The decline of silicon and the rise of gallium nitride
Gallium nitride (GaN) is poised to revolutionize the electronics industry as it displaces silicon’s hold on the power electronics market. GaN is a wide band gap semiconductor material that is most well...
View ArticleHow the SEMI industry will succeed in another $100B growth
Paul Marchal, director of technical marketing at imec, discusses three main technologies that will enable further growth for the semiconductor industry. Marchal was a guest speaker during the imec...
View ArticleCentral Semiconductor touts customization, specialization of discretes
From its early days of being recognized as a fabless manufacturer of germanium ICs, Central Semiconductor has set its sights today on becoming the preferred manufacturer of the most innovative discrete...
View ArticleApple, Samsung lord over OEM field once again
Apple and Samsung remained the world’s largest buyers of semiconductor chips in 2013, but the intensifying battle between the two for the hearts and minds of consumers in their product offerings could...
View ArticleTablet processor chip market to surge by 23%
Strong growth in the processor market for tablet devices this year and beyond will draw increasing competition from suppliers eager to throw their hat into the ring, including the likes of giant...
View ArticleMicrochip acquires supertex
Microchip Technology Inc., Chandler AZ, provider of microcontroller, mixed-signal, analog and Flash-IP solutions, has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Supertex Inc., Sunnyvale CA, representing...
View ArticleNAND eMMC hits a record year
The global memory market presented a vivid picture of contrast last year given the wildly divergent fortunes of its two main segments, with spritely NAND offset by the sobering continued downturn of...
View ArticleTeledyne DALSA to expand MEMS, infrared imaging capabilities
Bromont QC-based Teledyne DALSA, a subsidiary of Teledyne Technologies Inc., has received a financial commitment totaling $13-million from Investissement Québec to expand the its MEMS and infrared...
View ArticleNordic Semi and Digi-Key ink global agreement
Digi-Key Corp. has signed a global distribution agreement with Norway-based low power (ULP) RF specialist Nordic Semiconductor ASA, covering its entire range of ULP products. Nordic’s Bluetooth low...
View ArticleLoss of employees on Malaysia flight a blow, Freescale Semi says
Employees of Freescale Semiconductor who were on a Malaysia Airlines flight presumed to have crashed were doing sophisticated work at the U.S. chipmaker, a company spokesman said this week. The 20...
View ArticleMEMS combo sensors showed potent growth
Combo sensors are headed for another major growth spurt this year in the global microelectromechanical systems (MEMS) sensor market as revenue climbs an expansive 37 percent after two years of already...
View ArticleIntel acquires wearable device tech firm
Intel Corp., Santa Clara CA, has completed the acquisition of BASIS Science Inc., a privately held company and a leader specializing in wearable device technologies for health and wellness...
View ArticleDigi-Key signs global disty agreement with Active-Semi
Digi-Key Corp., Thief River Falls MN, has signed a global distribution agreement with Active-Semi International Inc., Dallas TX, maker of a breadth of purpose-built analog and mixed signal power ICs...
View ArticleMEMS microphones broadcast strong growth
Microelectromechanical systems (MEMS) microphones, used in best-selling devices like Apple’s iPhone, face a resonant future as the market keeps climbing in the coming years, according to a new report...
View ArticleON Semiconductor to acquire Truesense Imaging
Boosting its presence in the high-margin industrial end-market, ON Semiconductor, Phoenix AZ, has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Truesense Imaging Inc., Rochester NY, provider of...
View ArticleDigi-Key signs disty deal on SiTime’s MEMS-based timing solutions
Global electronic components distributor Digi-Key Corp., Thief River Falls MN, has reached a global distribution agreement with analog semiconductor market leader SiTime. The company’s silicon...
View ArticleIndustrial electronics chip market rebounds
Powered by the freshly fueled gears of reviving economies, the global market for semiconductors used in industrial electronics applications overcame a serious fall in 2012 and roared back to life last...
View ArticleFlower Technology partners with EnSilica for the development of ASIC mining...
Flower Technology Inc., London ON-based start-up focused on the supply of ASIC mining solutions for scrypt-based cryptocurrencies, has partnered with EnSilica, a leading UK design house and provider of...
View ArticleFujitsu, Panasonic & DBJ to establish new semi firm
Fujitsu Ltd., Panasonic Corp., and Development Bank of Japan Inc. (DBJ) have signed a memorandum of understanding in which DBJ will make an investment and provide a line of credit for a new fabless...
View ArticleGlobal chip revenue rises in 2013
Worldwide semiconductor revenue rose a solid 5.0 percent last year, with memory chips the star performers, according to the latest research from IHS Technology, El Segundo CA. Total semiconductor...
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