Earlier today, TSMC evacuated some of its fabs in Taiwan after an earthquake and is evaluating the loss of production. “TSMC’s safety systems are operating normally,” says the company, “to ensure the safety of personnel, some fab
Sensors for electrification and ADAS are showing remarkably strong growth between 2019 and 2029, with 24% and 17% CAGR, respectively, reports Yole Developpement. 6.5 billion semiconductor sensors for automotive applications were ship
As the industry fell 9% from $597.7 billion in 2022 to $544.8 billion last year, a new growth driver emerged – AI, says Omdia, with NVIDIA dominating the AI chip space so comprehensively that it took the No.2 slot in the overall
Resasas has put its in-house developed 32bit RISC-V core into a few-pin general-purpose MCU series, following earlier RISC-V projects with Anders and SiFive. Announced last November, the core implementation can accommodate various
U.S. President Biden announced on Wednesday an agreement to provide Intel with $8.5 billion in direct funding and $11 billion in loans under the CHIPS and Science Act, reports Semiconductor Intelligence (SI). Intel will use the funding for wafer fa
By the end of 2024, the DRAM industry is expected to have allocated approximately 250K/m (14%) of total capacity to producing HBM TSV, with an estimated annual supply bit growth of around 260%, says TrendForce svp Avril Wu. HBM’s re
The magnetic sensor market is expected to reach $3.7 billion in 2029, with an estimated 4% CAGR from 2023 to 2029, says Yole Developpement. RECOMMENDED ARTICLESHBM to be 14% of DRAM industry this yearUS strategy for microelectronics
Q4 foundry revenues rose 7.9% to $30.49 billion, says TrendForce, primarily driven by demand for smartphone components, such as mid and low-end smartphone APs and peripheral PMICs. The launch season for Apple’s latest devices also
In Q3 2023 enterprise SSD suppliers cut production leading to a 15% Q4 surge in contract SSD prices, says TrendForce This produced a 47.6% QoQ increase for Q4 enterprise SSD industry revenues which hit $23.1 billion.
Samsung says it has begun sampling solid state batteries to car manufacturers and will begin mass production of the batteries for EVs and other applications in 2027. Last year, the company set up a pilot line in Suwon and is us
Q4 saw a 24.5% QoQ increase in NAND revenue reaching $11.49 billion, reports TrendForce. Q1 is forecast to see a further 20% increase in revenues and a 25% increase in contract prices. Samsung’s bit shipment vol
Government consent for the acquisition of Newport Wafer Fab by Vishay has finally been given by Deputy Prime Minister and Secretary of State in the Cabinet Office Oliver Dowden. The site has now been renamed Newport Vishay.
