Woodstock Wire: Semiconductor News

Aspencore -- EETimes - Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. (TSMC) has nearly doubled its capital expenditure budget for 2021 to as much as $28 billion on expectations of strong growth during the next few years.

In 2021, the world's biggest chip foundry...

Media -- New Electronics - NXP Semiconductors has unveiled the CW641 Wi-Fi 6E Tri-Band system-on-chip (SoC), laying the foundation for a new era of Wi-Fi 6 devices that can operate in the 6GHz band.

Globe Newswire -- NXP Semiconductors N.V. (NASDAQ: NXPI) today announced it is laying the foundation for a new era of Wi-Fi 6 devices that can operate in the 6GHz band with its new CW641 Wi-Fi 6E Tri-Band system-on-chip (SoC). With increasing congestion in the legacy 2.4GHz...

Media -- eeNews Europe - The global chip market grew by 7.3 percent in 2020, shrugging off Gartner's gloomy forecast that the market would fall due to the Covid-19 pandemic.The 2020 market ended up 7.3 percent at $449.8bn (€372.2bn) despite the Covid-19...

Media -- SemiMedia - Allegro MicroSystems announced the launch of the ACS37800, a Hall-effect power monitoring IC for single-phase AC and DC solutions in a small PCB footprint. Another industry-first innovation, Allegro's ACS37800 is an integrated power monitoring...

Media -- New Electronics - Intel has outsourced the production of about 15-20% of its non-CPU chips, with most of the wafer starts for these products assigned to TSMC and UMC, according to TrendForce.

Media -- DIGITIMES - United Microelectronics (UMC) is on track to expand its foundry capacity for 12-inch wafer fabrication services in response to staggering demand for 28nm products, according to industry sources.

Media -- DIGITIMES - Both TSMC and UMC are expected to sustain full capacity utilization for 28nm manufacturing process at their 8-inch and 12-inch fabs throughout third-quarter 2021, with gross margins from the mature node hitting new highs and clients' race...

Enterprise -- The Register - Toxic wastewaster and resource hungry - wafer-fabbing's a mucky biz

South Korean memory biz SK Hynix has issued a $1 billion "green bond" with the funds intended for pay for projects designed to reduce the ecological impact of its manufacturing...

Aspencore -- EETimes - Achronix' recent announcement that it plans to merge with special purpose acquisition company (SPAC) ACE Convergence Acquisition Corp. was one of the first of this type of deal in the semiconductor industry, but it is unlikely to be the last.

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Aspencore -- EETimes - Maxim Integrated released during CES the DS28E40 Deep Cover Certificate AEC-Q100 Grade 1 for automotive applications. It ensures only genuine components can be used in ADAS devices, EV (electric vehicle) batteries, and other electronic systems.

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Media -- CNBC - Tech - The world's largest contract chipmaker said it expected to spend between $25 billion to $28 billion in 2021 to make advanced chips.

Think -- Gartner Blog Network - Semiconductor revenue topped $449 billion in 2020, not quite hitting its 2018 high but still up 7.3% on 2019. Revenue from Chromebooks, tablets and smartphones made up for the decline in automotive and industrial, but it was memory...

Life -- Phys.org - Organic light-emitting diode (OLED) displays are now very popular features of many mainstream products including smartphones and televisions. OLEDs have the advantages of being low cost, light, flexible, and easy to modify, making them ideal...

Electronics -- TI - Behind the Wheel - Jurgen Belz, senior consultant, functional safety and cybersecurity at PROMETO co-authored this technical article.

With functional safety and security concerns in automotive electronics gaining attention, including in standards...

Electronics -- Qualcomm - Qualcomm Technologies, Inc. announced that its latest flagship Qualcomm(r) Snapdragon(tm) 888 5G Mobile Platform is powering Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.'s latest and most cutting-edge smartphones, the Samsung Galaxy...

Electronics -- Intel - Pat Gelsinger, who today was named chief executive officer of Intel Corporation, effective Feb. 15, 2021, sent the following note to all Intel employees:

I am thrilled and humbled to be returning to Intel as CEO. I was 18 years old when I joined...

Electronics -- Qualcomm - Augmenting its leading technology roadmap to redefine computing performance

Accelerating successful partnerships with OS providers for next-generation computing devices

Enabling Samsung and the mobile ecosystem to redefine premium performance...

Electronics -- Xilinx Xclusive - Last week, we took out our crystal ball and looked at some of the trends, technologies and changes that we expect to be embraced by the auto industry in 2021. Today, we are shining a light on technologies and trends that we predict will...

Electronics -- TI - Behind the Wheel - A wireless BMS allows vehicle designers can remove heavy, expensive, maintenance-prone cabling and improve the reliability and efficiency of hybrid and electric or hybrid vehicles (HEV/EV). TI's solution for wireless BMS empowers...

Tech -- The Verge - Intel's new CEO, Pat Gelsinger, doesn't start his new role until February, but he's already prepping the company to take on Apple's M1 chips. The Oregonian, a local newspaper in Oregon where Intel maintains a large presence, reports that the...

Media -- eeNews Europe - Car makers across the world are having to shut plants and reduce production as a result of chip shortagesChip shortages have hit car makers around the world, with production in Europe and the UK hit.

eeNew Automotive highlighted...

Media -- ElectronicsB2B - The report added that the company will reduce production in Bremen, the Handelsblatt daily reported citing unnamed company sources Recently, Volkswagen and its subsidiary Audi said that they would temporarily cut production and...

