Sensera Limited (ASX: SE1, “Sensera”), an Internet of Things (IoT) solution provider, today announced that it has signed a worldwide distribution agreement with Braemac. Braemac’s global footprint and strong presence in the entire Pacific Rim region and especially Australia will further extend Sensera’s market coverage.
Semiconductors
MagnaChip Semiconductor Announces CFO Transition
MagnaChip Semiconductor Corporation (“MagnaChip” or the “Company”) (NYSE: MX) today announced that Jonathan Kim, MagnaChip’s Chief Financial Officer, Executive Vice President and Chief Accounting Officer, is stepping down effective March 27, 2020 to pursue an executive opportunity outside of the semiconductor industry.
Keysight Works with Qualcomm Technologies to Accelerate Small Cell Deployment Supported by 5G vRAN Architecture
Keysight Technologies, Inc., a leading technology company that helps enterprises, service providers, and governments accelerate innovation to connect and secure the world, announced that Qualcomm Technologies, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Qualcomm Incorporated, is working with the company to accelerate small cell deployment supported by 5G virtualized radio access network (vRAN) architecture.
EV Group Establishes Heterogenous Integration Competence Center
EV Group (EVG), a leading supplier of wafer bonding and lithography equipment for the MEMS, nanotechnology and semiconductor markets, today announced that it has established the Heterogeneous Integration Competence Center™, which is designed to assist customers in leveraging EVG’s process solutions and expertise to enable new and enhanced products and applications driven by advances in system integration and packaging.
Unique Material Could Unlock New Functionality in Semiconductors
If new and promising semiconductor materials are to make it into our phones, computers, and other increasingly capable electronics, researchers must obtain greater control over how those materials function. Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute researchers detailed how they designed and synthesized a unique material with controllable capabilities that make it very promising for future electronics.
Picosun Delivers Multiple Production ALD Systems to Asia for Solid State Lighting Device Manufacturing
Picosun Group, Finland-based, global provider of advanced Atomic Layer Deposition (ALD) thin film coating solutions, has been chosen by a major Asian customer to deliver significant ALD production capacity for manufacturing of solid state lighting devices.
JEDEC Wide Bandgap Power Semiconductor Committee Publishes Guideline for Switching Reliability Evaluation Procedures for GaN Devices
JEDEC Solid State Technology Association, the global leader in standards development for the microelectronics industry, announces the publication of JEP180: Guideline for Switching Reliability Evaluation Procedures for Gallium Nitride Power Conversion Devices. Developed by JEDEC’s JC-70 Committee for Wide Bandgap Power Electronic Conversion Semiconductors, JEP180 is available for free download from the JEDEC website.
Semiconductor Units To Rebound, Exceed 1 Trillion Devices Again in 2020
Though rising 7%, total semiconductor units forecast to fall short of all-time record.
Advanced Energy Announces Its New Manufacturing Facility in Southeast Asia Is Now Operational
Advanced Energy Industries, Inc. announces that its newest facility in Penang, Malaysia has begun commercial operations and started to deliver products to our customers.
How Low Can You Go? Lower Than Ever Before
Silicon, the best-known semiconductor, is ubiquitous in electronic devices including cellphones, laptops and the electronics in cars. Now, researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have made the most sensitive measurements to date of how quickly electric charge moves in silicon, a gauge of its performance as a semiconductor.
