China is expected to account for 13% share of pure-play foundry sales in 2017, says IC Insights, With the rise of fabless IC companies in China, demand for foundry services in China has increased. Figure 1 shows IC Insights’ listing of the top pure-play foundries and their sales to China in 2016 and a forecast ...
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Xilinx is sampling its Zynq UltraScale+ RFSoC family, an architecture integrating the RF signal chain into an SoC for 5G wireless, cable Remote-PHY, and radar. Based on 16nm UltraScale+ MPSoC architecture, the All Programmable RFSoCs monolithically integrate RF data converters for up to 50-75 percent system power and footprint reduction, and soft-decision Forward Error Correction ...
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Imec has fabricated a demonstrator of a neural probe with unprecedented electrode density within the framework of the Neuroseeker EU-project. Designed and fabricated in silicon technology, the probe is suitable for breakthrough bio-interfaces and implants that will shape the future of neuroscience. With hundreds of electrodes capable of contacting and reading out single neurons, this ...
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Today, the EC is launching a draft document proposing that VAT on cross-border sales will be levied on the location of the buyer, not the residency of the seller. The move is clearly designed to thwart the tax machinations of companies like Apple which, by using techniques like the ‘Double Irish’ and the ‘Dutch Sandwich’ ...
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Cambridge Consultants is shaping the future of deliveries with precision location and identification technology. Reimagining the future of on-demand deliveries, product design and development firm Cambridge Consultants has developed DelivAir, a drone delivery concept that can deliver a package straight to the hands of its recipient, no matter their location. Drone delivery systems have been ...
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SIA president & CEO John Neuffer has issued a statement in support of the corporate tax reform framework released yesterday by leaders in the Trump Administration and Congress. The proposal is expected to be considered by Congress in the coming weeks. “Over the past three decades, the U.S. semiconductor industry has unleashed tremendous innovations that ...
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Intel is sampling a Programmable Acceleration Card with Intel Arria 10 GX FPGA and expects it to be broadly available in H1 2018. The card enables architects and developers to quickly develop and deploy power-efficient acceleration of a variety of applications and workloads. This consists of three major elements: Intel-qualified FPGA acceleration platforms that ...
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August semiconductor sales were 23.9% up y-o-y and 4% up on Jul, says the SIA. August sales were $35 billion, August 2016 sales were $28.2 billion and July sales were $33.6 billion. All major regional markets posted both year-to-year and month-to-month increases in August, and the Americas market led the way with growth of 39% ...
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Kemet has launched the KPS-MCC C0G High Temperature 200 Degree Celsius bulk capacitance solution for harsh environment applications. Developed by combining KEMET’s robust and proprietary C0G/NPO base metal electrode (BME) dielectric system with durable lead frame technology, these capacitors aare suitabl pe for demanding high temperature, high voltage and high vibration applications such as down-hole ...
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Murata has introduced the LQW15DN series of inductors for use in communication devices such as smartphones. Their 1005 size (1.0 × 0.5 mm) makes them the world’s smallest inductor at an inductance rating of 15 microH, claims Murata. Inductors for communications devices such as smartphones require miniaturization of the components for multifunctionality and multimodality as well ...
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