AnySilicon, the leading marketplace for ASIC service providers, announced today that IC’Alps, a fabless semiconductor company developing state-of-the-art fully custom Integrated Circuits (IC) combined with a complete management of the supply chain, has joined AnySilicon to promote its design & supply services. As part of the AnySilicon platform, IC’Alps will
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Power semiconductor packages are used in high temperature, high voltage environments. With the increase of electric vehicles (EVs) and hybrid electric vehicles (HEV) in the automotive market, demands on (and for) power packages have been growing. Packages for automotive applications must pass extensive testing for safety, therefore, packaging reliability is
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IC Insights will soon release its Mid-Year Update to The McClean Report that includes its most current forecast for the global IC market from 2021 through 2025. In a very rare event, 32 of the 33 major IC market categories defined by WSTS are forecast to enjoy an increase in sales this year, with
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araday Technology Corporation (TWSE: 3035), a leading ASIC design service and IP provider, today announced its LPDDR4 and LPDDR4X combo PHY IP up to 4.2Gbps is now available in Samsung’s 14nm LPC process. The silicon proven solution provides smaller area, lower power, and high bandwidth for applications such as multi-media,
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Figure 1: General Overview of the Semiconductor Supply Chain
Being one of the most complex supply chains in the world, the semiconductor supply chain is worth around $0.5 trillion and is often very difficult to understand and manipulate. But before we dive deeper, we need to know what
Figure 1: GlobalFoundries Fab1 in Dresden Germany
What is a Semiconductor Foundry?
In simple terms, a semiconductor foundry (also known as a fab) is a factory where silicon wafers are manufactured. The main customers of a semiconductor foundry are chip makers such as: Broadcom, Qualcomm, Intel, AMD and