The Semiconductor Industry Association (SIA) today announced Jensen Huang, founder and CEO of NVIDIA and a trailblazer in building accelerated computing platforms, is the 2021 recipient of the industry’s highest honor, the Robert N. Noyce Award.
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Automotive MCU Sales to Surge 23% in 2021 Despite Shortages
32-bit designs are expected to generate almost 77% of automotive microcontroller revenues this year, followed by 18% from 16-bit and 6% from 8-bit, says Mid-Year Update report.
Samsung Introduces the Industry’s First 5nm Processor Powering the Next Generation of Wearables
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. today announced its new wearable processor, the Exynos W920.
Mid-Range FPGAs Reach the Next Power and Performance Milestone for Edge Compute Systems
Microchip Technology Inc. has solved this challenge by cutting static power consumption for its mid-bandwidth Field Programmable Gate Arrays (FPGAs) and FPGA System-on-Chip (SoC) devices in half and giving them the smallest thermal footprint and best performance and compute horsepower compared to all alternative devices in their class.
ACM Research Enters Bevel Etch Market to Support Emerging Process Steps in 3D NAND, DRAM and Advanced Logic Manufacturing
ACM Research, Inc. announced the launch of its Bevel Etch product, which further expands ACM’s comprehensive offering of wet tools.
SEMI Unveils Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Roadmap, Toolkit and Event Guidelines
SEMI, the trade association representing the global electronics design and manufacturing supply chain, today unveiled a Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Roadmap and Toolkit to help its more than 2,400 members transform the way they hire and retain employees and build a more diverse workforce.
GaN Systems and ON Semiconductor Partner to Deliver Smaller, More Efficient, Lower Cost Power Solutions
GaN Systems and ON Semiconductor released a new 300W BTP-PFC Bridgeless Totem Pole Power Factor Correction (PFC) evaluation board.
SIA Calls for House Passage of Bipartisan Research Bills
SIA CEO John Neuffer urges House to approve this legislation and calls on Congress to include robust funding for domestic chip production, innovation as these bills advance.
Global Semiconductor Sales Increase 29.2% Year-to-Year in June; Q2 Sales Up 8.3% Over Q1
Sales in June were 2.1% more than the May 2021 total of $43.6 billion.
Mixing a Cocktail of Topology and Magnetism for Future Electronics
A new Monash review throws the spotlight on recent research in heterostructures of topological insulators and magnetic materials.
