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X-fab boosts SiC foundry process

X-fab boosts SiC foundry process

X-fab has enhanced its silicon carbide (SiC) process in Lubbock, Texas, for foundry customers.The Belgian foundry has improved the capability of the lithography, deposition and etch tools and made major process flow changes from the previous generation for the XSICM03 next-generation XbloX...

Published on: December 22, 2024

ARM’s court loss – analysis

ARM’s court loss – analysis

ARM has lost its court case against Qualcomm for license infringement marks a key moment for the IP industry in several ways. Late on Friday a jury ruled against ARM on two of the three counts, and was undecided on a third charge....

Published on: December 21, 2024

ARM loses out in Qualcomm court case, wants a re-trial

ARM loses out in Qualcomm court case, wants a re-trial

A jury in Wilmington, Delaware, has found that Qualcomm’s latest AI-PC processors – based on the ARM instruction set – are properly licensed, say Reuters and Bloomberg reports.The court thereby rejected ARM’s call that the intellectual property should be destroyed or that...

Published on: December 21, 2024

Europe okays Italy’s €1.3 billion subsidy for chiplet fab

Europe okays Italy’s €1.3 billion subsidy for chiplet fab

The European Commission has approved a €1.3 billion subsidy from the Italian government to Silicon Box for its advanced packaging and testing facility in Novara, in the Piedmont region.The plant will support chiplet-style manufacturing of components on panels, rather than at wafer...

Published on: December 20, 2024

South Korean group calls for formation of KSMC foundry

South Korean group calls for formation of KSMC foundry

A South Korean academic body has floated the idea of the government helping to create a logic foundry modelled after Taiwan’s TSMC, according to The Korea Bizwire.The plan for the formation of the Korea Semiconductor Manufacturing Company was discussed at a seminar...

Published on: December 20, 2024

Micron’s record revenue eclipsed by weak outlook

Micron’s record revenue eclipsed by weak outlook

Memory chip maker Micron Technology Inc. (Boise, Idaho) enjoyed record revenue in its first quarter of fiscal 2025 but saw its share price lose 15 percent on weak guidance given for 2FQ25.The chip maker reported revenue of US$8.71 billion versus US$7.75 billion...

Published on: December 20, 2024

AI hides a multitude of issues

AI hides a multitude of issues

The AI boom is hiding a number of serious issues for the semiconductor industry.The demand for GPUs, accelerators, memory and interconnect chips for the rollout of AI in data centres has driven the industry to boom levels, elevating companies such as Nvidia...

Published on: December 20, 2024

XMOS powers open source voice-enabled Home Assistant

XMOS powers open source voice-enabled Home Assistant

A microcontroller developed by XMOS in the UK is at the heart of the first open source voice-enabled Home Assistant.The open source hardware and software supports the voice assistant built into the Home Assistant software for natural language processing.The Preview kit is...

Published on: December 20, 2024

Two team for light-powered IoT camera in retail

Two team for light-powered IoT camera in retail

Dracula Technologies in France is working with the CoolR Group for light-powered cameras in retail applications.The deal will see Dracula Technologies integrate its LAYER Organic Photovoltaic (OPV) modules into the CoolR VistaZ cellular camera for real time inventory management.Europe’s largest OPV plant with inkjet printingInkjet printed...

Published on: December 20, 2024

Top ten articles on eeNews Europe in 2024

Top ten articles on eeNews Europe in 2024

The march of the RISC-V architecture continued through 2024, with neuromorphic computing from Innatera in the Netherlands and a universal processor that combines the functions of the CPU, GPU, and DSP from Ubitium in Dusseldorf which has raised $3.7m for the chip...

Published on: December 20, 2024