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After a surge in semiconductor merger and acquisition announcements in the second half of 2020, the strong M&A momentum carried into the beginning of 2021, with purchase agreements for chip companies, business units, product lines, and related assets reaching a total value of $15.8 billion in 1Q21, setting a record-high
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IC Insights’ August and September Updates to the 2021 McClean Report featured a two part analysis on the global IC foundry market. The total foundry market consists of pure-play foundries like TSMC, GlobalFoundries, UMC, and SMIC—companies that only produce ICs for other companies and integrated device manufacturer (IDM) foundries like Samsung and Intel that offer
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The world we are living today is full of complex digital systems that we need to rely on. They are becoming more sophisticated and infinite complex. Safety and security of these systems are of critical importance and repercussions of malfunctions can be catastrophic. Even with rigorous testing, there can be
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Figure 1 – Example of Integrated Circuit
What is an Integrated Circuit?
An integrated circuit is defined as a set of electronic circuits on one small flat piece of semiconductor material, most frequently silicon. It is also referred to as an IC, a chip, or an
Bruco Integrated Circuits is very pleased to announce that on September 1st, 2021 our first design office abroad has been officially opened in Berlin, Germany. Bruco IC has already design offices in Borne (HQ) and Nijmegen, the Netherlands, and a RF measurement laboratory in Borne, the Netherlands.
Tim
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Boston, MA – AEMtec GmbH from Berlin, Germany, a company widely known for its high precision microelectronic and Silicon Photonic assembly capabilities, announced today the September 1st opening of its anticipated Engineering Tech Center within the Boston University Photonics Center.
Says Robin Jerratsch, a highly skilled and experienced microelectronics
AnySilicon, the leading marketplace for ASIC service providers, announced today that Chips&Media, a worldwide leader of semiconductor HW IP providers, has partnered with AnySilicon to promote its comprehensive IP core products. As part of the AnySilicon platform, Chips&Media gains access to a full range of online marketing services to showcase
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IC Insights released its August Update to the 2021 McClean Report this month, which includes a review of the top-25 semiconductor sales leaders for 2Q21. The top-10 suppliers for 2Q are covered in this research bulletin.
Semiconductor sales include ICs and optoelectronics, sensors, and discretes (O-S-Ds). The top-10 semiconductor sales leaders for 2Q21
SAN JOSE, CA – August 10, 2021 – Mixel, Inc. today announced that it has achieved ISO 9001 Quality Management System Certification by DEKRA Certification, Inc. and ISO 26262 certification for automotive functional safety by SGS-TUV Saar GmbH. In order to achieve each respective certification, Mixel had to meet the requirements
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Seoul, South Korea – August 09, 2021 – Chips & Media, a semiconductor hardware intellectual property (IP) provider targeting multimedia, today reported its remarkable record of 1 billion cumulative shipments containing its multimedia IPs. Chips&Media’s advanced IPs are embedded in various SoC applications, including automotive, AI servers, set-top boxes (STBs), surveillance
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