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June 2, 2025 – Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC), the world’s leading semiconductor foundry, today announced that it is in advanced discussions to evaluate the feasibility of establishing a state-of-the-art “gigafab” production complex in the United Arab Emirates (UAE). If realized, this facility would be similar in scale to TSMC’s
Read MoreICsense, recognized as Europe’s leading IC design company, concluded its financial year on March 31st with remarkable success. ICsense recorded a revenue exceeding for the first time the 20 MEuro mark and achieving double-digit operational profit figures. This exceptional performance is attributed to excellence in project execution and the swift growth of recurring revenue
Read MoreMay-30-2025 — Despite making progress at older manufacturing nodes like 7nm and 8nm—with Nintendo reportedly among its clients—Samsung continues to face serious issues at the leading edge. Three years into mass production, its 3nm yield remains stuck around 50%, according to South Korean news outlet Chosun Biz.
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May-30-2025 — Nvidia and AMD are preparing to release a new generation of scaled-back AI GPUs for the Chinese market in Q3 2025, according to supply chain sources. These chips are specifically designed to comply with increasingly strict U.S. export regulations while still supporting key Chinese AI frameworks like DeepSeek.
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Washington, D.C. — May 30, 2025 — In a significant escalation of U.S.-China technology tensions, the Trump administration has directed leading American electronic design automation (EDA) companies—Cadence Design Systems, Synopsys, and Siemens EDA—to cease sales of semiconductor design software to Chinese entities. This directive, issued by the U.S. Department of
Read MoreMunich, Germany – May 28, 2025 – Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) today announced the establishment of its inaugural European Design Center, set to commence operations in Munich during the third quarter of 2025. This strategic move underscores TSMC’s commitment to supporting European clients in developing high-density, high-performance, and energy-efficient
Read MoreMILPITAS, Calif. – April 9, 2025 – Worldwide sales of semiconductor manufacturing equipment increased 10% to $117.1 billion in 2024 from $106.3 billion in 2023, SEMI, the industry association representing the global electronics design and manufacturing supply chain, reported today. The data is now available in the Worldwide Semiconductor Equipment Market Statistics
Read MoreMay-28-2025 — CAMBRIDGE, UK – EnSilica, a leading chip maker of mixed signal ASICs (Application Specific Integrated Circuits), is pleased to announce that it has established a new engineering hub in Cambridge, UK.
Drawing on Cambridge’s renowned semiconductor ecosystem, EnSilica has opened a new engineering facility in the city and
Shanghai, China — May 27, 2025 — Brite Semiconductor (Shanghai) Co., Ltd. (BriteSemi, 688691), a leading provider of custom ASIC and IP solutions, today announced the launch of Ternary Content-Addressable Memory (TCAM) IP developed on 28HKC+ 0.9V/1.8V platform. This IP has the features of high frequency and low power consumption. With the
Read MoreLONDON & BASINGSTOKE — 23 May 2025 — Analogue Insight Ltd. and Tetrivis Ltd. today unveiled a strategic collaboration to co-develop Eurytion RFK1, a 12 nm RF chiplet transceiver that delivers wide-band Ka/Ku operation with an integrated local oscillator and up to 2 GHz of instantaneous, fully-programmable bandwidth. Leveraging Tetrivis’
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