TSMC delaying production at Arizona fab
TSMC has delayed starting production at its Arizona fab from 2024 to 2025, due to a shortage of skilled technicians, said chairman Mark Liu, yesterday.
This article was posted on Aug 2, 2023Prototype solid-state vehicle radar has resolution and range
A team from the Université Côte d’Azur has addressed some of the challenges of automotive lidar, using an acousto-optic modulator, a metasurface deflector and, to improve range and signal to noise ratio, a technique borrowed from telecommunication.
This article was posted on Aug 2, 2023Minimally-invasive brain probe senses a single neuron
At Stanford University, researchers have found a way to record the activity of a single neuron without burrowing into the brain – of a rat in this case.
This article was posted on Aug 2, 2023Moonlighter CubeSat reaches orbit for sandbox in space hacking competition
The U.S. Space System Command’s Moonlighter satellite has successfully reached its planned low earth orbit, ahead of an in-space hacking. competition.
This article was posted on Aug 2, 2023Hua Hong to raise $2.95bn
Hua Hong, the Shanghai foundry which started off in 1996 as a DRAM jv with NEC, is to raise $2.95 billion in a listing on the Shanghai stock exchange.
This article was posted on Aug 2, 2023Imec spin-off Enfoil offers flexible solar panels
Enfoil, a spin-off from Hasselt University and imec, offers pliable, robust solar panels a few millimeters thick which are integrable on various surfaces.
This article was posted on Aug 2, 2023Could AMD use IFS?
AMD could use other foundries besides TSMC, says CEO Lisa Su (pictured),
This article was posted on Aug 2, 2023RAL Space to create small satellite calibration facility
RAL Space is helping to create a new Small Satellite Calibration Facility, which will be located at the Harwell Science and Innovation Campus near Didcot in Oxfordshire.
This article was posted on Aug 2, 2023Cadence to buy Rambus’ SerDes and memory interface PHY IP business
Cadence is to buy Rambus’ SerDes and memory interface PHY IP business, leaving Rambus with its digital IP business, including memory and interface controllers and security IP.
This article was posted on Aug 2, 2023Theranos II raises $48m
While Theranos founder Elizabeth Holmes languishes in a Texas jail, four year-old Vital Biosciences of Toronto has raised $48 million to do what Theranos couldn’t do.
This article was posted on Aug 2, 2023NSREC: 40V rad-hard GaN power transistors for space
Efficient Power Conversion has added two 40V GaN transistors to its radiation-hardened high-reliability portfolio.
This article was posted on Jul 31, 2023Dot matrix vehicle headlamp module uses Osram micro-LED array
Vehicle part maker Marelli and Osram have teamed up to design a headlamp module with a 20,000 pixel micro-LED array.
This article was posted on Jul 31, 2023Binaural hearing aid SoC prototype
A binaural hearing aid system-on-chip prototype has been created by a consortium that including GlobalFoundries, Cadence, Leibniz University Hannover and Hoerzentrum Oldenburg.
This article was posted on Jul 31, 2023UKESF celebrates record-breaking year for its Scholarship Scheme
The UK Electronics Skills Foundation (UKESF) is celebrating the record success of its 2022/23 Scholarship Scheme for entering the electronics industry.
This article was posted on Jul 31, 2023US semi market share
Semiconductor revenues are expected to fall 7% from 2022’s $573 billion to $534 billion in 2023, says Yole Developpement.
This article was posted on Jul 31, 2023Wind and solar-powered sailing drones process data at the edge
Saildrone, the 11 year-old San Francisco startup which has raised $190 million to make uncrewed service vessels (USVs), is using Nvidia’s Jetson processor modules for on-board data analysis.
This article was posted on Jul 31, 2023China plea for free trade in ICs
Yesterday the China Semiconductor Industry Association (CSIA) made a plea for a return to unrestricted trade.
This article was posted on Jul 31, 2023More customers for Intel 18A
Boeing and Northrop Grumman will join a programme to develop, tape-out, and fabricate test circuits in preparation for product design tape-outs using Intel’s 18A process technology.
This article was posted on Jul 31, 2023Has the electronics market bottomed out?
The current slump in the electronics market began in 2021, says Semiconductor Intelligence, smartphone shipments versus a year earlier turned negative in 3Q 2021.
This article was posted on Jul 31, 2023Compound Semiconductor Catapult expands into Bristol, Glasgow and Durham
CSA Catapult, the organisation tasked with commercialising UK compound semiconductor innovation, is to expand into centres in Bristol, Glasgow and Durham.
This article was posted on Jul 31, 2023Optalysis raises £21m Series A
Optalysis of Leeds, the ten year-old photonics specialist, has raised a £21 million Series A funding round.
This article was posted on Jul 27, 2023