Tech -- Digital Trends - In an interview at CES 2021, Arm chief executive Simon Segars noted that ARM-based Apple's M1 processors are driving new innovation in the PC market.

Tech -- NY Times Technology - Robert Swan, who has held the job for two years, is leaving the Silicon Valley chip giant after an activist investor pressed for change.

Tech -- NY Times Technology - Carmakers can't buy the semiconductors they need because home electronics are taking all the supply.

Tech -- BGR - Samsung announced the Exynos 2100 mobile platform, a system-on-chip that will power Galaxy S21 models in certain parts of the world.

The processor will compete directly with the A14 Bionic in the iPhone 12 phones and the Snapdragon 888 that will...

Media -- Semiconductor Today - For its fiscal first-quarter 2021 (ended 30 November 2020), LED chip and component maker SemiLEDs Corp of Hsinchu, Taiwan has reported revenue of $719,000, approximately halving from $1.4m last quarter and $1.563m a year ago...

Media -- ELE Times - Vishay introduced a new AEC-Q101 qualified p-channel -100 V TrenchFET(r) MOSFET designed to increase power density and efficiency in automotive applications. Not only is the Vishay Siliconix SQJ211ELP the industry's first such device in the...

Media -- eeNews Europe - Car makers across the world are having to shut plants and reduce production as a result of chip shortages

Chip shortages have hit car makers around the world, with production in Europe and the UK hit.

eeNew Automotive highlighted...

Globe Newswire -- Semiconductors - AMD Ryzen Threadripper PRO Processors, designed for the most demanding professional workloads, coming to retail channel

Globe Newswire -- Semiconductors - - Dr. Su's keynote highlights the acceleration of digital transformation at home, work and in entertainment with appearances from Microsoft, HP, Lucasfilm, Lenovo and Mercedes-AMG Petronas Formula 1 Team - - Dr. Su's keynote highlights...

Business Wire -- AKHAN Semiconductor, a technology company specializing in the fabrication and application of lab-grown, electronic-grade diamonds, announced today that it has been issued additional patents for invention by the Taiwan and Korean Intellectual Property...

Business Wire -- Intel Corporation appoints tech industry leader Pat Gelsinger as new CEO.

Business Wire -- Toshiba introduces five groups of new 32-bit microcontrollers that realize low power consumption, support system cost reduction and motor control.

Media -- DIGITIMES - Following a decline of 12% in 2019, worldwide semiconductor revenue rebounded in 2020 to total US$449.8 billion, an increase of 7.3% from 2019, according to preliminary results by Gartner.

Media -- DIGITIMES - TSMC is on track to move 3nm process technology to risk production in 2021 followed by volume production in the second half of 2022, according to the pure-play foundry.

Media -- eeNews Europe - The bottlenecks in the supply of semiconductor components are widening: Now Daimler (Mercedes) and Audi are also experiencing production disruptions because not enough chips are being delivered.



According to various media reports,...

Media -- eeNews Europe - Activist investors have pushed a change at the top of Intel with the appointment of Pat Gelsinger as CEO after a series of mis-steps but there is no quick fix

Pat Gelsinger is an industry veteran with 30 years experience at Intel,...

Media -- Electronics360 - The former Intel CTO will take over for Bob Swan at a time of crossroads for the American chipmaker.

Media -- eeNews Europe - A failure of the embedded flash memory in the display in Tesla electric cars has led to the recall of 158,000 vehiclesThe life cycle of NAND flash memory has come under the spotlight after a recall of 158,000 Tesla's electric vehicles.

The...

Media -- Evertiq - In a WARN notice, the company says that due to changing business needs will require the company to permanently close its facility Milpitas, California.

Media -- SemiMedia - According to Reuters, Qualcomm said on Wednesday that it will acquire Nuvia Inc, a chip start-up company, for $1.4 billion.



Nuvia was founded by three former semiconductor executives responsible for the iPhone chip at Apple, and plans to...

Media -- Evertiq - Intel has outsourced the production of about 15-20% of its non-CPU chips, with most of the wafer starts for these products assigned to TSMC and UMC, according to TrendForce's latest investigations.

Media -- DIGITIMES - Motherboard and graphics card maker ASRock and ASMedia Technology, a fabless chipmaker specializing in high-speed transmission chips, both enjoyed revenue surges in 2020 with promising sales prospects this year.

Media -- DIGITIMES - TSMC expects to post revenues of between US$12.7 billion and US$13 billion in the first quarter of 2021, which is a 1.3% sequential increase at the midpoint. Gross margin and operating margin for the quarter are estimated at 50.5-52.5% and...

Media -- Evertiq - Intel has appointed 40-year technology industry veteran Pat Gelsinger as its new chief executive officer, effective February 15, 2021. He will succeed Bob Swan, who will remain CEO until Pat starts.

Media -- DIGITIMES - Five big acquisition announcements and more than a dozen smaller deals in 2020 pushed the total value of M&A agreements in the year to an all-time high of US$118 billion, surpassing the previous record of US$107.7 billion reached in 2015,...

Media -- DIGITIMES - Samsung Electronics may initiate price cuts on its NAND flash chips as early as the end of the first quarter of 2021, which may trigger a price war among major NAND flash chipmakers, according to industry sources.

Media -- DIGITIMES - MediaTek continues to enhance its ASIC and IP design capability through several acquisitions announced recently, while recruiting talent from the IP and IC design industry sectors, according to industry observers.