Woodstock Wire: Semiconductor News

Tech -- ExtremeTech - It's been a good year for fabless integrated circuit (IC) design companies. Without the burden of owning and running a fab, they've been free to ship their designs to companies like TSMC to do the hard work of creating their silicon offspring....

Media -- Evertiq - According to TrendForce, market conditions in 1H22 were chaotic and there was disparate demand for chips of varying functionality. Given the global development of electronic devices and power systems, the overall demand for power management...

Media -- SemiMedia - According to the latest report from IC Insights, most of the new growth in MCUs is driven by embedded automation and the spread of sensors. The pervasiveness of MCUs was a key factor in suppliers being unable to keep up with the strong 2021...

Media -- Electronics360 - In an SIA letter, 123 executives lobby for quick passage of the bill.

Media -- Electronic Engineering Journal - What's new: NXP(r) Semiconductors has announced the addition of new MMW9012K and MMW9014K 4-channel dual polarized analog beamformers to its 5G portfolio, as well as an antenna system developer kit. Developed using NXP's...

Media -- eBOM - Analog Devices, Inc.(ADI) has introduced a complete 10BASE-T1L Ethernet solution designed for building automation networks. Digital, connected automation equipment enables holistic building management ranging from heating ventilation and air conditioning...

Media -- eBOM - Global semiconductor supplier ROHM Semiconductor and world-class power supply manufacturer Delta Electronics today announced that they have entered into a strategic partnership to develop and mass-produce next-generation GaN (gallium nitride) power...

Media -- Electronics Sourcing - The future is electric. Our vehicles will soon be less reliant on fossil fuels in response to the world's need to lessen its carbon footprint. Global warming is knocking on our very doors, and this is one response to it. Many countries...

Media -- DIGITIMES - There is no doubt that semiconductors will be everywhere in the world in the future, and semiconductors are already a very important strategic industry for industrial countries. Taiwan, a top semiconductor-producing country in the world, has...

Media -- DIGITIMES - As handsets and consumer devices will continue to see sluggish sales prospects, automotive chip vendors hope foundry partners can again allocate more capacity for still-scant automotive chips, according to supply chain sources.

Media -- DIGITIMES - Fab equipment spending in 2023 is forecast by SEMI to remain at US$109 billion, staying flat from the predicted spending in 2022, symbolizing the plateauing of capacity investments in front-end facilities amid slowdown in aggregated demands,...

Media -- DIGITIMES - It has become an irreversible trend to incorporate third-generation semiconductor materials such as silicon carbide (SiC) into power devices and modules for electric vehicles (EV). And Taiwan III-V semiconductor suppliers can leverage the...

Media -- Semiconductor Engineering - Atomic layer deposition (ALD) players are poised to seize a new growth opportunity after the chip shortage pushed manufacturers to announce fab capacity expansions worldwide. Geared toward 200mm market needs, 300mm ALD platforms...

Business Wire -- Seoul Semiconductor and Seoul Viosys are ranked first in the world in the UV LED field, developing and mass-producing LEDs.

Business Wire -- TSMC (TWSE: 2330, NYSE: TSM) today showcased the newest innovations in its advanced logic, specialty, and 3D IC technologies at the Company's 2022 North America Technology Symposium, with the next-generation leading-edge N2 process powered by nanosheet...

Media -- All About Circuits - With an eye on the semiconductor engineering shortage, Purdue University has launched a six-component flexible study program.

Media -- Electronics360 - Arduino will be able to tap into Renesas' product portfolio for future designs.

Media -- WebWire - STMicroelectronics has announced the ST4SIM-201 embedded SIM (eSIM) for machine-to-machine (M2M) communication, which meets the latest standards for 5G network access, M2M security, and flexible remote provisioning...

Media -- Evertiq - New ranking from IC Insights shows some revenue gaps expanding between the largest microcontroller manufacturers.

Media -- DIGITIMES - The shortage of Texas Instruments (TI) analog chips may not ease in the second half of the year as much as what previous reports had suggested, according to sources in related industry supply chains.

Globe Newswire -- Semiconductors - STMicroelectronics' new inertial modulesenable AI training inside the sensor

Electronics -- Rambus - The Rambus PCI Express(r) (PCIe) 6.0 Controller with AXI is a configurable and scalable design for ASIC implementations. It is backward compatible to PCIe 5.0, 4.0 and 3.1/3.0, and compatible with version 6.x of PHY Interface for PCI Express...

Electronics -- On Semi - onsemi (Nasdaq: ON), a leader in intelligent power and sensing technologies, today released its annual Sustainability Report, previously known as the Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) report. In a continuous effort...

Electronics -- STMicroelectronics News - STMicroelectronics has announced the ST4SIM-201 embedded SIM (eSIM) for machine-to-machine (M2M) communication, which meets the latest standards for 5G network access, M2M security, and flexible remote provisioning and management....

