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Low power linear audio amplifier drives MEMS speakers
Low power linear audio amplifier drives MEMS speakers
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USound GmbH (Graz, Austria) has developed a high-performance low power linear audio amplifier than can boost the battery life of…
Bosch IMU enhanced for consumer applications
Bosch IMU enhanced for consumer applications
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The BMI323 is six-axis accelerometer and gyroscope suitable for motion-triggered applications in consumer goods. The inertial measurement unit (IMU) from…
IMEC moves pMUTs to flat panel displays for better haptics
IMEC moves pMUTs to flat panel displays for better haptics
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The IMEC research institute (Leuven, Belgium) has developed a piezoelectric Micromachined Ultrasound Transducer (pMUT) array that is compatible with flat-panel-display…
Interplex rolls “game-changing” battery interconnect system for EVs
Interplex rolls “game-changing” battery interconnect system for EVs
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Pioneering product solutions for prismatic cells interconnect is fully prepared for mass production…

$100m semiconductor tool centre for Wales
$100m semiconductor tool centre for Wales
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KLA is to break ground tomorrow on a $100m R&D and production plant for its SPTS division in Newport, Wales. The investment will create a 200,000 square foot facility with…
MEMS vibration sensor cancels road noise
MEMS vibration sensor cancels road noise
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The AIS25BA is a MEMS vibration sensor optimized for road noise detection and use cancelling in the automotive cabin. Manufactured by STMicroelectronics the three-axis accelerometer is engineered to prioritize RNC…
KLA to invest $100 million in Welsh subsidiary SPTS
KLA to invest $100 million in Welsh subsidiary SPTS
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Semiconductor process control company KLA Corp. (Milpitas, Calif.) is planning to spend more than US$100 million to build an R&D and manufacturing facility for the SPTS division in Newport, Wales.
Former Dialog Semi execs head to M&A advisor
Former Dialog Semi execs head to M&A advisor
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Mark Tyndall and Alex McCann, both former senior vice presidents at Dialog Semiconductor plc, have joined finance and corporate strategy advisor Alexa Capital to provide a semiconductor-focused team. Their former…
Intel picks Italian site for chiplet plant
Intel picks Italian site for chiplet plant
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Intel has chosen a site near Verona, in the north of Italy for a €4.5 billion chiplet assembly factory, according to reports. The government in Rome is expected to provide…
Intel picks site for Italian chiplet factory
Intel picks site for Italian chiplet factory
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Chip manufacturter Intel and the Italian government have selected Vigasio near Verona, in the north of Italy, as the site for a €4.5 billion chiplet assembly factory, according to Reuters.
Startup venture leaps from micromobility to mainstream vehicles
Startup venture leaps from micromobility to mainstream vehicles
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Novel central drive aims to reduce costs of e-drives by 30%.
Memory market in ‘free fall’ lifts TSMC to top spot
Memory market in ‘free fall’ lifts TSMC to top spot
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A collapse of the market for memory chips has led semiconductor analyst IC Insights has downgraded its worldwide IC growth forecast for 2022 to 7 percent from 11 percent. IC…
Chip growth slows as Chinese market contracts
Chip growth slows as Chinese market contracts
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The annual growth of the global chip market dropped to 7.3 percent in July, down from 13.3 percent in June and 18.0 percent in May, according to the Semiconductor Industry…
Chip market growth declines as data corrections reflect Asian fall
Chip market growth declines as data corrections reflect Asian fall
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The annual growth of the global chip market dropped to 7.3 percent in July, down from 13.3 percent in June and 18.0 percent in May, according to the Semiconductor Industry…
Hyundai Mobis unveils innovative technologies at Detroit Auto Show
Hyundai Mobis unveils innovative technologies at Detroit Auto Show
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Powertrain electrification to accelerate paradigm shift in USA…
China’s Silex Microsystems remains top MEMS foundry
China’s Silex Microsystems remains top MEMS foundry
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Chinese-owned Silex Microsystems remained the top MEMS foundry in 2021, followed by Teledyne MEMS and TSMC ranked second and third, according to Yole Group. Foundry revenues were grew 21 percent…
Bosch leads vendor ranking in strong MEMS market
Bosch leads vendor ranking in strong MEMS market
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Bosch continues to be the leading vendor of MEMS components in a market expected to show 9% compound annual growth rate for the next few years, according to Yole Group.
CUI Devices launches relay group
CUI Devices launches relay group
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CUI Devices has launched a new relays business and introduced a line of signal relays. The relays are aimed low-level current switching in industrial applications, security devices, and test and measurement…
Mechanical integrated circuit material is capable of ‘thinking’
Mechanical integrated circuit material is capable of ‘thinking’
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Researchers at Penn State and the U.S. Air Force say they have created mechanical integrated circuit materials from conductive and non-conductive rubber materials that sense and react to tactile input,…
Semiconductor capex cut in 2022
Semiconductor capex cut in 2022
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IC Insights has reduced its forecast for global semiconductor capital expenditure slightly for 2022, from US$190 billion to US$185 billion. This represents a decrease in the annual percentage growth from…
Global semiconductor capex revised down for 2022
Global semiconductor capex revised down for 2022
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IC Insights has trimmed its forecast for global semiconductor capital expenditure slightly for 2022, from US$190 billion to US$185 billion. This represents a decrease in the annual percentage growth from…
Europe and memory markets cause WSTS rethink
Europe and memory markets cause WSTS rethink
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The World Semiconductor Trade Statistics (WSTS) organization has recalculated its Spring 2022 forecast of the global chip market due to fast-moving changes. WSTS has reduced its forecast for 2022 to…
Lip-Bu Tan to join Intel board
Lip-Bu Tan to join Intel board
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Lip-Bu Tan, the executive chairman of Cadence Design Systems Inc. and chairman of venture capital company Walden International, has been elected to Intel’s board of directors with effect from Sept.
European power distribution sees strong Q2 growth
European power distribution sees strong Q2 growth
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The European distribution market saw strong growth in the second quarter of 2022 according to market group DMASS with a rise of 33.4% in semiconductors and 19.6% in interconnect, passive…
European component distribution sees strong Q2 growth
European component distribution sees strong Q2 growth
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The European distribution market saw strong growth in the second quarter of 2022 according to market group DMASS with a rise of 33.4% in semiconductors and 19.6% in interconnect, passive…
Fall in global chip market growth accelerates
Fall in global chip market growth accelerates
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The annual growth of the global chip market stood at 13.3 percent in June, according to the Semiconductor Industry Association, but it is down from 18.0 percent in May. As…
Chinese invasion of Taiwan would make TSMC ‘not operable’, says chairman
Chinese invasion of Taiwan would make TSMC ‘not operable’, says chairman
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Mark Liu, chairman of foundry Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. Ltd., has said that a Chinese invasion of Taiwan would render the foundry “not operable.” TSMC is a leading chip manufacturer…
Onsemi provides chip market with upside surprise
Onsemi provides chip market with upside surprise
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Power and mixed-signal IC vendor Semiconductor Components Industries LLC (Phoenix, Arizona), which trades as Onsemi, has announced better than expected 2Q22 results. Onsemi also lifted its forecast for the third…


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