Shortages, tight supplies, and higher prices drive up most O-S-D products in the economic rebound while CMOS image sensor sales are muted by U.S.-China disputes and softness in some systems, says report.
MEMS
Weebit Appoints NVM Expert Gabriel Molas as Chief Scientist
Weebit Nano Limited, a developer of next-generation memory technologies for the global semiconductor industry, announced it has appointed ReRAM and non-volatile memory (NVM) expert Gabriel Molas as Chief Scientist.
SiTime Introduces XCalibur, a MEMS Solution for the Timing Industry’s Supply Chain Disruption
SiTime Corporation today introduced the SiTime XCalibur active resonator. This new product category solves supply chain constraints using programmable semiconductors to deliver a drop-in replacement for quartz crystal resonators.
Moov Announces Austin as HQ2
Moov, a data-fueled marketplace for used manufacturing equipment, today announced that Austin, Texas, will be the location of the company’s second headquarters.
Scientists Weave Atomically Thin Wires Into Ribbons
Researchers from Tokyo Metropolitan University have succeeded in using nanowires of a transition-metal chalcogenide to make atomically thin “nanoribbons”.
SmartSens Selects PDF Solutions Exensio Fabless for Data Analytics of CMOS Image Sensors
PDF Solutions, Inc. (NASDAQ: PDFS), a global provider of differentiated data and analytics solutions to the semiconductor and electronics industries, today announced that SmartSens, a CMOS image sensor (CIS) semiconductor company, has selected Exensio Fabless as the platform to perform data management and analytics for their entire family of CIS products.
The Real Reason Behind the Automotive Industry IC Shortage — A Step-Function Surge in Demand
After years of moderate increases, IC suppliers blindsided by automotive IC demand spike in 2021.
SRC and NSF to Support Semiconductor Research Experiences for Undergraduates
The U.S. National Science Foundation (NSF) and Semiconductor Research Corporation (SRC) recently signed a memorandum of understanding to support hands-on research opportunities for undergraduate students in technical areas related to semiconductors.
JEDEC Publishes HBM3 Update to High Bandwidth Memory (HBM) Standard
JEDEC Solid State Technology Association, the global leader in the development of standards for the microelectronics industry, today announced the publication of the next version of its High Bandwidth Memory (HBM) DRAM standard.
NucleiSys Adopts Breker’s System Coherency TrekApp
Breker Verification Systems announced Nuclei System Technology deployed its System Coherency Synthesis TrekApp to ensure coherency of its configurable low-power and high-performance 32- and 64-bit RISC-V processor intellectual property (IP) designs.