Electronics -- Infineon - Infineon Technologies AG (FSE: IFX / OTCQX: IFNNY) today announced it plans to showcase smart sensing applications that make life easier, safer and greener at Sensors Converge 2022....

Business Wire -- Renesas announced circuit technologies for an embedded STT-MRAM test chip that achieves 5.9-ns random read access and a write throughput of 5.8 MB/s.

Business Wire -- Cadence announced that leading customers adopted the comprehensive line-up of Cadence(r) Design IP in TSMC's industry-leading 5nm process technology.

Business Wire -- Renesas announced two new cloud development kits that quickly establish wireless connections between MCUs and cloud services without a gateway.

Enterprise -- The Register - Factories hope to buy their way out of shortages - with Taiwan leading the pack

If you've been ripping your hair out about the ongoing semiconductor shortage, you should know that chip manufacturers are at least trying to spend their way...

Aspencore -- EDN - The semiconductor industry's journey to the cloud is now reaching the next destination: IC design companies choosing to host their EDA workloads in the cloud. Cadence's announcement about the OnCloud SaaS and e-commerce platform powered by Amazon...

Life -- Phys.org - Atomically thin semiconductors such as molybdenum disulfide and tungsten disulfide are promising materials for nanoscale photonic devices. These approximately 2D semiconductors support so-called excitons, which are bound electron-hole pairs,...

Media -- Evertiq - GlobalFoundries and STMicro are reportedly in talks to build a semiconductor factory in France with the help of government funds.

Media -- DIGITIMES - Taiwan's IC analysis and inspection labs are optimistic about better performance in the second half of 2022 than the first half, bolstered by increasing wafer material analysis (MA) demand by foundry houses and reliability analysis (RA) for...

Media -- DIGITIMES - MediaTek may see its sales disappoint in the second half of 2022, attributed to China mobile phone brands cutting their sales goals for second-half 2022, but will still manage to meet its 20% revenue growth forecast for the year, according...

Media -- DIGITIMES - TSMC is tightening up its payment terms for better cash flow and greater stability, according to industry sources.

Media -- All About Circuits - Intel is getting creative in how it addresses manufacturing slowdowns-this time, by doubling up on capacitors for both sides of the ABF substrate.

Media -- All About Circuits - The new building automation solutions from onsemi aim to incorporate essential components that serve the needs of a modern smart home system

Media -- Semiconductor Today - The power gallium nitride (GaN) device market is growing at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 59% from just $126m in 2021 to $2bn in 2027, estimates market research and strategy consulting company Yole Developpement in the...

Media -- Evertiq - One hundred days after the start of the war, Infineon Technologies reaffirms its solidarity with the people of Ukraine. The company states that it made the decision to liquidate its entity in Russia in March already, which is currently being...

Media -- DIGITIMES - Texas Instruments (TI) have notified its clients that the supply-demand imbalance for analog chips, particularly power management ICs (PMICs), will ease in the second half of the year, according to sources at Chinese distributors of chips...

Media -- Evertiq - The French designer and manufacturer of semiconductor materials report that its revenue for the full fiscal year of 2022 reached a new all-time record of EUR 863 million.

Media -- SemiMedia - Diodes Corporation recently expanded its USB Power Delivery (PD) solution portfolio with two new high-performance USB PD3.0 receiver controller ICs. The DIODES AP33771 and DIODES AP33772 sink controllers are targeted at home appliances and...

Media -- SemiMedia - According to reports, Bill Wiseman, a senior partner at McKinsey & Company, a well-known consulting firm, revealed recently that in the face of chip shortages, the company has formed a special team responsible for sourcing specific chips that...

Media -- Evertiq - The US DRAM specialist is reportedly planning to add some 2,000 employees and set up a research and development corridor in Taiwan.

Globe Newswire -- NXP Semiconductors (NASDAQ: NXPI) today announced the new MCX portfolio of microcontrollers, designed to advance innovation in smart homes, smart factories, smart cities and across many emerging industrial and IoT edge applications. The portfolio includes...

Globe Newswire -- Semiconductors - STMicroelectronics reveals a ready-to-use In-Vehicle system-on-chip solution for Secure Car Access CCC Release 3 compliant

Business Wire -- Renesas invested in Arduino's new round of Series B funding to make its broad product offering available for Arduino's worldwide developer community.

Business Wire -- Cadence announced that its digital and custom/analog design flows have been certified for the TSMC N3E and N4P processes, supporting the latest DRM.

Business Wire -- indie Semiconductor (Nasdaq: INDI), an Autotech solutions innovator, is set to join the broad-market Russell 2000 Index at the conclusion of the 2022 Russell indexes annual reconstitution, effective after the US market opens on June 27, according to a...

Media -- CNBC - Tech - Apple could gain share from Microsoft Windows in PC shipments after announcing its new and more powerful M2 processors.