100 fabs taken out of production in the last decade

100 fabs have been closed or repurposed in the last decade, says IC Insights. Figure 1 shows the number of fabs closed by geographic region while Figure 2 shows a distribution of those fabs by wafer size and year. Figure 1 Japan and North America, have accounted for most of the wafer fab closures since 2009.  ...

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US considers extending Huawei chip sales ban to foreign companies

A US proposal to tighten the screw on chip supplies to Huawei would be to control sales by foreign chip companies, reports Reuters. At the moment it is only a proposal, and President Trump has declined to implement the idea in the past but, with anti-China rancour growing in Washington, it could be revived, The ...

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Arm down in an up market

Arm’s revenues declined slightly in 2019 in a market that grew, says IPnest, reflecting similar situations in 2018 and 2017. Arm’s royalty revenue declined by 6-7%, says IPnest,  but its licensing revenues  – including physical IP – were up 13%. Companies ranked by semiconductor design IP revenue in 2019 (millions of dollars). Source: IPnest (March ...

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miDiagnostics raises €14m

miDiagnostics, which is using an Imec-invented IC technology  to bring lab-quality tests with built-in connectivity direct to the patient and clinician regardless of location, has secured a €14m investment round. The round was supported by existing shareholders as well as leading life science and tech investors Dr. Rudi Pauwels and Dr. Ir. Urbain Vandeurzen. The ...

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Double-booking could be bolstering NAND ASPs

The Q2 NAND ASP is projected to rise by 5% QoQ, boosted by enterprise SSD demand and a 2020 bit increase as low as 30%, reports DRAMeXchange. Prices may be being bolstered by OEM fears of shortages leading to double-ordering, reckons DRAMeXchange. However H2 pricing, starting as early as Q3, could head south, as buyers ...

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SMD package for 1200V Schottky diode

Infineon has expanded its CoolSiC Schottky diode 1200 V portfolio by adding six devices in a D²PAK real 2-pin package. Using SMD packages, designs can be more compact and more cost effective. Moreover, the new D²PAK real 2-pin package eliminates the middle pin to offer 4.7 mm creepage and 4.4 mm clearance distance. Compared to ...

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Keysight data-acquisition system with 800kSa/s sampling rate at RS

RS Components has introduced the DAQ973A data-acquisition system from Keysight, a three-slot modular mainframe unit with a choice of nine plug-in modules and a sampling rate of 800kSa/s. Keysight has re-used the measurement engine from its test and measurement equipment inside the DAQ973A for modular flexibility and universal inputs with built-in signal conditioning. The unit ...

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