The Semiconductor Industry Association (SIA) today announced Dr. Lisa Su, president and CEO of AMD and an accomplished leader in advancing semiconductor technology, has been named the 2020 recipient of SIA’s highest honor, the Robert N. Noyce Award.
Samsung Expands Advanced 0.7μm-Pixel ISOCELL Image Sensor Offerings for Wider Mobile Applications
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., a world leader in advanced semiconductor technology, today introduced four new Samsung ISOCELL image sensors for its 0.7 micrometer (μm)-pixel product lineup; 108-megapixel (Mp) ISOCELL HM2, 64Mp ISOCELL GW3, 48Mp ISOCELL GM5 and 32Mp ISOCELL JD1. With the new 0.7μm ISOCELL technology, Samsung plans to expand the ultra-high-resolution offerings to mainstream smartphones.
2020 IEEE International Electron Devices Meeting To Highlight Innovative Devices for a Better Future
The 66th annual IEEE International Electron Devices Meeting (IEDM), to be held virtually December 12-16, 2020, will uphold the conference’s tradition as the world’s premier forum for the presentation of applied research in transistors and related devices, which are the building blocks of modern electronics technology.
Semiconductor Memory Market: USD 134.95 Billion by 2027
The global semiconductor memory market was valued at more than USD 90 billion in 2019 and poised to grow at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of around 6.1% during the forecast period 2020 to 2027.
Samco Launches New PECVD and ALD Facility to Support Growth of Deposition and Coating Business
Samco, a leading manufacturer of plasma processing equipment for the compound semiconductor industry, has announced the opening of its new Plasma Enhanced Chemical Vapour Deposition (PECVD) and Atomic Layer Deposition (ALD) demonstration facility at Samco’s headquarters, Kyoto.
GLOBALFOUNDRIES Goes Virtual with 2020 Global Technology Conference Series
GLOBALFOUNDRIES (GF) today announced it will launch its Global Technology Conferences (GTC) 2020 series virtually with their first event, GTC North America on September 24.
SiFive To Introduce New RISC-V Processor Architecture and RISC-V PC at Linley Fall Virtual Processor Conference
SiFive, Inc., the provider of commercial RISC-V processor IP and silicon solutions, announced that Dr. Yunsup Lee, CTO of SiFive, and Dr. Krste Asanovic, Chief Architect of SiFive, will present at the technology industry’s premier processor conference, the Linley Fall Virtual Processor Conference.
Global Semiconductor Sales Increase 4.9 Percent Year-to-Year in July
The Semiconductor Industry Association (SIA) today announced worldwide sales of semiconductors were $35.2 billion in July 2020, 4.9 percent more than the July 2019 total of $33.5 billion and 2.1 percent greater than the June 2020 total of $34.5 billion.
Kushagra Vaid Joins Flex Logix’s Board of Directors
Flex Logix Technologies, Inc., a leading supplier of embedded FPGA (eFPGA) and AI Inference IP, chips, boards and software, today announced that it has appointed industry-veteran Kushagra Vaid as an independent member to its Board of Directors.
DSP Group Selects Synopsys’ ARC EM Processor IP for Adaptive Processing Smart Codecs
Synopsys, Inc. today announced that DSP Group, Inc., a leading global provider of wireless and voice-processing chipset solutions for converged communications, selected Synopsys DesignWare ARC EM5D Processor IP for its high-efficiency control and signal processing capabilities to enable development of its DBMC2-TWS advanced adaptive processing audio codec for true wireless stereo (TWS) headsets.
