Lion Semiconductor, a leading provider of switched-capacitor power ICs with world’s highest efficiencies, today announced its switched-capacitor power ICs are used in more than 50 million smartphones. This milestone comes 2 years after the company started production shipment.
SVXR Appoints Semiconductor Packaging Industry Veteran Scott Jewler as President and CEO
SVXR, Inc., a pioneer in inspection and metrology technology, announced today that Scott Jewler has been appointed President and Chief Executive Officer effective August 8th, 2020. Jewler previously held the position of Chief Operating Officer and is a co-founder of SVXR.
SiFive Secures $61 Million in Series E Funding
SiFive, Inc., the leading provider of commercial RISC-V processor IP and silicon solutions, today announced it raised $61 million in a Series E round led by SK hynix, joined by new investor Prosperity7 Ventures, with additional funding from existing investors, Sutter Hill Ventures, Western Digital Capital, Qualcomm Ventures LLC, Intel Capital, Osage University Partners, and Spark Capital.
Tachyum Demo Shows Prodigy Will Be Faster Than NVIDIA and Intel Chips
Tachyum Inc. today announced that it has successfully completed a demonstration showing its Prodigy Universal Processor running faster than any other processor, HPC or AI chips, including ones from NVIDIA and Intel. This is the latest of many recent milestones achieved by Tachyum as the company continues its march towards Prodigy’s product release next year.
SEMI Partners with GLOBALFOUNDRIES to Offer Apprentice Program Aimed at Building the Electronics Talent Pipeline
SEMI, the industry association serving the global electronics design and manufacturing supply chain, today launched a new collaborative apprenticeship program to make it easier for companies to offer training and for more workers to pursue careers in electronics.
Silicon Mitus Starts Mass-Producing Automotive OLED PMIC
Silicon Mitus, Inc. (Silicon Mitus), an advanced specialist in Power Management Integrated Circuit (PMIC), announced that it has completed the development of automotive OLED PMIC and starts supplying the new products in the global automotive market.
ON Semiconductor to Explore Sale of Niigata Manufacturing Facility
ON Semiconductor Corporation (Nasdaq: ON), driving energy efficient innovations, today announced it is exploring a sale of its manufacturing facility in Niigata, Japan.
OLED Display Startup Mattrix Technologies Opens $3M Financing Round With Second Investment From JSR Corporation
Mattrix Technologies, Inc. (“Mattrix”), a US-based startup developing groundbreaking AMOLED backplane solutions for the flat-panel display industry, announced that JSR Corporation(“JSR”) has closed a second investment into the company.
Materials Science Researchers Develop First Electrically Injected Laser
The diode laser uses semiconducting material germanium tin and could improve micro-processing speed and efficiency at much lower costs.
Layer of Nanoparticles Could Improve LED Performance and Lifetime
Adding a layer of nanoparticles to LED designs could help them produce more light for the same energy, and also increase their lifetime. This is according to a team from Imperial College London and the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Guwahati who have found a new way to boost the amount of light LEDs produce. They report their innovation in the journal Light Science & Applications.
