The ES Design West SMART Design Pavilion features a series of system-centric “Meet the Experts” sessions Tuesday through Thursday, July 9-11, in the South Hall of San Francisco’s Moscone Center as a co-located event at SEMICON West.
U.S. Companies Dominate Worldwide IC Marketshare
China and Taiwan companies register double-digit shares in the fabless segment but very low shares of the IDM IC segment. U.S. companies had just over 50% of the total worldwide IC market.
OU Physicists Show Novel Mott State In Twisted Graphene Bilayers At ‘Magic Angle’
A University of Oklahoma physics group sheds light on a novel Mott state observed in twisted graphene bilayers at the ‘magic angle’ in a recent study.
Washable Electronic Textiles To Usher In An Era Of Even Smarter Wearable Products
Transistors connected with twisted electrodes maintain functionality even after being bent and washed over 1,000 times and can activate LED or detect electrocardiogram signals.
North American Semiconductor Equipment Industry Posts May 2019 Billings
North America-based manufacturers of semiconductor equipment posted $2.06 billion in billings worldwide in May 2019 (three-month average basis), according to the May Equipment Market Data Subscription (EMDS) Billings Report published today by SEMI. The billings figure is 7.4 percent higher than the final April 2019 level of $1.92 billion, and is 23.6 percent lower than the May 2018 billings level of $2.69 billion.
Dramatic Cost Reductions Set to Transform MicroLED Displays into Mass-Market Products
Shipments set to rise to nearly 16 million in 2026, as manufacturing expenses drop.
SiFive Announces New Location in Austin, Texas
Five, Inc., the provider of commercial RISC-V processor IP and silicon solutions, announced today it has further expanded its existing presence in the Austin, Texas, “Silicon Hills” area with the opening of an office to support all aspects of SiFive’s business operations. The Austin office will drive company-wide corporate development, business development, legal, and strategy operations
GaN and SiC Power Semiconductor Market to Hit $3B by 2025
The renewable energy applications in the GaN and SiC power semiconductor market are expected to gain traction during the forecast period as PV inverters, which play a crucial role in converting sunlight into electricity, are expected to adopt these devices to have more efficient power conversion.
Lattice Semiconductor Bridges Interface Gap Between Processors and Industrial Displays with New CrossLink Reference Design
Lattice Semiconductor Corporation (NASDAQ: LSCC) today announced the availability of the latest in a series of new reference designs featuring the Lattice CrossLink™ FPGA for video bridging applications. The MIPI DSI/CSI-2 to OpenLDI LVDS Interface Bridge reference design provides industrial device customers with a flexible and easy to implement solution to connect today’s more advanced application processors (APs) to the legacy displays still used in many of today’s industrial environments.
Photovoltaic Nanotubes
Physicists discovered a novel kind of nanotube that generates current in the presence of light. Devices such as optical sensors and infrared imaging chips are likely applications, which could be useful in fields such as automated transport and astronomy. In future, if the effect can be magnified and the technology scaled up, it could lead to high-efficiency solar power devices.
