July chip sales up 7.3% y-o-y; down 2.3% m-o-m

July chip sales were up 7.3% y-o-y at $49 billion compared to the $45.7 billion of July 2021 but were down 2.3% compared to the $50.2 billion of June 2022.

This article was posted on Sep 20, 2022

Emerging memories to be $44bn market by 2032

Emerging memories have started a growth surge and should climb to become about a $44 billion market by 2032. That’s the finding of a newly-released report by Objective Analysis and Coughlin Associates: Emerging Memories Enter the Next Phase.

This article was posted on Sep 20, 2022

Biden attends Intel Ohio ground-breaking

Intel broke ground on its first $20 billion Ohio fab last Friday – the first project of Intel’s planned $100 billion investment in Ohio over the next ten years.

This article was posted on Sep 20, 2022

400W S-band power amplifier MMIC

Eindhoven-based Altum RF has created a 400W S-band power amplifier microwave IC (MMIC) with a 50-55% PAE (power added efficiency).

This article was posted on Sep 20, 2022

Prototype tidal turbine tested in the Thames

Kingston University is testing a hydroelectric turbine prototype from a pontoon in the Thames.

This article was posted on Sep 20, 2022

3rd Gen 200V MV MOSFETS for LEVs

Magnachip has introduced its third- generation 200V Medium Voltage (MV) MOSFETs for Light Electric Vehicles (LEV) motor controllers and industrial power supplies.

This article was posted on Sep 20, 2022

Sierra Space explores point-to-point terrestrial deliveries

Sierra Space, the space plane specialist, has signed a Cooperative Research & Development Agreement (CRADA) with the United States Department of Defense’s Transportation Command (USTRANSCOM).

This article was posted on Sep 20, 2022

Lip reading tech could improve hearing aids

Researchers from Glasgow University, Edinburgh Napier University, the University of Engineering and Technology Lahore, Pakistan and Southeast University, Nanjing in China have paired RF sensing with AI to identify lip movements which could create a new generation of hearing aids

This article was posted on Sep 20, 2022

Rubio writes to Tim Cook warning against buying NAND from Yangtze

US Senator Marco Rubio (pictured) has written toTim Cook warning him not to buy NAND flash from Yangtze Memory on pain of being subjected to a congressional investigation.

This article was posted on Sep 20, 2022

TT Electronics launches high power high precision chip resistors on AIN ceramic substrate

TT Electronics today announced its TFHP series thin film, high power chip resistors which combines high power and high precision in a single resistor, capitalising on aluminium nitride (AIN) ceramic substrate with nearly six times the conductivity of alumina.

This article was posted on Sep 20, 2022

Leonardo set to boost apprentices, industrial placements by 50%

Leonardo is highlighting that it is increasing its early careers population in the UK by 50% over the coming year.

This article was posted on Sep 16, 2022

Scintil Photonics raises €19m

Scintil Photonics, a supplier silicon photonics ICs with monolithically integrated lasers and optical amplifiers has completed a second investment round taking its total funding to €19m.

This article was posted on Sep 16, 2022

MEMS growing at 9% CAGR, says Yole

The MEMS industry is expected to exceed the $22 billion mark five years from now, growing annually at about 9% between 2021 and 2027, says Yole Developpement

This article was posted on Sep 16, 2022

TSMC becomes No.1 Chip Company

The memory market collapse has propelled TSMC to No.1 in the 3Q22 ranking, says IC insights.

This article was posted on Sep 16, 2022

Princeps signs Hammond

Princeps, the specialist distributor of obsolete and difficult-to-source electronic, electrical and e-mech components, has signed an distribution agreement with Hammond Manufacturing.

This article was posted on Sep 16, 2022

NEC and Mavenir deploy O-RAN in France

NEC and Mavenir have deployed massive MIMO (mMIMO) on Orange’s 5G standalone (SA) experimental network.

This article was posted on Sep 16, 2022

Top Ten Fabless Grow 32%

Q2 revenue of the top ten fabless companies was up 32% y-o-y at $39.56 billion, reports TrendForce.

This article was posted on Sep 16, 2022

IC lead times down by a day

IC lead times fell by one day in August to 26.8 weeks, says Susquehanna Financial Group.

This article was posted on Sep 16, 2022

Q2 chip manufacturing equipment sales up 7%

Semiconductor manufacturing equipment billings rose 7% q-o-q of 2022 and 6% y-o-y to $26.43 billion, says SEMI.

This article was posted on Sep 16, 2022

Nasa continues repairs to Artemis 1 ahead of rescheduled launch

Nasa says repair work is continuing on the Artemis 1 uncrewed test flight to the moon, with mission control teams preparing for the next launch attempt.

This article was posted on Sep 16, 2022

WiFi 6E and WiFi 7 co-existence filters

Johanson Technology had announced surface-mount filters to help Wi-Fi 5, Wi-Fi 6E and Wi-Fi 7 co-exist.

This article was posted on Sep 15, 2022