Category Archives: Supply Chain

Semiconductor Supply Chain

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

Faced by IC shortage or last-time-buy? Protect yourself against IC shortages

Fig 1: Semiconductor manufacturing lines are impacted by Covid-19 induced market shifts
 
Leuven, March 31st 2021 – The semiconductor world is shaking. In the midst of the Corona pandemic, automotive OEMs had a decline of sales and stopped ordering chips. At the same time homework policies boosted

SECURE-IC AND MOSCHIP ANNOUNCE STRATEGIC PARTNERSHIP TO PROVIDE TURNKEY ASIC SOLUTIONS WITH EMBEDDED SECURITY FOR EDGE APPLICATIONS

Cesson-Sévigné (France) and Hyderabad (India), February 22nd, 2021 – Secure-IC, the rising leader and the only global provider of end-to-end cybersecurity solutions for embedded systems and connected objects and MosChip Technologies, a semiconductor and system design services company, announce today their strategic partnership to provide Turnkey ASIC solutions, expand Secure-IC’s

INTEGRA TECHNOLOGIES EXPANDS SILICON PHOTONICS CAPABILITIES

Silicon Valley, CA (Feb 9, 2021) – Integra Technologies, a world leader in semiconductor packaging, assembly, test, characterization and related services, today announced the successful implementation of a high accuracy fiber array waveguide attachment system focused on the Silicon Photonics market. This latest set of tools is based on the double-sided HexNano

Semiconductor R&D outsourcing model in times of Covid-19 and the US-China trade war (Part 1)

Which semiconductor R&D outsourcing model is suitable in times of Covid-19 and the US-China trade war? In the first part, I take a look at seven developments that will impact the semiconductor engineering services industry in 2020. In the second article (part 2) I provide a hands-on concept

CEO Talk: Steve Beckers, VP at imec

This interview was held with: Steve Beckers, VP at imec
 

 
Tell me a bit about your background. How did you start at imec/imec.IC-link?
With 37 years in the semiconductor industry, I consider myself a veteran. I started my career at Alcatel Microelectronics in 1983 and worked there