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Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corporation (SMIC) is one of the most important companies in the development of China’s semiconductor industry. Founded in Shanghai in 2000 by Taiwanese semiconductor executive Richard Chang, SMIC emerged with an ambitious objective: to establish a world-class semiconductor foundry capable of competing with established manufacturers such as
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United Microelectronics Corporation (UMC) is one of the pioneering companies in Taiwan’s semiconductor industry and an important participant in the development of the global semiconductor foundry business. Established in 1980 with support from the Taiwanese government, UMC emerged during a period when Taiwan was attempting to transform its economy from
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The history of GlobalFoundries is a story about one of the semiconductor industry’s most important transformations: the separation of chip design from semiconductor manufacturing.
Established in 2009 following the separation of AMD’s manufacturing operations, GlobalFoundries entered the market with an ambitious objective: to become a major competitor to Taiwan
Nov-5-2026 — The European Commission has launched the European Chip Design Platform (EuroCDP), backed by €525 million in investment to support a new generation of European semiconductor design companies. The initiative, launched by Henna Virkkunen, Executive Vice-President for Tech Sovereignty, Security and Democracy, is a key part of the EU
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AnySilicon IP Vendor Spotlight: Avionics communication interfaces demand precise timing, dependable data handling and extensive verification. For FPGA design teams, developing these protocol functions from scratch can add significant integration and validation effort.
In this spotlight, Ates Berna, General Manager and Managing Partner of ElectraIC, introduces the company’s
Moving an existing ASIC or semiconductor product to another wafer fab can lower manufacturing cost, improve supply continuity and reduce geopolitical exposure. But a foundry transfer is rarely a simple matter of sending the same masks to a different factory. Here is how to assess technical feasibility, budget
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A semiconductor intellectual property (IP) core becomes useful to a chip design team when the team can install it, understand its behavior, verify its configuration, and connect it to the rest of the system. Delivering the design itself is only part of that handoff. The supporting files determine how much
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Choosing semiconductor intellectual property (IP) is a decision about the entire chip development process. A core may provide the required function yet still create substantial work when its interfaces, timing assumptions, verification models, or physical characteristics do not fit the system.
For an engineering team developing a system-on-chip
ANTA CLARA, Calif. & TEL AVIV, Israel–(BUSINESS WIRE)– Intel Corporation today announced that it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Classiq, a leading provider of quantum computing software. The combination of Classiq’s synthesis platform with Intel’s spin-qubit manufacturing and existing software would create a user-friendly full-stack quantum computing
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Looking for a company that can dice 300mm (12-inch) semiconductor wafers ? AnySilicon helps you source wafer-dicing service providers for prototype lots, engineering runs and ongoing production requirements. Share your wafer specifications to identify suppliers with the appropriate equipment, process capabilities and handling experience.
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