ON Semiconductor Corp. completed its previously announced acquisition of Quantenna Communications, Inc. for $24.50 per share in an all cash transaction. The goal is to combine Quantenna’sWi-Fi technologies and ON Semiconductor’s power and analog semiconductors to address applications in industrial, automotive, and carrier markets. Quantenna will be integrated into ON Semiconductor’s Analog Solutions Group, headed by Vince Hopkin.
Semiconductors
Collaborative Research Charts Course to Hundreds of New Nitrides
Groundbreaking study maps out paths to new nitride materials. An interactive map shows stable ternary nitrides highlighted in blue, indicating that they are good candidates for experimentation.
Tuning Into the LCDs Of Tomorrow: Exploring the Novel IGZO-11 Semiconductor
In 1985, Noboru Kimizuka of the National Institute for Research in Inorganic Materials, Japan had pioneered the idea of polycrystalline indium-gallium-zinc oxide (IGZO) ceramics, with the general chemical formula (InGaO3)m(ZnO)n (m, n = natural number; hereafter referred to as IGZO-mn). Little would he have thought that its curious electrical properties would bring the electronics industry to license thin-film transistors (TFTs) made from these metal oxides for various devices, including touchable displays.
Imec Doubles Energy Density Of Its Solid-State Batteries to 400Wh/Liter
Imec, a research and innovation hub in nanoelectronics, digital and energy technologies and partner in EnergyVille, announced a solid-state Li-metal battery cell with an unsurpassed energy density of 400 Wh/liter at a charging speed of 0.5C
CMP Materials Market Reaches $2.7B Amid Signs of Orders Slowing in 2019
TECHCET announced that the global market for chemical-mechanical planarization (CMP) consumable materials in semiconductor manufacturing is forecasted to grow to US$2.7 billion in 2019. However, several suppliers report softening orders for the first half of 2019 due to shifting wafer starts combined with intensified industry efforts to save slurry costs through increasing dilution.
Can We Believe The Hype About China’s Domestic IC Production Plans?
Tariffs and trade issues are forcing China to scale its domestic IC production plans, but do its claims line up with reality? IC Insights believes they do not.
Purdue and World’s Largest Semiconductor Manufacturer Collaborate To Research Secured Microelectronics Ecosystem
Purdue University and TSMC jointly announced plans Wednesday (June 12) to establish a Center for Secured Microelectronics Ecosystem aimed at ensuring a secure supply of semiconductor chips and related tools all the way from the foundry to the packaged system. The center, to be located at the Purdue University West Lafayette, Indiana campus, will perform research to ensure a secure ecosystem for the manufacture of microelectronics systems.
Ultra-Low Power Chips Help Make Small Robots More Capable
An ultra-low power hybrid chip inspired by the brain could help give palm-sized robots the ability to collaborate and learn from their experiences. Combined with new generations of low-power motors and sensors, the new ASIC could help intelligent swarm robots operate for hours instead of minutes.
GLOBALFOUNDRIES and Soitec Announce Multiple Long-term SOI Wafer Supply Agreements
GLOBALFOUNDRIES (GF) and Soitec announced that they have signed multiple long-term supply agreements for 300mm…
Small Currents For Big Gains In Spintronics
UTokyo researchers have created an electronic component that demonstrates functions and abilities important to future generations of computational logic and memory devices.
