Electronic System Design (ESD) industry revenue increased by over $1 billion in 2020, marking a new milestone for the industry, the ESD Alliance, a SEMI Technology Community, announced today in the Q4 2020 Electronic Design Market Data report.
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2020 Global Semiconductor Equipment Sales Surge 19% to Industry Record $71.2 Billion, SEMI Reports
Worldwide sales of semiconductor manufacturing equipment surged 19% from $59.8 billion in 2019 to a new all-time high of $71.2 billion in 2020, SEMI, the industry association representing the global electronics product design and manufacturing supply chain, reported today.
Palomar Technologies Offers Free Webinar on Die Bonding Flexibility for Next-Gen Photonics Packaging
Palomar Technologies announced today they are offering a webinar achieving die bonding flexibility for the next-generation of photonics packaging currently in development.
STMicroelectronics Introduces New MasterGaN4 Devices for High-Efficiency Power Conversion up to 200 Watts
The latest addition to ST’s MasterGaN family, MasterGaN4 simplifies design using wide-bandgap GaN power semiconductors by taking away the complex gate-control and circuit-layout challenges.
indie Semiconductor Introduces Ultrasonic Automotive Parking-Assist Solutions
indie Semiconductor, an Autotech solutions innovator, which is currently in the process of merging with Thunder Bridge Acquisition II, Ltd. today unveiled a family of high-performance sensing solutions supporting automotive parking-assist applications.
PC Shipments Show Continued Strength in Q1 2021 Despite Component Shortages and Logistics Issues, According to IDC
Global shipments of traditional PCs, including desktops, notebooks, and workstations, grew 55.2% year over year during the first quarter of 2021 (1Q21).
Open Source FPGA Foundation Appoints Shrikant Lohokare as Chief Executive Officer
Open Source FPGA Foundation today announced that its board of directors has appointed industry veteran Dr. Shrikant Lohokare as CEO, effective immediately.
Better Metric for Thermoelectric Materials Means Better Design Strategies
Researchers from Tokyo Metropolitan University have shown that a quantity known as “thermoelectric conductivity” is an effective measure for the dimensionality of newly developed thermoelectric nanomaterials.
Discovery Could Help Lengthen Lifespan of Electronic Devices
Using advanced in-situ electron microscopy, the School of Aerospace, Mechanical and Mechatronic Engineering researchers were able to observe ferroelectric fatigue as it occurred. This technique uses an advanced microscope to ‘see’, in real-time, down to the nanoscale and atomic levels.
Renesas Simplifies Safe and Power-Efficient Sensor-Less Brushless DC Motor Control Design for Industrial and Home Appliances
Renesas Electronics Corporation expanded its motor control solutions portfolio with two system-in-package (SiP) solutions to simplify brushless DC (BLDC) motor control design for a wide range of cordless battery-powered applications.
