Chip Industry Week In Review

By The SE Staff - 15 Mar, 2024 - Comments: 0

By Adam Kovac, Karen Heyman, and Liz Allan. Europe's semiconductor footprint is growing in areas that previously had little association with chips. Silicon Box plans to build a panel-level foundry in northern Italy, funded in part by the Italian government. The deal is worth around €3.2 billion ($3.6B). In addition, imec will establish a specialized 300mm chip technology pilot line in M... » read more

Chip Industry Week In Review

By The SE Staff - 01 Dec, 2023 - Comments: 0

By Susan Rambo, Gregory Haley, and Liz Allan Amkor plans to invest about $2 billion in a new advanced packaging and test facility in Peoria, Arizona. When finished, it will employ about 2,000 people and will be the largest outsourced advanced packaging facility in the U.S. The first phase of the construction is expected to be completed and operational within two to three years. Synopsys p... » read more

Chip Industry Week In Review

By The SE Staff - 22 Sep, 2023 - Comments: 0

By Jesse Allen, Karen Heyman, and Liz Allan The U.S. Department of Defense (DOD) announced $238 million in awards toward establishing eight regional innovation hubs under the CHIPS and Science Act. The hubs aim to accelerate hardware prototyping and "lab-to-fab" transition of semiconductor technologies for secure edge/IoT, 5G/6G, AI hardware, quantum technology, electromagnetic warfare, and ... » read more

Week In Review: Auto, Security, Pervasive Computing

By Susan Rambo - 05 May, 2023 - Comments: 0

Pervasive computing Microsoft and AMD are working together on an AI processor, according to a report in Bloomberg. Tenstorrent adopted Arteris IP’s Ncore and FlexNoC interconnect IP for its AI RISC-V chiplets. The chiplets will be configurable for different uses and workloads. Some use cases include AI high-performance computing for data center, such as cloud servers, and edge devices and... » read more

Week In Review: Auto, Security, Pervasive Computing

By Susan Rambo - 09 Dec, 2022 - Comments: 0

Pervasive computing Swedish-based Ericsson is selling its IoT business platform to Aeris for an undisclosed amount. Ericsson will transfer its IoT Accelerator and Connected Vehicle Cloud businesses and assets to Aeris, a company that focuses on industrial, automotive, and medical IoT networks. The complexity and fragmentation of the IoT space requires more custom and hands on maintenance. Acco... » read more

Week In Review: Auto, Security, Pervasive Computing

By Susan Rambo - 23 Dec, 2021 - Comments: 0

NASA plans to launch the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) this Saturday, Dec 25, on an European Space Agency (ESA) rocket. Mission-critical radiation-hardened components from IR HiRel, an Infineon company, will go up with the JWST. IR HiRel space-grade DC-DC converters, rad hard MOSFETs and other power control products are in the spacecraft bus subsystems, such as electrical power, altitude co... » read more

The Silicon Carbide Race Begins

By Patrick Waurzyniak - 20 Sep, 2021 - Comments: 0

The growing adoption of silicon carbide (SiC) for a variety of automotive chips has reached the tipping point where most chipmakers now consider it a relatively safe bet, setting off a scramble to stake a claim and push this wide-bandgap technology into the mainstream. SiC holds great promise for a number of automotive applications, particularly for battery electric vehicles. It can extend d... » read more

Week In Review: Manufacturing, Test

By Mark LaPedus - 03 Sep, 2021 - Comments: 1

OEMs For some time, the automotive industry has suffered due to chip shortages in the market. And the chip shortages are spreading into other markets. In the latest news, GM plans to idle key truck plants amid chip shortages, according to a report from Bloomberg. “GM said eight of its 14 North American assembly plants will experience shutdowns this month because of chip shortages, includi... » read more

Week In Review: Auto, Security, Pervasive Computing

By Susan Rambo - 03 Sep, 2021 - Comments: 0

Automotive Chinese smartphone maker Xiaomi registered its electric vehicle (EV) business (Xiaomi EV) with an initial investment of RMB $10 billion (USD$1.5B). Xiaomi plans to invest USD $10 billion in Xiaomi EV over 10 years, under the leadership of Lei Jun, the founder of Xiaomi. Currently, Xiaomi EV has approximately 300 employees. Xiaomi also acquired autonomous driving technology company... » read more

Week In Review: Manufacturing, Test

By Mark LaPedus - 30 Apr, 2021 - Comments: 0

Chipmakers and OEMs Intel wants $9.7 billion in subsidies for use in building a leading-edge fab in Europe, according to a report from Reuters. As reported, in March, Intel re-entered the foundry business, positioning itself against Samsung and TSMC at the leading edge, and against a multitude of foundries working at older nodes. Eighteen members of the European Union recently launched an ... » read more

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Chip Industry Week In Review

Chip Industry Week In Review

Chip Industry Week In Review

Week In Review: Auto, Security, Pervasive Computing

Week In Review: Auto, Security, Pervasive Computing

Week In Review: Auto, Security, Pervasive Computing

The Silicon Carbide Race Begins

Week In Review: Manufacturing, Test

Week In Review: Auto, Security, Pervasive Computing

Week In Review: Manufacturing, Test

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