Woodstock Wire: Semiconductor News

Media -- eeNews Europe - Luc van den Hove, president and CEO of leading semiconductor research institute imec looks at the challenges for the chip industry in 2022



The coronavirus pandemic is leaving its mark in many ways. Bringing public health services...

Media -- DIGITIMES - Silicon wafer company GlobalWafers saw its revenue climb by over 10% on year to a record high of NT$61.13 billion (US$2.21 billion) in 2021.

Media -- DIGITIMES - TSMC is expected to see its revenue in US dollar terms grow about 30% to another record high in 2022, but may face challenges to keep profit growth going, according to sources at semiconductor equipment companies.

Media -- SemiMedia - According to Semiconductor Industry Association's latest report, global chip sales from mainland Chinese companies are on the rise, largely due to increasing U.S.-China tensions and a whole-of-nation effort to advance mainland China's chip...

Media -- eeNews Europe - The global semiconductor market will grow 10.8 percent to $680.6m this year says IC Insights.Market research firm IC Insights is predicting growth of 10.8 percnt for the global semiconductor market in 2022, up 10.8 percent.

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Media -- Electronic Engineering Journal - Signetics announced the NE555 timer/oscillator IC in 1972, 50 years ago. Over five decades, this simple 8-pin chip has consistently sold in the billions, each year. It's a perennial hobbyist favorite. Well-known authors...

Media -- Evertiq - European semiconductor sales in November 2021 reached US$ 4.267 billion, an increase of 26.3% versus the same month one year ago, reports the European Semiconductor Industry Association (ESIA).

Media -- DIGITIMES - Total semiconductor sales are forecast to grow 11% and reach a record-high US$680.6 billion in 2022, after climbing 25% in 2021, according to IC Insights.

Media -- DIGITIMES - TSMC saw its revenue climb to a record high of NT$438.19 billion (US$15.84 billion) in the fourth quarter of 2021.

Media -- DIGITIMES - DDR3 and other specialty DRAM prices are expected to stop falling and begin to rise as early as between the end of the first quarter and the second quarter, according to industry sources.

Media -- DIGITIMES - Imaging radars and LiDARs have been equally popular in the global automotive supply chain as carmakers are considering both for their future vehicle development, according to Ting Wei Li, chairman of NXP Greater China.

Media -- SemiMedia - According to Bloomberg quoted Susquehanna Financial Group's report, the chip lead time was further extended to 25.8 weeks in December 2021, an increase of six days from November, setting a record for the longest lead time since data tracking...

Media -- Electronics360 - The sensor is 30% smaller than current radar sensors.

Media -- DIGITIMES - The global semiconductor industry posted sales of US$49.7 billion in November 2021, an increase of 23.5% over the November 2020 total of US$40.2 billion and 1.5% more than the October 2021 total of US$49.0 billion, according to Semiconductor...

Media -- SemiMedia - The Semiconductor Industry Association (SIA) today announced global semiconductor industry sales were $49.7 billion in the month of November 2021, an increase of 23.5% over the November 2020 total of $40.2 billion and 1.5% more than the October...

Media -- eeNews Europe - Intel looks to the angstrom age and quantum computing in its technology trends Intel outlined its path toward more than 10x interconnect density improvement in packaging with hybrid bonding, 30 to 50 percent area improvement in...

Media -- ELE Times - Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC), the world's largest contract manufacturer for chips, is reportedly seeking to launch its 2nm production possibly by 2025, media reports say.

According to a WccFTech report, the company is...

Media -- DIGITIMES - Carmakers are raising car prices as supply of batteries and semiconductors falls short and demand for EV causes "carflation." South Korea's battery prices are rising for the first time in more than a decade as lithium, cobalt, and nickel prices...

Media -- DIGITIMES - Bullish performance seen across all semiconductor segments and players in almost the past two years will no longer remain in 2022, as chip demand will vary from segment to segment and first-tier players will retrieve orders spilled over to...

Enterprise -- CRN-UK - Research from Gartner shows global semiconductor revenue leaped 25.1 per cent in 2021 compared with 2020 to surpass $500bn for the first time as strong demand drove up prices.

Preliminary results from the researcher show that...

U.S. News -- Microchip design software maker Cadence Design Systems Inc is betting on growth from automakers and other chip users...

Aspencore -- EETimes - President Joe Biden and Intel CEO Pat Gelsinger used the unveiling of a new Ohio chip manufacturing campus to press for passage of federal subsidies intended to revive U.S. semiconductor manufacturing.

"We are putting our chips on the table,"...

Aspencore -- EETimes - This just in: Semiconductors have been elevated to the status of food, power and transportation, according to a growing number of chip industry forecasts that at last deem chips to be a "essential" industry.

This publication recognized that...

