SkyWater Technology today announced the company’s President, Thomas Sonderman will present a keynote address, “Manufacturing Leadership in the Era of Artificial Intelligence,” at the 2020 virtual Advanced Semiconductor Manufacturing Conference (ASMC) at 9:00 am EDT on August 24th.
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TrendForce Analyzes Impacts of Expanded U.S. Sanctions Against Huawei on Five Major Tech Industries
TrendForce provides the following analyses on the impacts that the expanded sanctions against Huawei have on five tech industries, including semiconductors, memory products, smartphones, display panels, and 5G communications.
North American Semiconductor Equipment Industry Posts July 2020 Billings
North America-based manufacturers of semiconductor equipment posted $2.60 billion in billings worldwide in July 2020 (three-month average basis), according to the July Equipment Market Data Subscription (EMDS) Billings Report published today by SEMI. The billings figure is 11.8 percent higher than the final June 2020 level of $2.32 billion, and is 27.6 percent higher than the July 2019 billings level of $2.03 billion.
Alpha and Omega Semiconductor Announces a New High SOA MOSFET for 12V Hot Swap Applications
Alpha and Omega Semiconductor Limited (AOS) (Nasdaq: AOSL), a designer, developer and global supplier of a broad range of power semiconductors, power ICs, and Digital Power products today announced the release of, AONS32310, a 30V MOSFET with low on-resistance and a high Safe Operating Area (SOA) capability which is ideally suited for demanding applications such as hot swap and effuse.
Arm and DARPA Sign Partnership Agreement to Accelerate Technological Innovation
Arm today announced a three-year partnership agreement with the U.S. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA), establishing an access framework to all commercially available Arm technology. With DARPA’s Electronics Resurgence Initiative gaining momentum, the new agreement will enable the research community that supports DARPA’s programs to quickly and easily take advantage of Arm’s leading IP, tools and support, accelerating innovation in a variety of fields.
Silicon Creations Achieves ISO 9001 Certification for World-Class Silicon IP Development Process
Silicon Creations, a leading supplier of high-performance analog and mixed-signal intellectual property (IP), announced today that the company has achieved ISO 9001 Quality Management System certification by the British Standards Institute (BSI), one of the world’s largest certification bodies.
Tech Innovation to Improve Resiliency and Agility Will Be Critical Post-COVID-19, Says Lux Research
COVID-19 has drastically changed the landscape for businesses across all industries, forcing immediate changes – but ones that will have long-term consequences. In the latest report by Lux Research, “The Impact of COVID-19 on Tech Innovation,” Lux outlines five key trends that will define how the world beyond the pandemic will be different.
Global Semiconductor Sales Increase 5.1 Percent Year-to-Year in June; Q2 Sales Down Slightly Compared to Q1
The Semiconductor Industry Association (SIA) announced worldwide sales of semiconductors were $34.5 billion in June 2020, an increase of 5.1 percent from the June 2019 total of $32.9 billion.
S2C and Mirabilis Design Teamup to Deliver a Heterogeneous Solution for SoC Architecture Exploration and Verification
S2C and Mirabilis Design today announced the collaboration and delivery of a hybrid SoC architecture exploration solution that reuses available RTL-based blocks to accelerate model construction and speed-up very complex simulations. The collaboration enables design projects that deploy model-based design methodology to further reduce the time and effort spent on creating complicated custom models of legacy designs.
Energous and Xentris Wireless Establish Strategic Partnership
Today Energous Corporation (Nasdaq: WATT) – the developer of WattUp, a revolutionary wireless charging 2.0 technology – announced a strategic partnership with Xentris Wireless – a leader in designing, engineering and manufacturing premium mobile accessories and charging solutions – to develop ruggedized products for demanding military applications using Energous’ radio frequency (RF) based charging technology.
