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Asia Government Funding Surges

Taiwan, China, South Korea, and Japan continue to foster growth, while the rest of Asia competes for foreign investment and talent.

Chip Industry Week In Review

TSMC's Arizona funding finalized; Intel and U.S. national security; critical IC minerals; Japan's $65B push; Akash and SK Siltron funding; TSMC res...

Chip Industry Week In Review

Updated: Flex Logix sale; global chip sales up; Siemens' shift-left tool; export controls' impact; HBM3E/HBM4 roadmap; quantum in CAE; MIT's breakt...

EMEA Investments Driving Technology Specialization

Semiconductor policies, funding, and competitions are enabling industry and academia to pursue breakthroughs amidst the quest for supply chain resi...

Chip Industry Week In Review

Silicon Valley design center and NY EUV Accelerator; Siemens' big acquisition; Onto extends panel inspection with two acquisitions; DENSO-Quadric d...

Chip Industry Week In Review

Intel's EU court win; high-NA benchmarks and new maskless litho; GaN; Natcast's plan; Xiaomi's 3nm chip; semi tax credit rules; RISC-V; lithium min...

Americas Chip Funding Energizes Industry

Massive government infusions aim to improve security and supply chain robustness.

Chip Industry Week In Review

AI CPU chiplet platform; Intel-AMD pact; GDDR7 DRAM; AI-RFIC funding; CHIPS Act awards; NoC tiling; thermal modeling on chiplets; $900M nuclear tec...

Chip Industry Week In Review

Auto chiplet consortium; more nuke plants for AI; critical IC materials risk; TIMs; Foxconn in Mexico; ML in auto MCUs; 3nm PHY chiplet; chip healt...

Government Chip Funding Spreads Globally

Nations vie for a piece of the semiconductor pie with offers of cash, subsidies, tax breaks, and other approaches.

Startups

Startup Funding: Q3 2024

New startups emerge from stealth; 75 companies raise $2 billion.

AI’s Role In Chip Design Widens, Drawing In New Startups

Focus is on letting engineers do much more with the same or fewer resources — and less drudgery.

Analog Consolidation Spurs New Round Of Startups

Smaller companies open the door once again to analog customization projects, which have been too expensive for most chipmakers.

Startup Funding: Q2 2024

Big rounds for AI chips; 91 startups raise $2.6 billion.

Startup Funding: March 2024

Investors connect with interconnects; $1.1 billion for 39 companies.

Startup Funding: February 2024

Power electronics, data center interconnects among 49 startups that raised $800 million.

Startup Funding: January 2024

Chiplet packaging, AI, and quantum draw investment; 20 startups raise nearly $840 million.

Startup Funding: December 2023

Funding boosts photonics for AI, flexible chips; $1.3 billion for 72 companies.

Trendspotting: Automotive IC Startup Funding In 2023

Who's investing in automotive chip startups, where it's happening, and what's driving it.

Startup Funding: November 2023

Big month for quantum computing; 59 companies raise $1.7 billion.

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