[Nov 12, 2024] – Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba today announced a substantial new investment plan totaling over JPY10 trillion (approximately US$87 billion) for the nation’s semiconductor and artificial intelligence industries by fiscal year 2030. This ambitious initiative aims to stimulate a total of JPY50 trillion (approximately US$346 billion) in
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SoC designs are everywhere in our lives. From smartphones and laptops to smart home devices and automobiles, SoCs power a vast array of electronic devices. The demand for increasingly sophisticated and interconnected devices fuels the rapid growth of the semiconductor industry. SoC design can be found in the following products:
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[November 11, 2024] – Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC), the world’s leading contract chipmaker, announced today it is suspending production of advanced artificial intelligence (AI) chips for Chinese customers, effective Monday. This action follows a U.S. Department of Commerce directive to halt shipments of advanced chips to Chinese companies, pending
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STMicroelectronics has opened a power design and industrialisation centre in Pisa in Italy.
The centre in Pisa Montacchiello includes a test laboratory and was created in collaboration with the Department of Information Engineering of the University of Pisa. It aims to have about 40 people working on the design and industrialization
Integrated circuits (ICs) play a vital role in the functioning of various electronic devices, from simple calculators to complex computers. At the heart of these ICs lies the circuit IC, a complex network of interconnected components that offer various functionally from processing data to transmitting information. In this article, we’ll
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[November 8, 2024] – Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corporation (SMIC), China’s leading semiconductor foundry, today announced its financial results for the third quarter of 2024, reporting record-breaking revenue of US$2.17 billion. This represents a 14% sequential increase and a 34% year-over-year surge, marking the first time the company has exceeded the
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