Investors from Disruptive Technology Ventures (DTV) announce a substantial additional Series A investment round for semiconductor firm Nowi. Initial DTV funding in March 2018 in conjunction with Dutch government backing enabled Nowi to reach several key milestones towards commercialization of its unique patented energy harvesting power management integrated circuit. Pushing past established competitors such as Texas Instruments, Analog Devices and others with a novel multi patented process, Nowi is now readying commercial release for 2020.
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Eta Compute Executives To Present at the Industry’s Leading Events This Fall
Eta Compute Inc., a company dedicated to delivering machine learning to mobile and edge devices using its revolutionary new platform, announced it will have a major presence at the industry’s most prestigious events this fall. “Our growing presence at these important industry events is a testament to the impact Eta Compute’s AI solutions are having on extreme edge computing,” said Eta Compute’s CEO Ted Tewksbury. “Our products are becoming increasingly recognized as technologies that will have a tremendous impact on our lives and our future.”
Gartner Says Global Device Shipments Will Decline 3.7% in 2019
Worldwide shipments of devices — PCs, tablets and mobile phones — will decline 3.7% in 2019, according to the latest forecast from Gartner, Inc. Gartner estimates there are more than 5 billion mobile phones used around the world. After years of growth, the worldwide smartphone market has reached a tipping point. Sales of smartphones will decline by 3.2% in 2019, which would be the worst decline the category has seen.
A Deep Dive into AI Chip Arithmetic Engines
Tesla’s autopilot chip executes 72-trillion additions and multiplications per second: It better get the math right
Revolutionizing Wafer Testing to Bring New Technologies to Market
Nearly every new technology breakthrough in the semiconductor industry targets high volume manufacturing and comes with its unique specificities. This results in challenges for engineers to manufacture and test new integrated circuits (ICs) on the wafer.
Littelfuse Mexico Operations Receives Manufacturing Excellence Award
Littelfuse, Inc. today announced that its passenger car product manufacturing operations in Piedras Negras, Mexico, have been recognized by the Association for Manufacturing Excellence (AME) with the 2019 AME Excellence Award. The AME Excellence Award recognizes manufacturing plants that have demonstrated excellence in manufacturing and business. The award acknowledges continuous improvement, best practices, creativity and innovation.
Die Crack Detection in HVM is Critical for High Reliability Applications
The detection of cracks after the wafer is diced into individual die has become critical in high reliability applications, like the automotive market, where there are substantial safety and liability concerns.
Building Stronger, Better Designs with DTCO CMP Modeling and Simulation
Predicting CMP damage has always been a part of the manufacturing process, but in a Design-technology co-optimization (DTCO) flow, foundries and EDA companies can work together to automate CMP model building and simulation.
Light and Sound In Silicon Chips: The Slower The Better
Integrated circuits in silicon enable our digital era. The capabilities of electronic circuits have been extended even further with the introduction of photonics: components for the generation, guiding and detection of light. Together, electronics and photonics support entire systems for data communication and processing, all on a chip. However, there are certain things that even electrical and optical signals can’t do simply because they move too fast.
Process Watch: A Statistical Approach to Improving Chip Reliability
The Process Watch series explores key concepts about process control—defect inspection, metrology and data analytics—for the semiconductor industry. This article is the fifth in a series on process control strategies for automotive semiconductor devices.
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