Kandou today closed its Series D round of funding, resulting in $75 million raised in the round.
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Samsung Begins Mass Production of Comprehensive Automotive Memory Solutions for Next-Generation Autonomous Electric Vehicles
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., the world leader in advanced memory technology, today unveiled an extensive lineup of cutting-edge automotive memory solutions designed for next-generation autonomous electric vehicles.
Semi Capex on Pace for 34% Growth in 2021 to Record $152.0 Billion
Foundries forecast to account for over one-third of semi capex spending this year. New factories and equipment for 7/5/3nm processes highlight growing dependence on foundry business model.
Entegris to Acquire CMC Materials
Entegris, Inc. and CMC Materials, Inc. today announced a definitive merger agreement under which Entegris will acquire CMC Materials in a cash and stock transaction with an enterprise value of approximately $6.5 billion.
Renesas Develops Write Technologies for Embedded STT-MRAM Significantly Reducing MCUs Power Consumption in IoT Applications
Renesas Electronics Corporation, a supplier of advanced semiconductor solutions, today announced the development of two technologies that reduce the energy and voltage application time for the write operation of spin-transfer torque magnetic random-access memory.
Pfeiffer Vacuum Opens New Silicon Valley Innovation Center
Pfeiffer Vacuum, one of the world’s leading providers of high-tech vacuum solutions for the semiconductor market as well as the analytical, industrial and research & development markets, opened up a new 10,000 square foot Silicon Valley Innovation Center (SVIC) in San José on December 10th.
SEMICON Japan 2021 Hybrid Opens Tomorrow In-Person to Highlight Smart Technologies and Electronics Manufacturing Supply Chain Growth Opportunities
SEMICON Japan, the largest and most influential gathering of the electronics manufacturing supply chain in Japan, opens tomorrow at Tokyo Big Sight with a focus on innovation opportunities and business growth potential fueled by leading-edge technologies including 5G, artificial intelligence (AI), deep learning and quantum computing.
Global Total Semiconductor Equipment Sales On Track to Top $100 Billion in 2021 for First Time, SEMI Reports
Global sales of total semiconductor manufacturing equipment by original equipment manufacturers are forecast to reach a new high of $103 billion in 2021, surging 44.7% from the previous industry record of $71 billion in 2020, SEMI announced today.
imec Demonstrates Successful Monolithic Integration of Schottky Diodes and Depletion-Mode HEMTs with 200V GaN-IC
This week, at the 2021 International Electron Devices Meeting (IEEE IEDM 2021), imec, the research and innovation center in nanoelectronics and digital technologies, presents the successful co-integration of high-performance Schottky barrier diodes and depletion-mode HEMTs on a p-GaN HEMT-based 200V GaN-on-SOI smart power integrated circuits (ICs) platform developed on 200mm substrates.
IC Market Direction Indicator Points to 11% Growth in 2022
At 26%, the 2021 IC market is forecast to log its highest growth rate since 2010.
