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Chip Industry Week In Review

Amkor's $400M advanced packaging funding; SK hynix plans DRAM/HBM fab; rare-earths deal; top technology megatrends; DDR5 standard; chiplet packagin...

Legacy Process Nodes Going Strong

The critical, and growing, significance of mature node chips and processes.

Chip Industry Week In Review

Leading-edge foundry plans; DoD IC center; 300mm funding; Intel's apprenticeship program; metrology and test acquisitions; Keysight's chiplet PHY s...

EDA Revenue Up, China Weak

Rest of Asia makes up difference, but causes for shift still unknown.

Intel Vs. Samsung Vs. TSMC

Foundry competition heats up in three dimensions and with novel technologies as planar scaling benefits diminish.

Chip Industry Week In Review

Softbank's acquisition; advanced packaging funding; glass substrates; engineered copper wire; semi equipment set new record; HBM4; AI chips rake in...

Chip Industry Week In Review

Sk Hynix's bets big on HBM; high-performing, low-power LLM without matrix multiplication; US Tech Hubs funding; Renesas-Altium deal passes key test...

Chip Industry Week In Review

DAC; CHIPS funding; CXL standards; Nexperia investment; US curbs tech investments; Accellera's Federated Simulation Group; European sustainability ...

U.S. Proposes Restrictions On Tech Investments In China

Chips, quantum, AI, and EDA would be sharply limited under Treasury Department plan.

Chip Industry Week In Review

GF, BAE team up; $2B Czech SiC plant; SEMI's capacity report; imec's CFETs, beamforming transmitters; Germany chip plant postponed; EUV patterning ...

Startups

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.

Startup Funding: October 2023

Data centers draw largest investments; $3.2 billion total slated for 58 companies.

Startup Funding: September 2023

Data center I/O, AI accelerators; nanostructures split in half; automotive full-stack driverless vehicle platforms; SPM for 3D surface measurements.

Startup Funding: August 2023

Investors funnel $4.2 billion into startups; AI hardware, automotive draw the most attention.

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