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MediaTek to Open New IC Design Center at Purdue University in Indiana (2022.06.29)
MediaTek announced their commitment to accept a state transition assistance package from the Indiana Economic Development Commission (IEDC) to support its very first Midwest semiconductor chip design center in West Lafayette, Indiana |
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GlobalWafers to Establish a New 300mm Wafer Fab in the US (2022.06.29)
GlobalWafers announced on July 27th that it is going to establish a 300mm wafer fab in the Taxes Sherman, United State. The company projected that it will start mass production in 2025 to service its big customers including TSMC, Intel, and Samsung |
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HOLTEK New BS84C12CA High Noise Immunity Enhanced Touch A/D MCU (2022.06.29)
Holtek announced the release of its new Enhanced Touch A/D Flash MCU, the BS84C12CA. This new device incorporates all the excellent noise immunity features of the previous BS84C12C series and additionally has full pin compatibility with the BS84C12x |
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Imec Reveals Backside Power Delivery with Buried Power Rails for Back (2022.06.28)
At the 2022 IEEE VLSI Symposium on Technology and Circuits, imec presented the first experimental demonstration of a routing scheme for logic ICs with backside power delivery enabled through nano-through-silicon-vias (nTSVs) landing on buried power rails (BPRs) |
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Microsoft’s MR Aids TMUH to Develop Spinal Endoscopic Surgery (2022.06.28)
TAIPEI, Taiwan - Under the COVID-19 variant pandemic, every related personal need to do the COVID-19 test before surgery in the hospital, and people commonly worry about the risk of being infected, which results in some unurgent surgery and outpatient surgery being canceled |
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Micro LED Startup PlayNitride Showcases COC Mass Transfer Process (2022.06.24)
PlayNitride, a Taiwanese Micro LED Startup, held its IPO announcement press conference yesterday(6/23). The company opened its main stock holders and supply partners for the first time, and described its core technologies and application fields publicly |
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ITRI and TSMC Announces a New SOT-MRAM Technology at VLSI 2020 (2022.06.23)
TAIPEI, Taiwan – Taiwan’s ITRI(Industrial Technology Research Institute) announced a world-leading SOT-MRAM technology which is co-developed with TSMC. Apart from this, ITRI also cooperated with National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University(NYMC) to develop a new MRAM which has a wide operating temperature of 400 degrees Celsius |
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IC Insights：Top 10 analog IC suppliers for 2021 (2022.06.13)
With analog sales of $14.1 billion and 19% marketshare, Texas Instruments maintained its firm grip as the world’s leading supplier of analog devices in 2021. TI’s 2021 analog sales increased nearly $3.2 billion or 29% compared to 2020, according to IC Insights’ 2Q22 Update to The McClean Report that was released in May |
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u-blox Announces the u-blox MAYA-W2 tri-radio module (2022.05.19)
Thalwil, Switzerland – u-blox Announces the u-blox MAYA-W2 tri-radio module. Supporting Wi Fi 6, Bluetooth low energy (LE) 5.2, and IEEE 802.15.4 (Thread and Zigbee) on a compact form factor, the module brings Wi-Fi 6 technology to industrial and consumer mass-market applications in industrial automation, smart building & energy management, healthcare, smart home, and many other applications |
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Release its new integrated PIR/Microwave AFE and LDO Flash MCU (2022.05.03)
Holtek Announces the release of its new integrated PIR/Microwave AFE and LDO Flash MCU, the BA45F6640. By only adding an external PIR sensor or a microwave module, a human body motion detection function can be implemented. The device has a long detection range of up to 12 meters and also has anti-RF interference making it suitable for use in Internet of Things products |
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Imec Ramps Up the Development of the High-NA EUV Patterning Ecosystem (2022.05.03)
LEUVEN,Belgium— At the 2022 SPIE Advanced Lithography and Patterning Conference, imec presents significant progress in preparing the High-NA patterning ecosystem for the imec-ASML Joint High-NA Lab, which will be centered around the first 0 |
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Pulsonix PCB Design Adds 3D Collision Detection (2022.04.21)
Tewkesbury, UK– Pulsonix Announces the release of Pulsonix version 12.0, which adds new capabilities, speed improvements, and requested usability enhancements.
“Version 12.0 offers a significant step up for our users in the areas of the PCB design process that they say would benefit them the most, ” said Bob Williams, marketing director for Pulsonix |
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Avalue Launches 3-in-1 M.2 Expansion Card (2022.04.21)
TAIPEI, TAIWAN–Avalue Technology Launches latest peripheral product EPM-1607 with PCIe 3-in-1 M.2 2280/2260/2242 may be split according to requirements, can expand four independent RS-232 serial ports, and ultra-low power consumption |
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Phison Held opening ceremony of the affiliated parking space (2022.04.09)
Phison Electronics held the opening ceremony of the affiliated parking tower of Phison R&D Building on Apr, 8 (Taipei time). This parking tower not only achieves the goal of all Phison employees having a parking space, but also becomes a new welfare indicator for Guangyuan Science Park (廣源科學園區) in Zhunan, Miaoli |
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Kioxia Introduces 2nd Generation SSDs Designed With PCIe 5.0 (2022.03.24)
The first vendor to offer a drive designed with PCIe 5.0 interface technology, Kioxia Corporation announced that it has built on this achievement by introducing its 2nd generation SSDs.
The company’s new KIOXIA CD8 Series data center NVMe SSDs (“CD8 Series”) are optimized for hyperscale data center and enterprise server-attached workloads, and utilize PCIe 5 |
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Phison Electronics Passes ISO 26262 Certification (2022.03.12)
San Jose, Calif- Phison Electronics Corp Announces that it has passed the automotive functional safety development process certification, ISO 26262.
The automotive storage market has always been a major growth driver for the NAND storage manufacturers |
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ICInsight:2022 to Mark 20% Growth for the Foundry Market (2022.03.12)
IC Insights’ Forecast for the foundry market through 2026 was part of its recently released 1Q Update to the 2022 McClean Report. The Update also included analyses of the top-25 2021 semiconductor suppliers, semiconductor industry capital spending, IC industry capacity, the automotive IC market, and detailed forecasts for the DRAM, flash, MCU, MPU, and analog IC product segments |
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Takisawa Smart Factory Show Hi-Efficiency and Hi-Precision Machines (2022.02.24)
TAIPEI, Taiwan - Affected by global shipment traffic and lacking of raw material, this year in TIMTOS x TMTS 2022 is more focused on high efficiency multi-function machine design. Under this environment, Taiwan Takisawa also focus on developing high efficiency machine, plus smart production line and modulization of parts, which is more economical and time saving, all disclosed in this year TIMTOS x TMTS on booth J0118 |
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HOLTEK New BP66FW1242 Wireless Charger Rx MCU (2022.02.17)
Holtek announced the release of its new WPC Qi certified, sub-5W wireless charger receiver MCU, the BP66FW1242. The device conforms to the Qi communication protocol and includes an integrated linear wireless charger.
Together with other rich peripheral resources, the devices provides functions for wireless charging, lithium battery charging and discharging management and product system control |
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ICInsights:Semiconductor Sales To Rise at 7.1% CAGR Through 2026 (2022.02.14)
IC Insights has released its forecast and analysis of the worldwide semiconductor industry in its January Semiconductor Industry Flash Report—part of the 2022 McClean Report service.
The report forecasts total semiconductor sales will rise 11% this year following a very strong 25% increase in 2021 and an 11% increase in 2020 |
