The Japanese government is to pay $3.5 billion to TSMC for building an $8.5 billion 55,000 wpm jv fab with Sony and Denso in Kumamoto. The 40% Kumamoto subsidy is in line with the support the Germany authorities are giving to Intel for its fab in Magdeburg. Intel will receive $7.3 billion in subsidies representing ...
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TSMC has unveiled its latest technologies for advanced logic processes, a low power process and 3D ICs including the nanosheet-based N2 process and FINFLEX technology for the N3 and N3E processes. “We are living in a rapidly changing, supercharged, digital world where demand for computational power and energy efficiency is growing faster than ever before, creating ...
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Mike England (pictured) has two missions – the first to inform customers and investors that the company formerly known by the parent brand Electrocomponents is now RS Group; the second is to raise the company’s ambition levels and “take it from an average-to-good company to a great company,” he said. The streamlined, all-inclusive name reflects ...
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The semiconductor market in 2022 is weakening, says Semiconductor Intelligence, driven by inflation, the Russian war on Ukraine, COVID-19 related shutdowns in China, and lingering supply chain issues. Four of the top 14 semiconductor companies (Intel, Qualcomm, Nvidia and Texas Instruments) are expecting lower revenues in 2Q 2022 versus 1Q 2022. All four cited COVID-19 ...
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Farnell has expanded the range of Toshiba devices it distributes. Toshiba products available from Farnell will grow to 800 devices, increasing to more than 1000 items by 2023, while new products will also be introduced throughout 2022 and beyond. The enhanced portfolio will focus on Toshiba’s range of opto couplers, opto (MOSFET) relays, low- and ...
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Aerospacelab, the geospatial intelligence startup, is building what it describes as a satellite megafactory at Charleroi, with the goal of achieving a yearly production capacity of 500 satellites. What will be the largest satellite manufacturing plant in Europe follows the launch of its facility in Ottignies-Louvain-La-Neuve (which will eventually produce up to 24 satellites a ...
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ULEMCo, the hydrogen fuel pioneer, Cementation Skanska and the building science centre Building Research Establishment (BRE), are working on a dual-fuel hydrogen and diesel piling machine. The project is being backed by Government funding from Phase 1 of the Red Diesel Replacement programme, part of the Net Zero Innovation Portfolio (NZIP) under the Department for ...
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GaN Systems, the Ottawa GaN power semiconductor specialist, has introduced a new transistor to its portfolio of GaN power transistors. The GS-065-018-2-L expands the company’s high-performance, low-cost transistor portfolio and features lower on-resistance, increased robustness and thermal performance, and an 850V VDS (transient) rating. The new addition empowers designers to improve further efficiency, thermal management, ...
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Applied Materials has bought Picosun, a privately held semiconductor equipment company based in Espoo, Finland, which specialises in atomic layer deposition (ALD) technology, primarily for specialty semiconductors. Electronics are requiring greater numbers of specialty semiconductors built on non-leading-edge process nodes. Applied’s ICAPS (IoT, Communications, Automotive, Power and Sensors) group provides materials engineering solutions to customers ...
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