety integrity levels for automotive safety.
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| The commercialization of Graphene has been spotty so far |
6/21/2022 |
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There is a lot of potential for graphene in solar cells, and it is an area where many of its properties can be utilized to favorable effect. Over the last few years, there have been several commercial offerings hitting the market, with the latest one this year targeting the marine sector.
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| TSMC sets 2nm goal on 2025 |
6/20/2022 |
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The 2nm process will be 10-15 percent faster at the same power or save 25-30 percent power at the same speed compared to its 3nm process.
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| Applied Materials has bought Picosun |
6/20/2022 |
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Applied Materials has bought Picosun, a privately held semiconductor equipment company based in Espoo, Finland, which specialises in atomic layer deposition (ALD) technology, primarily for specialty semiconductors.
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