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March 24, 2025 – Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC), the world’s leading semiconductor foundry, is making significant strides in its 2nm process technology, paving the way for its adoption in Apple’s iPhone 18 family, expected in the second half of 2026.
Recent reports indicate that TSMC has been steadily
21 Mar 2025 – We are thrilled to announce that Cadence has successfully demonstrated first-pass silicon success of its UCIe™ standard package IP on Samsung Foundry’s 5nm automotive process. This milestone underscores our commitment to delivering high-performance, automotive-grade IP solutions that meet the stringent requirements of next-generation automotive and high-performance computing
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Cambridge, MA – March 18, 2025 – Zero ASIC, a U.S. semiconductor startup on a mission to democratize silicon, has announced PlatypusTM, the world’s first open-standard eFPGA IP product. Platypus is the FIRST and ONLY commercial eFPGA IP products with:
100% open and standardized FPGA architectures
100% open source
SoftBank Group announced it will acquire Ampere Computing, a Silicon Valley-based startup specializing in Arm-based server chips, for $6.5 billion. The deal, expected to close in the second half of 2025, signifies SoftBank’s increasing investment in artificial intelligence infrastructure and its belief in the growing importance of
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Belgium and France – March 19, 2025 – Sofics, a leading provider of specialty I/O and on-chip electrostatic discharge (ESD) solutions, and Dolphin Semiconductor, a leading provider of semiconductor IP solutions specializing in mixed signal IP design, today announced a strategic partnership aimed at enhancing integrated circuit (IC) designs for customers
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Dresden, Germany and Woodcliff Lake, New Jersey — March 19, 2025 — Cryptographic solutions expert KiviCore and semiconductor intellectual property provider CAST today announced the release of a new post-quantum cryptographic IP core, the KiviPQC™-KEM ML-KEM Key Encapsulation IP Core. It enables the quantum-safe exchange of a shared secret key
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Silicon Valley, California – March 17, 2025 – Silicon Catalyst, the world’s only incubator focused exclusively on accelerating semiconductor solutions, is pleased to announce the 3rd Annual worldwide “Arm Silicon Startups Contest” in partnership with Arm, the industry’s highest-performing and most power-efficient compute platform. The contest, launching today, is organized
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Foundry Revenue:
TSMC: In February, TSMC’s revenue reached US$7.9 billion, marking an 11% decrease compared to January. However, this represents a 43% increase year-over-year. The company’s revenue for the first two months of 2025 is up 39% compared to the corresponding period in 2024.
UMC: UMC’s February revenue
Cadence is expanding its collaboration with Intel Foundry by officially joining the Intel Foundry Accelerator Design Services Alliance! This collaboration amplifies both companies’ efforts to drive innovation, support advanced chip design, and solidify Intel Foundry as a leader in cutting-edge semiconductor solutions.
Cadence’s inclusion in this ecosystem accelerates innovation by offering
March 14, 2025 — Hsinchu, Taiwan – InPsytech, Inc., a leading provider of high-performance semiconductor intellectual property (IP) solutions under Egis Group, is pleased to announce its participation in the Intel Foundry Accelerator IP Alliance. The collaboration will bring InPsytech’s advanced IP offerings to the Intel Foundry ecosystem, enabling mutual customers
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