Xerox has abandoned its $35 billion bid for HP ‘The current global health crisis and resulting macroeconomic and market turmoil caused by COVID-19 have created an environment that is not conducive to Xerox continuing to pursue an acquisition of HP,’ announced Xerox yesterday, ‘accordingly, we are withdrawing our tender offer to acquire HP and will ...
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The Wafer Level Packaging (WLP) market is forecast to be worth over $5 billion by 2023, according to Yole Developpement. Wafer Level Chip Scale Packaging (WLCSP) remains a mainstream and cost-effective form factor, while the Fan-Out (FO);package market is expected Tom reach more than $2 billion by 2025. Fan-out finds increased heterogenous applications such ...
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RootMetrics recently conducted a survey of smartphone users in the Scotland which revealed while connectivity is increasing everywhere, EE was delivering the fastest speeds across. EE led with an aggregate median download speed of 34.2 Mbps. Vodafone trailed with median download speeds of 23.4 Mbps but was much faster than those of either O2 (13.1 ...
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Amphenol Custom Cable (ACC) has introduced various standard length cable assemblies into Digi-Key Electronics. These cable configurations have Amphenol RF connectors and offer an assortment of options suitable for applications such as IoT, medical, drone and RFID. RF connector configurations that are included in this initial offering include BNC straight and right angle plugs, straight ...
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Huawei’s chairman Eric Xu warned the US government against its anti-Huawei measures when he presented the company’s annual report earlier today. “The Chinese government will not just stand by and watch Huawei be slaughtered on the chopping board,” said Xu, “why wouldn’t the Chinese government ban the use of 5G chips or 5G chip-powered base ...
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Renesas has launched the RX13T Group of 32-bit MCUs to enable inverter control of compact motors such as fans or pumps in consumer and industrial applications that previously controlled motor operation through on-off switching. This includes factory equipment where energy efficiency is a priority such as water discharge, supply pumps, or cooling fans for data ...
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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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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’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, 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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