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A shortage in passive components is causing massive spikes in product delivery lead-times the last years. The latest market report of Future Electronics stated lead-times for basic components like capacitors, MOSFETs and diodes up to 18–50 weeks. Recently, Mouser Electronics, reported more than 300,000 products in their system that are
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Sankalp Semiconductor, a design service company offering comprehensive digital & mixed signal SoC services and solutions, will be exhibiting at IESA Vision Summit on Feb 19th & 20th in Bangalore, India. Sankalp Semiconductor’s booth will be displaying the company’s capabilities in digital, analog and mixed signal, custom layout, standard cell
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This interview was held with Jacek Hanke, CEO, Member of the Board at Digital Core Design.
Tell me a bit about your background? How did you first get started with Digital Core Design?
I established Digital Core Design with my two colleagues in 1999. The three
China has been the largest consuming country for ICs since 2005, but large increases in IC production within China have not immediately followed, according to data presented in the new 500-page 2019 edition of IC Insights’ McClean Report—A Complete Analysis and Forecast of the Integrated Circuit Industry(released in January 2019). As
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Ever wondered how your can reduce your product cost by using a custom ASIC (Application Specific IC) replacing your discrete components ? Had issues with the lead times of your discrete components lately ? Is it worth investing in a custom IC made for
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The semiconductor business is defined by rapid technological changes and the need to maintain high levels of investment in research and development for new materials, innovative manufacturing processes for increasingly complex chip designs, and advanced IC packaging technologies.
However, since the 1980s, the long-term trend has been toward a
“Fan-Out Packaging is now a must-have in the portfolio to stay competitive,” asserts Favier Shoo, Technology & Market Analyst and part of the Semiconductor & Software team at Yole Développement (Yole). “New milestones are achieved by SEMCO and PTI with FOPLP technology. Both companies have invested and developed FOPLP for
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Vanguard International Semiconductor Corporation (VIS) and GLOBALFOUNDRIES (GF) today announced that VIS will acquire GF’s Fab 3E in Tampines, Singapore. The transaction includes buildings, facilities, and equipment, as well as IP associated with GF’s MEMS business. GF will continue to operate the facility through the end of 2019, providing a
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Sankalp Semiconductor, a design service company offering comprehensive digital & mixed signal SoC services and solutions, has appointed semiconductor industry veteran Abhijit Dutta in the key position of the head of Mixed Signal Solutions. In this capacity, Abhijit will be responsible for mixed signal design services and head the Sankalp
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MosChip Semiconductor Technology, a Hyderabad-based leading Semiconductor & IoT technology company, has approved definitive agreements/arrangements for the acquisition of four companies, namely, Gigacom Semiconductor LLC, California, USA, Gigacom Semiconductor Pvt. Ltd, Visakhapatnam, FirstPass Semiconductors Pvt. Ltd, Hyderabad, and Institute of Silicon Systems Pvt. Ltd, Hyderabad. MosChip is making these acquisitions
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