Aspencore -- EETimes - Analog Devices announced yesterday it will appoint president and CEO Vincent Roche as the new chair of its board, replacing founder Ray Stata, who had held that position for the last 48 years. Stata plans to stand for reelection as a director.

The...

Aspencore -- EETimes - ASML, the lone supplier of extreme ultraviolet (EUV) lithography equipment used by chipmakers to extend Moore's Law, has shrugged off damage from a fire at a Berlin plant and expects sales this year to grow by about 20 percent.

"We currently...

Aspencore -- EETimes Europe - Future Horizons' Malcolm Penn - The semiconductor industry is heading for its next downturn, Malcolm Penn, CEO of Future Horizons, warned in his annual forecast for the sector, delivered online during IFS2022.

Aspencore -- EETimes - Arm faces significant hurdles to growth as a standalone company if Nvidia's proposed acquisition falls through, according to documents released as part of the U.K. regulator's ongoing merger inquiry.

The 29-page document details the joint Arm-Nvidia...

Aspencore -- EDN - Amber's demo kit lets engineers evaluate its chip for extracting DC directly from AC mains without transformers, rectifiers, or filtering. The AC Direct DC Enabler device eliminates many of the electromechanical components used today, resulting...

Life -- Phys.org - A semiconducting material that performed a quantum "flip" from a conductor to an insulator above room temperature has been developed at the University of Michigan. It potentially brings the world closer to a new generation of quantum devices...

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Business Wire -- Intel will invest more than $20 billion to build two new factories in Ohio and to establish a new epicenter for advanced chipmaking in the Midwest.

Business Wire -- Renesas has delivered more than one billion microcontrollers from the RX Family of 32-bit MCUs, which incorporate Renesas' proprietary RX CPU core.

Business Wire -- Vincent Roche to Succeed Ray Stata as Chair of Analog Devices in 2022

Business Wire -- Seoul Semiconductor proved the effect of SunLike lighting on myopia improvement with an experiment conducted with Singapore Eye Research Institute.

Electronics -- Allegro MicroSystems, Inc. (Nasdaq: ALGM) ("Allegro"), a global leader in sensing and power semiconductor technology, today announced that Paul Walsh, current Senior Vice President

Electronics -- EPC - Wide-bandgap semiconductors like gallium nitride (GaN) and silicon carbide (SiC) are changing how people are thinking about power. In this video, Electronic Design talks to Alex Lidow, Founder and ...

Electronics -- Qualcomm - - Volvo Car Group Selects Snapdragon Digital Cockpit Technologies and Google's Android Automotive Operating System(tm) to Power Next-Generation Infotainment Systems in Upcoming Fully Electric SUV and Polestar 3 SUV

Electronics -- On Semi - emotion3D, a leading provider of camera-based automotive in-cabin analysis software, and onsemi (Nasdaq: ON), a leader in intelligent power and sensing technologies, today announced a joint reference design for driver...

Electronics -- Texas Instruments Newsroom - New high-resolution 77-GHz radar sensor detects objects up to 40% farther away from the vehicle

Electronics -- Infineon - The requirements for good air quality are on the rise especially due to the COVID-19 pandemic. This has resulted in rising demand for sensors that measure the CO2 concentration in the air. Regulations in Asia,...

Electronics -- Infineon - Infineon Technologies AG is launching the AIROC(tm) CYW20829 Bluetooth(r) LE system on chip (SoC). The AIROC CYW20829 Bluetooth LE SoC is a Bluetooth 5.3 core spec-compliant...

Electronics -- Silicon Labs Press - Lattice Semiconductor CFO Brings Global Financial and Operational Expertise to Board

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Enterprise -- ZDNet News - An analyst from GlobalData says that we can expect the chip shortage to continue in some industries this year, but it won't be as bad as previous years.

Enterprise -- The Register - Meanwhile Deloitte says semiconductors are 'growing as fast or faster than ever before'

Semiconductor sales are expected to return to a more realistic growth trajectory this year after a record-setting 2021, analyst house IC Insights said...

Enterprise -- The Register - No more chip factories would surely change Beijing's mind about unification

A top US Army War College paper suggests Taiwan should credibly threaten to eradicate, or eradicate, its semiconductor industry if threatened by China so that Beijing...

Enterprise -- ChannelPro - The Intel Core i9-12900HK will be the most powerful mobile processor on the market, according to the chipmaker

Enterprise -- SiliconANGLE - A shortage of skilled labor could hamper plans by computer chipmakers to expand production and address the ongoing global semiconductor shortage. A report in the Wall Street Journal Sunday said the world's largest chipmakers are becoming...

Tech -- ExtremeTech - In what can only be described as a major win...

U.S. News -- Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co., the biggest contract manufacturer of processor chips, says its quarterly profit rose 16.4% over a year earlier to $6 billion amid surging demand for chips for smartphones and other electronics.