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Korean Government Announces $10 Billion Support Package for Semiconductor Industry

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The Korean government today announced a comprehensive 14 trillion won ($10 billion USD) policy financing package to bolster its semiconductor industry amid growing global uncertainties. This initiative aims to support chip material, component, and equipment manufacturers, as well as fabless companies, facing increased trade risks.
 
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Silicon Creations Collaborates with Interex Semiconductor to Distribute High-Performance IPs in India

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ATLANTA, GA, November 28, 2024 — Silicon Creations, a global leader in high-performance analog and mixed-signal intellectual property (IP) is pleased to announce a strategic partnership with Interex Semiconductor. Through this collaboration, Interex Semiconductor will serve as the sales representative for Silicon Creations’ full portfolio of IP solutions across India, providing

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VeriSilicon partners with LVGL to enable advanced GPU acceleration for wearable devices and beyond

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Shanghai, China – November 29, 2024–VeriSilicon (688521.SH) today announced a strategic partnership with LVGL, the leading open-source graphics library for embedded systems, to support VeriSilicon’s low-power 3D and VGLite 2.5D GPU technology within the LVGL library. This partnership aims to optimize performance and expand graphic processing capabilities for a wide

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GlobalFoundries Secures $1.5 Billion in CHIPS Act Funding to Expand US Semiconductor Production

GlobalFoundries (GF), a leading semiconductor manufacturer, has been awarded up to $1.5 billion in funding under the US CHIPS and Science Act. This significant investment, part of GF’s larger $13 billion plan to expand its US production capacity over the next decade, will bolster domestic chip production and address critical

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Sam Altman’s Rain AI: A New Contender in the High-Stakes AI Chip Race

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OpenAI CEO Sam Altman is leading a $150 million funding round for Rain AI, a semiconductor startup aiming to rival Nvidia’s dominance in the AI chip market. This investment, valuing Rain AI at $600 million, follows a $25 million seed round in 2022 where Altman was a major investor. Rain

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Quantum-Si Expands Collaboration with SkyWater to Develop New Chip Production Process Critical for Groundbreaking New Proteomics Platform

BRANFORD, Conn. and BLOOMINGTON, Minn. – November 20, 2024 – Quantum-Si Incorporated (Nasdaq: QSI) (“Quantum-Si,” or “QSI”), The Protein Sequencing Company™ and SkyWater Technology (NASDAQ: SKYT), the trusted technology realization partner, announced today they will jointly expand their relationship to support the development of Proteus, Quantum-Si’s next-generation platform designed to transform proteomic research.

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