ARM has bought IoT security tech business Simulity Labs in a £12m purchase from its private equity owner Foresight.
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UK test centre for Government’s cyber security rules
The UK Government’s Cyber Essentials programme, which is designed to protect organisations from cyber security threats, is now mandatory for suppliers of Government contracts, which involve handling personal information, and providing ICT products and services. TÜV SÜD United Kingdom has achieved Certified Body status for test and validation of IT systems. Cyber Essentials programme is ...
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Samsung to invest $18bn in chips
Samsung says it will invest at least $18.6 billion in its chip business this year. $12.5 billion will go into its NAND fab in Pyeongtaek and $5.2 billion will go to its fab is Hwaseong. Samsung will also add a new line at its Xi’an China NAND fab. Samsung is the world’s largest supplier of ...
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Hynix ramping 72-layer 3D NAND
Hynix has started to ramp volume production of its 72-layer 3D NAND memory, according to the Korea IT Times. The 256Gbit TLC chips chips are being used to deliver a 1Tbit SSD which uses Hynix’ own controller chip.. The chips are currently being made in Hynix’ Cheongju fab but it plans to add production from ...
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Intel to cut IoT jobs
Intel is laying off people in its IoT group following its recent cuts to three of its IoT products – the Joule, Edison and Galileo boards 97 jobs are to be lost in Santa Clara and up to 40 more in Leixlip, Ireland. IoT accounts for less than 5% of Intel’s sales. The group had ...
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Semiconductor Golden Age Coming, says Jha
A coming golden age for semiconductors is forecast by Sanjay Jha, CEO of Globalfoundries, reports Digitimes. The next decade will see robust IC demand from datacentres and AI, says Jha. That will be met by GloFo’s 7nm finfet process aimed at mobile processors, cloud servers and networking infrastructure due to launch in H1 2018 with ...
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Renesas claims lowest power SRAM
Renesas claims the lowest standby power for embedded SRAM of 13.7 nW/Mbit with a 1.84 ns read speed with Implementing silicon on thin BOX (SOTB) 65nm circuit technology. The technology switches dynamically with low power overhead between active operation in which the CPU core performs read and write operations of the embedded SRAM, and the ...
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Siemens Expands Circuit Breaker Assembly Plant in Texas
GRAND PRAIRIE, TX——Siemens has opened its newly expanded assembly plant here. The 225,000-square-foot factory, which makes low-voltage circuit breakers, has added 100 workers, bringing total employment at the facility to 650 people.