Seven Japanese companies are combining to cut the power used by datacentres by 40%. They are: Fujitsu, NEC, AIO Core, Fujitsu Optical Components, Kyocera, Zeon and Kioxia Fujitsu’s role is to develop processors delivering 10x performance using the  same power as today. NEC’s task is accelerators. Zeon’s contribution is NRAM – CNT-based memory. Kyocera is to ...

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Apple is suing a startup for misappropriation of semiconductor technology, reports Reuters. The case is Apple Inc. v. Rivos Inc., 22-cv-2637, U.S. District Court, Northern District of California (San Jose). Rivos, which is still in stealth mode, is said to have hired ‘dozens’ of Apple engineers since last June. The suit alleges that Apple engineers ...

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Q1 semiconductor sales were up 23% y-o-y and down 0.5% sequentially at $151.7 billion, says the SIA. Sales for March 2022 were $50.6 billion – up 1.1% on February. “Global semiconductor sales remained strong during the first quarter of 2022, increasing across all major regional markets and product categories compared to the first quarter of ...

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Q1 wafer shipments were up 10% y-o-y and 1% sequentially to reach a record 3,679 million square inches, reports SEMI. “This new silicon shipping milestone points to continued growth in all areas of the semiconductor market,” said Anna-Riikka Vuorikari-Antikainen, Chairman of SEMI’s Semiconductor Manufacturers  Group and Chief Commercial Officer at Okmetic, “silicon wafer supply remains ...

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ADI has announced a three-axis MEMS accelerometer designed for a wide range of healthcare and industrial applications, including vital signs monitoring, hearing aids, and motion-enabled metering devices. The ADXL367  improves power consumption by two times versus a previous generation of the device (ADXL362) while improving noise performance by up to over 30 percent. The chip also provides extended field time that ...

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Indian Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Digital Fab  (ISMC Digital Fab) – a jv between Intel subsidiary Tower Semiconductor and Orbit Ventures of Abu Dhabi – is to build a $3 billion fab for abalogue ICs in the Indian state if Karnataka. The jv has applied for a grant under  the Indian government’s $10 billion chip incentive ...

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Magnachip has begun mass production of  a 40V MOSFET with low RDS(on) to control Brushless Direct Current (BLDC) EV motors. The MOSFET is fully AEC-Q101 (Automotive Electronics Council-Q101) certified. The first application of this new product is for the Electric Water Pump of a new EV model from a global auto manufacturer. This MOSFET is also ...

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Nexperia has added to the range of discrete devices provided in leadless DFN packages with side-wettable flanks (SWF) for EVs. The AEC-Q101 range of devices available cuts across all Nexperia’s product groups and includes: • BC817QBH-Q and BC807QBH-Q series 45 V, 500 mA NPN/PNP general-purpose transistors in DFN1110D-3. • BAT32LS-Q and BAT42LS-Q general-purpose Schottky diode ...

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