EV Power Electronics: Driving Semiconductor Demand in a Chip Shortage, Reports IDTechEx

Is electrification sustainable amid a semiconductor shortage?

North American Semiconductor Equipment Industry Posts August 2021 Billings

North America-based semiconductor equipment manufacturers posted $3.65 billion in billings worldwide in August 2021.

SIA Welcomes Today’s White House Meeting on Semiconductor Supply Chain

The Semiconductor Industry Association (SIA) today released the following statement from President and CEO John Neuffer regarding today’s meeting at the White House between Biden Administration officials and leaders in the semiconductor industry supply chain to discuss the global chip shortage and actions needed to strengthen America’s semiconductor supply chains. 

Kopin Corporation Receives Follow On Order of Silicon Backplane Wafers for 2K x 2K OLED Microdisplays

Kopin Corporation announced today it has received an approximately $850,000 follow-on order for its proprietary Lightning 2K silicon backplane wafers.

IQM of Finland Places Multi-System Order for Veeco’s Atomic Layer Deposition System to Enable Next Generation Quantum Computing

Veeco Instruments Inc. today announced that IQM Finland OY, a quantum computing hardware company and a key player in Europe’s quantum ecosystem, has selected the plasma-enhanced Fiji Atomic Layer Deposition (ALD) System to help drive the future of quantum computing.

Foundry Market Tracking Toward Record-Tying 23% Growth in 2021

Application processors for 5G smartphones, networking and data center processors drive growth at leading edge but demand seen across all segments.

New Optical ‘Transistor’ to Speed Up Computation Up to 1,000 times, at Lowest Switching Energy Possible

An international research team led by Skoltech and IBM has created an extremely energy-efficient optical switch that could replace electronic transistors in a new generation of computers manipulating photons rather than electrons.

New AI Tool Developed by University of Liverpool Researchers Accelerates Discovery of Truly New Materials

Researchers at the University of Liverpool have created a collaborative artificial intelligence tool that reduces the time and effort required to discover truly new materials.

GOWIN Semiconductor Enables Education and Hobbyists Development Community

GOWIN Semiconductor Corp., the world’s fastest-growing programmable logic company, announces a new user community called Magic Jelly Bean.

MicroAI to Bring AI Training to Renesas MCUs

MicroAI today announced that it has integrated its MicroAI AtomML technology with the Renesas RA Microcontroller (MCU) product line.