Semiconductors

Samsung Electronics Achieves Life Cycle Assessment Verification on Product Carbon Footprint for Semiconductors

Environmental impact of chips manufactured at Samsung’s global sites to be shared to accelerate its B2B customers’ carbon neutrality goals.

ASM Receives Excellent Performance Award from TSMC

ASM International N.V. has received a 2022 “Excellent Performance Award” from TSMC, recognizing global suppliers who showed outstanding performance.

Polar Semiconductor Investment and Expansion

Polar is also pursuing U.S. CHIPS Act funding to further invest in its capacity and cost leadership initiatives to supply sensor and high voltage power wafers for critical automotive and industrial applications.

Navitas and KATEK Accelerate Solar Adoption with Higher Efficiency and Lower Costs

Navitas Semiconductor and KATEK GROUP announce that KATEK’s coolcept fleX family of Steca solar inverters have adopted new, leading-edge GeneSiC power semiconductors for improved efficiency, size, weight and cost, with significant market size expansion.

FormFactor Opens Silicon Valley Demo Center

FormFactor, Inc., a semiconductor test and measurement supplier, announces the opening of a new product demonstration and training center in San Jose, California.

Researchers Demo New Type of Carbon Nanotube Yarn That Harvests Mechanical Energy

Nanotechnology researchers at The University of Texas at Dallas have made novel carbon nanotube yarns that convert mechanical movement into electricity more effectively than other material-based energy harvesters.

SK hynix Develops World’s Fastest Mobile DRAM LPDDR5T

SK hynix Inc. announced today that it has developed the world’s fastest mobile DRAM ‘LPDDR5T (Low Power Double Data Rate 5 Turbo)’ and provided sample products to customers.

Allegro MicroSystems Announces Opening of New R&D Center in Greater Dallas

New Richardson, TX office in Innovation Quarter enables development of new semiconductor integrated chips (IC) for electric vehicles.

Gartner Forecasts Worldwide IT Spending to Grow 2.4% in 2023

Worldwide IT spending is projected to total $4.5 trillion in 2023, an increase of 2.4% from 2022, according to the latest forecast by Gartner, Inc.

Renesas Introduces New Gate Driver IC for IGBTs and SiC MOSFETs Driving EV Inverters

Renesas Electronics Corporation today announced a new gate driver IC that is designed to drive high-voltage power devices such as IGBTs and SiC MOSFETs for EV inverters.

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