Category Archives: Supply Chain

Semiconductor Supply Chain Overview

Semiconductors lie at the very center of the modern world of technology and digital devices. Semiconductors chips such as microcontrollers give us a level of control that wasn’t possible before. The demand for semiconductors and ICs from companies that build consumer devices is extremely high and they expect high quality

Faraday Announces Low-DPPM Solution for a Wide Range of ASIC Applications

araday Technology Corporation (TWSE: 3035), a leading ASIC design service and IP provider, today introduced its low-DPPM solution for diversified applications. Instead of utilizing costly automotive standard compliance methods, this solution supports non-automotive ASIC projects by adopting much more cost-effective and efficient ways to achieve low defect rates and meet

CEO Talk: Martin Sallenhag, RoodMicrotec

This interview was held with Martin Sallenhag, CEO, RoodMicrotec N.V.
 

 
Tell me a bit about your background? How did you first get started with RoodMicrotec?
 
After my master’s degree in electrical engineering at Lund University, I joined the mobile phone division of Ericsson where I designed

Presto Adds New Executives to the Leadership Team

Meyreuil, France – November 20, 2019—Presto Engineering, an outsourced operations provider to semiconductor and Internet of Things (IoT) device manufacturers, announces the hire of two new executives: Sophie Vaucher, vice president Finance, and Alexandra Moulin, vice president Human Resources.
 
“We are delighted to add Sophie and Alexandra to our

Presto Engineering Achieves EAL6 Certification for Secure Product Provisioning

Meyreuil, France – November 12, 2019—Presto Engineering, an outsourced operations provider to semiconductor and Internet of Things (IoT) device manufacturers, has achieved EAL6 (Evaluation Assurance Level 6) — an assurance and independent verification of very high levels of security to protect valuable data.
 
“Presto Engineering is a secured application

Marvell Completes Acquisition of Avera Semi

Santa Clara, California (November 5, 2019) – Marvell (NASDAQ: MRVL) today announced that it has completed its acquisition of Avera Semiconductor, the Application Specific Integrated Circuit (ASIC) business of GLOBALFOUNDRIES.  After working capital adjustments, the net deal consideration of approximately $600 million is being funded by a short-term bridge loan.  By