TSMC revenues grew 3.7% in 2019 to $35.7 billion. Revenues for December came to $3.4 billion which was down 4.2% month-on-month but up 15% from a year earlier. Q4 revenues were $10.4 billion – up about 8% sequentially and hitting a record high for the second consecutive quarter.
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Samsung Electronics has been recognised with two awards at the Sustainable Materials Management electronics challenge awards ceremony hosted by the EPA. Samsung was one of nine companies to receive a gold tier award and one of two companies named the SMM electronics challenge champion award winners. In addition, Samsung was recognised by the Consumer Technology ...
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At 1.84×1.84mm, Maxim is claiming its Max20340 is the industry’s smallest 2-pin bi-directional DC powerline communications (PLC) device). Featuring power and communication on a single line, the Max20340 eliminates pins and discrete devices needed to communicate between a charging dock and a low-voltage end product such as true wireless earbuds, rings and other small wearables. ...
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Hard on the heels of the reported power outage at Samsung’s Hwaseong DRAM fab, Kioxia (a.k.a Toshiba) has announced a fab fire at its Yokkaichi NAND fab, fab 6 (pictured). Kioxia has told customers the impact on output is under review. It is reported that there could be a two week interruption in supply. The ...
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CES 2020 is being held this week in Las Vegas with over 4,500 exhibiting companies and over 175,000 attendees, reports Bill Jewell’s Semiconductor Intelligence. The show includes a broader industry than just electronics, which led to it being renamed CES (previously the Consumer Electronics Show) and the sponsoring organization changing its name from the Consumer ...
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China was the only region to register pure-play foundry market growth in 2019, says IC Insights. With the rise of the fabless IC companies in China over the past 10 years, the demand for foundry services has also risen in that country. Figure 1 shows that the China market was the only major region that ...
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Synopsys is to acquire certain IP assets of INVECAS of Santa Clara, California. The acquisition will broaden Synopsys’ DesignWare Logic Library, General Purpose I/O, Embedded Memory, Interface and Analog IP portfolio. The acquisition will also add a team of experienced R&D engineers to accelerate Synopsys’ physical IP roadmap across a range of process technologies to ...
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RS Components has introduced two programmable logic controller (PLC) starter packs from industrial automation specialist Allen-Bradley. The Micro850 and Micro820 starter packs contain the hardware needed to begin using their respective PLCs, including power supplies (PSU), controller accessories and graphic terminals. They’re designed to help OEM machine builders develop standalone applications quickly and inexpensively, without ...
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University of Toronto researchers have developed a stretchy, transparent and self-powering sensor that records the sensations of human skin. It consists of a layer of hydrogel that can converts mechanical stimuli and humidity into variable resistance and capacitance, as well as self-generating power than can be measured as open-circuit voltage or short-circuit current. Hydrogels are ...
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Selecting the automated dispensing technology that is the best fit for a specific application is not a decision to be made lightly. This is understandable in light of the many technologies that are available, including the progressive cavity pump, auger valve, time-pressure valve and pneumatic jet valve.
