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| Samsung regains top spot in smartphone sales |
12/20/2021 |
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Samsung was able to increase its shipments by shifting products quickly from its manufacturing facilities in Vietnam to stakeholders further down the channel. But other OEMs found it tough to tackle the ongoing component shortages and, overall, both offline and online channels faced low supplies. All this helped Samsung recapture the top spot with a 23% share in the key Southeast Asia countries.
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| Samsung began volume production for automotive memory |
12/17/2021 |
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Samsung is in volume production of memories designed for automotive applications including a 256GB PCIe Gen3 NVMe ball grid array (BGA) SSD, 2GB GDDR6 DRAM and 2GB DDR4 DRAM for high-performance infotainment systems, as well as 2GB GDDR6 DRAM and 128GB Universal Flash Storage (UFS) for autonomous driving systems.
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| Memory and storage requirements will spur chip demand in the 5G world |
12/17/2021 |
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P>Leading semiconductor and component suppliers in areas like memory chips and storage arrays are focusing on the opportunities presented by the 5G expansion, designing and manufacturing wireless devices capable of operating at new frequencies. New devices will also be able to process and store significantly more data than previous generations of cellular technology.
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| SK hynix samples DDR5 memory chips |
12/16/2021 |
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SK hynix said Wednesday it has shipped samples of 24-gigabit DDR5 dynamic random access memory chips, touting its technology leadership in commercializing a single DRAM chip that has the largest density in the industry. DDR5.
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| 2021 ends up with $103 billion in IC equipment sales |
12/16/2021 |
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IC equipment sales surged 44.7% from the previous industry record of US$71 billion in 2020, according to SEMI. The growth is expected to continue with the global total semiconductor manufacturing equipment market expanding to US$114 billion by 2022.
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| An open approach to FPGA development |
12/16/2021 |
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An open approach to FPGA development is emerging as promoters seek to foster an open-source ecosystem of development tools that will extend the technology.
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| SEMICON Southeast Asia 2022 to take place in Penang |
12/15/2021 |
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SEMICON SEA 2022 will shine a spotlight on the supply chain disruptions that have battered the semiconductor industry, as well as an increased emphasis on environmental and sustainability challenges that industry players need to grapple with.
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| IBM and Samsung claim they’ve made a breakthrough in 1-nanometer threshold |
12/14/2021 |
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The two companies unveiled a new design for stacking transistors vertically on a chip. With current processors and SoCs, transistors lie flat on the surface of the silicon, and then electric current flows from side-to-side. By contrast, Vertical Transport Field Effect Transistors (VTFET) sit perpendicular to one another and current flows vertically.
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| DRAM shipment forecast on 2022 declining |
12/14/2021 |
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PC OEMs’ DRAM inventory has lowered by several weeks, TrendForce has also further reduced its forecast of DRAM price drops for 1Q22. Even so, the overall demand for DRAM will still enter a cyclical downturn in 1Q22, during which DRAM ASP will also maintain a downward trajectory with an 8-13% QoQ decline.
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| EV market drives demand for 6 in wafers |
12/13/2021 |
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Demand from the global automotive market for 6-inch silicon carbide (SiC) wafers is expected to reach 1.69 million units in 2025 thanks to the rising penetration rate of EVs and the trend towards high-voltage 800V EV architecture, according to TrendForce.
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| Murata teams with Michelin to develop tire management system |
12/13/2021 |
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The companies ae to co-developed a new generation of RFID modules that are embedded into tires. The robust passive RFID tags require no external power supply and will continue to operate while being driven on for extremely high mileages.
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| Intel unveils comeback plan |
12/13/2021 |
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At IEEE International Electron Devices Meeting (IEDM) 2021, Intel outlined its path toward more than 10x interconnect density improvement in packaging with hybrid bonding, 30% to 50% area improvement in transistor scaling, major breakthroughs in new power and memory technologies, and new concepts in physics that may one day revolutionize computing.
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| Memory sales boosted up global semiconductor revenue in Q3 |
12/13/2021 |
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Preliminary data shows the NAND market reached nearly $18.7 billion in 3Q21,” said Craig Stice, Omdia’s chief semiconductor analyst. “The NAND market was fueled by strong shipment growth to meet demand coming out of the enterprise and data center markets, as well as stable demand out of the smartphone market.”
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| Qualcomm executive moved to join AI computer vision startup MemryX |
12/10/2021 |
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Kressin has become chief executive of MemryX, founded in 2019 by University of Michigan professors Wei Lu and Zhengya Zhan. MemryX is working on its second generation of a chip aimed at helping cameras in places such as cars and factory robots recognize objects, a field called computer vision.
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| Power management IC prices jumped 10% |
12/10/2021 |
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Due to factors such as production running at full capacity and a shortage of raw materials, PMIC suppliers have currently announced longer lead times with consumer electronic IC lead times increasing to 12~26 weeks, automotive IC lead times reaching 40~52 weeks, and a cessation of orders for certain exclusive production models.
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