Nations will wish to favor competition over cooperation as the global economy recovers from COVID-19, according to GlobalData.
Semiconductors

2022 Semiconductor Sales to Grow 11% After Surging 25% in 2021
Above average increases are expected in all major product categories, which will lift the global market to record-high revenues in 2022 despite growth rates easing from last year’s economic rebound, says report.
SEMI Reschedules Industry Strategy Symposium to April 3-6, 2022
SEMI today rescheduled the Industry Strategy Symposium (ISS) 2022 from January 9-12 to April 3-6 due to a resurgence of COVID-19 cases in the United States.

Survey: Understanding the Data-Centric Era
The Data-Centric Era is here. It demands highly flexible, high bandwidth and secure infrastructure to meet the demands of highly variable, large and diverse data. Composable infrastructure provides the flexibility, bandwidth and efficiency to meet that demand.
Gigaphoton: Semiconductor Manufacturing Survey Reveals Insights to End Chip Shortage
Gigaphoton Inc., a manufacturer of light sources used in semiconductor lithography, today released the results of a survey that provides insights into the current state of the semiconductor manufacturing industry.
GaN Systems Shrinks Size and Increases Class-D Audio Capabilities with Latest Reference Design
GaN is gladly being embraced in audio, enabling companies to launch better sounding, higher-performance, smaller, and more eye-catching audio systems. And GaN Systems is making it easier to reap the benefits of GaN with the introduction of the GeN2 Amplifier and SMPS Reference Design

Enabling Glass in a 300mm Si Line for Layer Transfer
Challenges and associated solutions in using glass in a standard 300mm Si fab are discussed. We demonstrate that functionalized glass wafers can pass all the requirements to enter a Si fab to enable layer transfer of RF components.
SPIE, the International Society for Optics and Photonics, Announces Its 2022 Fellows
This year, SPIE, the international society for optics and photonics, welcomes 58 Members as new Fellows of the Society. They join their Fellow Member colleagues in being honored for their technical achievements, as well as for their service to the optics and photonics community and to SPIE.
Boston Semi Equipment Calibration Operations Receives ISO 17025 Certification
Boston Semi Equipment (BSE), a global semiconductor test cell automation company, announced today that its Penang, Malaysia calibration operation has passed its ISO/IEC 17025:2017 compliance audit.
Mauna Kea Semiconductors Raises $12.8 Million Pre-A+ Round, Launches Breakthrough Low Power Ultra-Wideband Product
Mauna Kea Semiconductors (MKSemi), a low power ultra-wideband (UWB) company, today announced the closing of Series Pre-A+ funding totaling $12.8 million led by Lightspeed China Partners with participation by marquee investors Qiming Venture and Ivy Capital.