Woodstock Wire: Semiconductor News

Media -- DIGITIMES - The world's most advanced and delicately fine-tuned semiconductors wouldn't be possible without the aid of giant steel storage tanks built by a little-known Tokyo company founded in 1927.

Media -- DIGITIMES - Taiwan's exports of integrated circuit chips to China and Hong Kong fell for a fourth month in February as Washington-Beijing tensions simmer and demand for electronics continues to drop off.

Media -- DIGITIMES - NAND flash revenue will continue to decline into the first quarter of 2023 despite lower drops in memory ASPs, according to a recent TrendForce report.

Media -- DIGITIMES - Taiwan is an important hub of the global information and communication technology (ICT) industry. The development of the ICT supply chain is supported by Taiwan's complete semiconductor ecosystem.

Media -- DIGITIMES - Qualcomm has stepped up its procurement from Taiwan, where the chip company is expanding its local operations by adding a new factory building.

Media -- DIGITIMES - As there is no end in sight for the global memory demand slump, South Korea-based suppliers may see their memory business turn into an operating loss, a rarely-seen situation for the duo.

Electronics -- Texas Instruments Newsroom - Designers can easily and affordably add vision and AI processing for up to 12 cameras in building, industrial and retail automation applications

Electronics -- Texas Instruments Newsroom - Introducing a new 32-bit general-purpose MCU portfolio for almost any application, with parts starting at an industry-low US$0.39

Electronics -- On Semi - onsemi's NCV-RSL15 low power automotive-grade wireless microcontroller



onsemi (Nasdaq: ON), a leader in intelligent power and sensing technologies, today announced an ultra-low power automotive-grade...

Electronics -- On Semi - onsemi moves headquarters to 5701 N. Pima Rd.

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onsemi (Nasdaq: ON), a leader in intelligent power and sensing technologies, today announced the move of its headquarters from Phoenix to Scottsdale....

Business Wire -- Lattice Semiconductor (NASDAQ: LSCC), the low power programmable leader, today announced the appointment of Elizabeth Schwarting to the Company's Board of Directors and Nominating and Governance Committee effective March 14, 2023. Ms. Schwarting brings...

Business Wire -- Lattice Semiconductor (NASDAQ: LSCC), the low power programmable leader, today announced the latest updates to the Lattice Automate(tm) and Lattice sensAI(tm) solution stacks that equip customers with new factory automation and...

Life -- Phys.org - Silicon carbide (SiC) is a hard crystalline compound of silicon and carbon that rarely occurs in nature and is generally synthetically produced. In addition to being used to create ceramic plates, bulletproof vests and other commercial products,...

Life -- Phys.org - Nanotechnology has significantly impacted the semiconductor industry, enabling the production of transistors that are just a few nanometers in size. While the miniaturization of electronic components has resulted in higher transistor densities,...

Media -- Evertiq - TrendForce's latest investigations reveal that the global NAND Flash market has been facing a demand headwind since 2H22. In response, the supply chain has been scrambling to clear out inventory, driving down NAND Flash contract prices by 20-25%.

Media -- SemiMedia - According to the latest report from Susquehanna Financial, chip lead times have been shortened for nine consecutive months, which shows that about two years of chip shortages have passed.

Media -- DIGITIMES - It is predicable that the ongoing US-China chip war will follow a difficult and long course, and under fierce attack and defense between the world's two largest economies, there could hardly be any winner in the long run no matter the final...

Media -- DIGITIMES - Texas Instruments (TI) is touting its new 32-bit general-purpose microcontroller unit (MCU) lineup, which can be used in edge AI designs.

Media -- DIGITIMES - TSMC may consider another price hike in the second half of 2023 to respond to its ever-increasing manufacturing costs, according to sources at semiconductor equipment companies.

Media -- DIGITIMES - Silicon wafer supplier GlobalWafers is constructing a new 300mm (12-inch) silicon wafer plant in Sherman, Texas, and expects it to be ready for volume production in the first quarter of 2025.

Media -- DIGITIMES - Morris Chang, the founder of TSMC, and Chris Miller, the author of the book 'Chip War', today had an exchange on the topic of global chip conversation and Taiwan's role within.

Media -- Evertiq - Microchip Technology says it has reached a milestone in its multi-year, USD 800 million initiative aimed at tripling the production capacity at its Gresham, Oregon manufacturing facility.

Media -- DIGITIMES - The consumer electronics, PC communication, automotive, industrial control, and medical fields have been the pillars of the Chinese MCU application market. Recently, with the consumer electronics market entering a low period, the market has...

Media -- DIGITIMES - Taiwan's major fabless chipmakers including MediaTek, Novatek Microelectronics, and Realtek Semiconductor have seen their revenues show signs of recovery, indicating their inventory depletion is coming to an end, as described by supply chain...

Media -- Electronics Sourcing - Chipmakers are counting on strong demand from automakers to help offset declines in consumer electronics and other markets.

The automotive semiconductor market is still in flux, struggling to overcome a now two years long supply...

