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Going down: Annual chip market growth continued to soften in May
Going down: Annual chip market growth continued to soften in May
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Recent trends in the global chip market continued in May with the Americas region maintaining strong growth while Chinese market…
Nexperia executive to give evidence to UK government
Nexperia executive to give evidence to UK government
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Toni Versluijs, country manager at Nexperia UK, will give oral evidence to Members of Parliament about the domestic semiconductor sector…
Chip market falls in 1Q22
Chip market falls in 1Q22
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The semiconductor market declined sequentially in 1Q22 but not by as much as normal seasonality would have dictated, according to…
Chip market went flat in 1Q22
Chip market went flat in 1Q22
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The semiconductor market declined sequentially in 1Q22 but not by as much as normal seasonality would have dictated, according to…

Millimeter-wave radar simulator targets autonomous driving
Millimeter-wave radar simulator targets autonomous driving
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Super-parallel optimization improves simulation performance 10-fold…
Waveguide antenna targets automotive radar
Waveguide antenna targets automotive radar
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The 3D waveguide antenna from Huber+Suhner GmbH (Herisau, Switzerland) is the first 3D radar antenna of its kind, made of metallized plastic and with a long range, developed…
Weakening chip market forces another forecast downgrade
Weakening chip market forces another forecast downgrade
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The weakening of the semiconductor market, due to inflation, Covid-related shutdowns in China, lingering supply-chain issues and the war in Ukraine has forced a downgrade at market research firm Semiconductor…
ST looks at joint European wafer fab with GlobalFoundries
ST looks at joint European wafer fab with GlobalFoundries
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European chip maker ST Microelectronics is reported to be in talks with Globalfoundries on building a joint wafer fab in France. The two companies want to take advantage of the…
Globalfoundries, ST mull joint European wafer fab – report
Globalfoundries, ST mull joint European wafer fab – report
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Leading chip manufacturers, Globalfoundries Inc. and STMicroelectronics NV are in discussions about building a joint wafer fab in France, according to a Bloomberg report. The two companies want to take…
China must seize TSMC if the US tightens sanctions, says economist
China must seize TSMC if the US tightens sanctions, says economist
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China should take control of Taiwan and leading chip foundry Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. Ltd. (Hsinchu, Taiwan) if the US tightens sanctions, according to a senior Chinese economist. The course…
Americas chip market growth stays high in April as China decline continues
Americas chip market growth stays high in April as China decline continues
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The global chip market’s year-on-year growth continued to dip in April. Continued strong growth in the Americas region was offset by a dip in the Chinese market. The global chip…
60GHz human tracking and gesture sensor
60GHz human tracking and gesture sensor
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Socionext Inc. (Yokohama, Japan) has introduced the SC1240 Series of radio-wave ranging sensors that use the 60GHz band with a built-in signal processing circuit for detecting the position and movement…
Semiconductor market to grow 11 percent in 2022 despite headwinds
Semiconductor market to grow 11 percent in 2022 despite headwinds
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The global semiconductor market will be worth $680.7 billion in 2022, up 11 percent despite gathering headwinds slowing down the global economy. The latest report from IC Insights sees the…
2022 chip market growth will be 11 percent despite headwinds, says IC Insights
2022 chip market growth will be 11 percent despite headwinds, says IC Insights
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The global chip market will be worth $680.7 billion in 2022, an annual increase of 11 percent despite soaring energy costs, supply chain shortages, Covid-19 lockdowns in China and the…
Toyota Connected detects occupants by means of mm-wave tech
Toyota Connected detects occupants by means of mm-wave tech
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Toyota Connected North America (TCNA) has introduced a newly developed Cabin Awareness concept technology that uses millimeter-wave, high-resolution 4D imaging radar to detect occupants (including certain pets) in cars and…
SEMI Europe urges haste with European Chips Act
SEMI Europe urges haste with European Chips Act
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SEMI Europe, the semiconductor industry body, has urged the European Union to adopt the European Chips Act quickly, but also recognize where it falls short and involve the industry in…
UK looks for input on chip supply chain
UK looks for input on chip supply chain
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The UK government is asking industry for its views on the state of the domestic semiconductor industry and its ability to supply chips. The inquiry comes after several industries have…
UK government opens inquiry about domestic semiconductor industry
UK government opens inquiry about domestic semiconductor industry
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The UK government has opened an inquiry into the state of the semiconductor industry in the UK and its ability to supply chips. The inquiry comes after several quarters of…
Taiwan raids Chinese companies suspected of poaching engineers
Taiwan raids Chinese companies suspected of poaching engineers
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The Taiwan authorities have raided ten Chinese semiconductor companies in Taipei and Hsinchu, suspecting them of illegally recruiting chip engineers, Reuters reported. Taiwan law prohibits Chinese investment in key parts…
Newport Wafer Fab sale comes under investigation
Newport Wafer Fab sale comes under investigation
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The UK government has opted to investigate the sale of Newport Wafer Fab Ltd. to China-controlled Nexperia NV (Nijmegen, The Netherlands) nearly a year after the deal completed. The UK…
Radar sensor enables highly sensitive vehicle interior monitoring systems
Radar sensor enables highly sensitive vehicle interior monitoring systems
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With the onset of spring, temperatures are rising again with summertime highs. But rising temperatures also mean that it quickly gets up to 70°C in parked vehicles: A…
Powerline communication chip targets vehicle-grid data exchange
Powerline communication chip targets vehicle-grid data exchange
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Qualcomm Technologies has developed the QCA7006AQ, a powerline communication (PLC) device, designed to address the needs for electric vehicle (EV) charging station communications–also known as electric vehicle supply equipment (EVSE)–that…
EpicMEMS raises funds for 5G RF filters
EpicMEMS raises funds for 5G RF filters
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Kaiyuan Communication Technology Co. Ltd. (Xiamen, China), a startup that trades as EpicMEMS, has raised hundreds of millions of yuan in its Series A+ round of financing. One hundred million…
Tower raises revenue, profit before joining Intel
Tower raises revenue, profit before joining Intel
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Tower Semiconductor Ltd. (Migdal Haemek, Israel) reported a net profit of $54 million on first quarter revenue of $421 million. The revenue was up from $412 million in 4Q21 and…
ST says broad portfolio will help it reach $20bn annual sales
ST says broad portfolio will help it reach $20bn annual sales
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Leading European chip company STMicroelectronics NV is aiming grow at faster than the market rate to annual revenues of more than $20 billion by sometime between the 2025 and the…
Market turbulences thwart Continental’s sales hopes
Market turbulences thwart Continental’s sales hopes
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Increased raw material costs, disruptions in the supply chain and the semiconductor crisis have spoiled Continental's first quarter. Large orders in the field of display technology provide a silver lining…
India lobbies Intel, Globalfoundries, TSMC for fabs
India lobbies Intel, Globalfoundries, TSMC for fabs
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The Indian government is talking to Intel, Globalfoundries and TSMC about setting up local chipmaking operations, according to a Bloomberg report that quotes Rajeev Chandrasekhar, minister of state for technology…
Radiation hardness of WBG semiconductors to be tested
Radiation hardness of WBG semiconductors to be tested
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Penn State University has been awarded a grant to lead a Department of Defense study of the radiation hardness of wide-bandgap semiconductors, such as gallium nitride. Materials such as GaN…


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