June 17,2025 — SAN JOSE, Calif.— Cadence (Nasdaq: CDNS) today announced an expansion of its collaboration with Samsung Foundry, including a new multi-year IP agreement to broaden Cadence® memory and interface IP solutions in Samsung Foundry’s SF4X, SF5A and SF2P advanced process nodes. Furthering their ongoing technology collaboration, the companies are leveraging
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June 5th 2025 — Swiss technology innovation center CSEM, in collaboration with Dutch deep-tech startup QDI Systems, has developed the world’s first image sensor to directly convert X-rays into electronic signals using quantum dots (QDs) on a CMOS platform. This revolutionary approach enables compact, low-cost, and scalable wide-spectrum
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May-30-2025 — Nvidia and AMD are preparing to release a new generation of scaled-back AI GPUs for the Chinese market in Q3 2025, according to supply chain sources. These chips are specifically designed to comply with increasingly strict U.S. export regulations while still supporting key Chinese AI frameworks like DeepSeek.
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Washington, D.C. — May 30, 2025 — In a significant escalation of U.S.-China technology tensions, the Trump administration has directed leading American electronic design automation (EDA) companies—Cadence Design Systems, Synopsys, and Siemens EDA—to cease sales of semiconductor design software to Chinese entities. This directive, issued by the U.S. Department of
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MILPITAS, Calif. – April 9, 2025 – Worldwide sales of semiconductor manufacturing equipment increased 10% to $117.1 billion in 2024 from $106.3 billion in 2023, SEMI, the industry association representing the global electronics design and manufacturing supply chain, reported today. The data is now available in the Worldwide Semiconductor Equipment Market Statistics
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May 21, 2025 — Wolfspeed, Inc. (NYSE: WOLF), a global leader in silicon carbide (SiC) and gallium nitride (GaN) technologies, today announced that it is preparing to file for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection within the coming weeks. This decision follows challenging market conditions, including weakened demand in the industrial and
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