Media -- DIGITIMES - GlobalWafers received an all-time high of NT$39.73 billion (US$1.3 billion) in advance payments made by its customers as of the end of 2022, according to the silicon wafer company, which expects another year of revenue growth in 2023.

Media -- DIGITIMES - Part of TSMC's fab utilization rates, including those for 7/6nm process nodes, will begin to recover in April, sooner than previously predicted by the market, according to sources at semiconductor equipment companies.

Media -- DIGITIMES - Sales generated by companies operating in Taiwan's three primary science industry parks reached NT$4.26 trillion (US$140.58 billion) in 2022, increasing 14.75% from a year earlier, according to data compiled by the National Science and Technology...

Media -- DIGITIMES - With Samsung Electronics executive chairman Jay Y. Lee continuing to emphasize the "importance of talent," the company has been very active in bringing in talent from the likes of Intel, Qualcomm, and Apple. Recently, it hired former TSMC...

Media -- DIGITIMES - China-based semiconductor manufacturers, in the wake of geopolitical risks, are expected to keep up with their capacity expansion strategies going into 2023 with a good number of projects already in construction.

Media -- DIGITIMES - China-based semiconductor manufacturers, in the wake of geopolitical risks, are expected to keep up with their capacity expansion strategies going into 2023 with a good number of projects already in construction, according to DIGITIMES Research's...

Media -- SemiMedia - According to reports, the global semiconductor market sales are expected to decline by about 5% in 2023, and the consumer electronics, computer and communication industries, which account for a large share of semiconductors,...

Media -- DIGITIMES - TSMC could hardly achieve profitable mass production of 5/4/3nm chips at its new plant under construction in the US, and will find it a tough challenge to transfer part of its huge construction costs to customers, according to semiconductor...

Media -- DIGITIMES - Amid a chip war between the US and China, ASML's multiple suppliers reportedly will visit major semiconductor-producing countries in Southeast Asia, looking to diversify away from China.

Media -- DIGITIMES - South Korea has posted a trade deficit for the 12th consecutive month in February 2023 due mainly to poor outbound shipments of its main export products of DRAM and NAND flash chips, whose inventories have hit record-high levels, according...

Globe Newswire -- Technology - Cutting-Edge Tomahawk 5 Family of Ethernet Chips Engineered to Accelerate AI/ML Deployments Cutting-Edge Tomahawk 5 Family of Ethernet Chips Engineered to Accelerate AI/ML Deployments

Media -- eBOM - New device enhances efficiency in applications such as power factor correction (PFC).

Toshiba Electronics Europe GmbH ("Toshiba") has launched a new 650V-rated discrete IGBT intended for use within power factor correction (PFC) circuits within...

Media -- Semiconductor Engineering - Digital twins are a hot topic of conversation across industries. Everyone wants a piece of this technology, without necessarily understanding how it fits into their day-to-day workflows. Today, digital twins are generally used...

Media -- DIGITIMES - At each quarterly earnings call, the Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC), apart from informing eager anticipants the resulting financial turnouts of the previous quarter, provides earnings guidance for the quarter under way....

Media -- DIGITIMES - TSMC's fab utilization in the first quarter of 2023 is being dragged down by a rapid slowdown in 7nm and 6nm chip orders, but the foundry has managed to keep its overall fab utilization rates at 70% or higher, according to sources at fab toolmakers.

Globe Newswire -- Semiconductors - STMicroelectronics provides full STM32 support for Microsoft Visual Studio Code

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Globe Newswire -- Semiconductors - STMicroelectronics Announces Changes to Euronext Trading Symbols

Globe Newswire -- Semiconductors - Integrates a GaAs QD laser on Tower's versatile high-volume SiPho Foundry platform

Media -- DIGITIMES - The Semiconductor Industry Association (SIA) reported that global semiconductor industry sales totaled US$41.3 billion in January 2023, a 5.2% decrease from the December 2022 total of US$43.6 billion and an 18.5% decline from the January 2022...

Media -- DIGITIMES - US-based semiconductor manufacturer Onsemi announced on March 6 a long-term supply agreement (LTSA) with BMW AG (BMW) for onsemi's EliteSiC technology in the German premium car manufacturer's electric drivetrains for 400 V DC Bus. onsemi's...

Media -- WebWire - STMicroelectronics' LSM6DSV16BX is a unique highly integrated sensor that delivers tremendous space savings inside hearable devices including sports and general-purpose earbuds. It combines a 6-axis inertial measurement...

Media -- SemiMedia - Mar. 6, 2023 /SemiMedia/ -- According to the latest report from the Semiconductor Industry Association (SIA), global semiconductor industry sales totaled $41.3 billion in January 2023, down 5.2% from a total of $43.6 billion in December 2022...

Media -- DIGITIMES - United Microelectronics' (UMC) revenue fell to a 22-month low of NT$16.93 billion (US$553.7 million) in February 2023.

Media -- Evertiq - Benchmark says it intends to invest USD 20 million and hire up to 100 people to support the new 64,000-square-foot facility focused on semiconductor industry growth in the US.