ESMT scaling back wafer starts
Specialty memory IC design house Elite Semiconductor Memory Technology (ESMT) announced it would cut back wafer starts in the fourth quarter of 2022, estimating an up to 30-40% reduction in monthly output, the company said......»»
Wafer-level backend house VisEra expects gradual recovery in CIS demand
VisEra Technologies, which offers wafer-level backend services for CMOS image sensors (CIS), expects a gradual recovery in CIS demand starting the second half of 2023......»»
How Iceland could have a starring role as a sustainable alternative protein exporter to Northern Europe
Iceland could help address Northern Europe's food security issues with the scaling-up of its industrial production of Spirulina—an alternative protein source that is nutritious, sustainable and risk resilient. Under the most ambitious of estimation.....»»
Entrepreneurship starts in the cradle: How does a sense of security in early childhood give rise to entrepreneurs?
Attachment theory is a concept in developmental psychology developed over the years 1969 to 1982 by John Bowlby. Attachment theory maintains that babies are born with an innate system that seeks to create a safe and meaningful relationship with their.....»»
New sessions of "Meet with App Store experts" start Feb. 28
Apple is preparing for a new round of "Meet with App Store experts," where developers can get help with live sessions on various topics."Meet with App Store experts" starts againIn the series of sessions from February 28 to April 13, 2023, developers.....»»
Vedanta-Foxconn"s first wafer fab in India to be set up in Dholera SIR
Vedanta and Foxconn have chosen Dholera to set up a semiconductor fab and display manufacturing facility, while India's electronics industry is still waiting for the government to unveil the list of approved applicants under India's INR760-billion(US.....»»
IC designers see clients advance replenishment orders, benefitting foundries
Many major fabless chipmakers including Novatek Microelectronics, Realtek Semiconductor, Aspeed Technology and Nvidia have seen earlier than expected orders from clients, which, in turn, will drive them to place more wafer starts with TSMC and its lo.....»»
Amkor, GF team up for at-scale IC backend services in Europe
Amkor Technology and GlobalFoundries (GF) have formed a strategic partnership that will enable a comprehensive EU/US supply chain from semiconductor wafer production at GF to OSAT services at Amkor's site in Porto, Portugal, according to the companie.....»»
What is Display Scaling on Mac, and why you (probably) shouldn"t worry about it
Display scaling makes the size of your Mac's interface more comfortable on non-Retina monitors but incurs some visual and performance penalties. We explain these effects and how much they matter.A MacBook connected to an external monitor.In a world w.....»»
Apple starts killing off developer beta profiles in iOS 16.4
With one change in iOS 16.4, Apple is making developer beta installation easier for registered developers, and harder for those that aren't.The iPhone 14 Pro Max and iPhone 13 Pro MaxStarting in iOS 16.4, registered developers will have an option to.....»»
Earthquake prediction is not possible, but longer-term forecasts and brief warnings after one starts are
Almost like aftershocks, questions about earthquake prediction tend to follow disasters like the Feb. 6, 2023, Turkey-Syria quake. Could advance notice have prevented some of the devastation? Unfortunately, useful predictions are still in the realm o.....»»
Venture Deals Spring 2023 Course
The course is free and starts on March 21, 2022. This is the third time we are running the new version of the course (v2!) that was co-created with Techstars and Kauffman Fellows. If interested, sign up now. I hope to see you there in one of the A.....»»
IC designers upbeat about possible foundry price cuts
Wafer foundries, except TSMC, reportedly are actively moving to offer price discounts for fabless clients willing to place more wafer starts for some specific processes, aiming to boost their capacity utilization. But as sluggish end-market demand pe.....»»
Texas Instruments" next 300-mm wafer fab to be in Lehi, Utah
Texas Instruments (TI) announced on Feb. 15 plans to build its next 300-millimeter semiconductor wafer fab in Lehi, Utah. The new fab will be located next to the company's existing 300-mm semiconductor wafer fab in Lehi, LFAB......»»
Wafer bank pressure starts to ease
IC backend houses warehouses have been filled with "wafer bank" inventories from fabless customers over the last two years, but the pressure has begun to ease, according to AH Liu, president of King Yuan Electronics (KYEC)......»»
Western Digital starts selling 44TB of external HDD storage for $1,500
The 44TB offerings ship in RAID 0, but you can opt for a RAID 1 configuration. Enlarge / Western Digital's My Book Duo has two 3.5-inch HDDs inside. (credit: Western Digital) Western Digital today announced bigger-capac.....»»
UMC offers price discounts for customers willing to raise orders
Pure-play foundry United Microelectronics (UMC) has offered 10-15% price discounts to customers willing to ramp up their wafer starts in the second quarter of 2023, according to industry sources......»»
Sumco sees 12-inch silicon wafers sustain strong demand for auto chips
Japan's silicon wafer maker Sumco expects a slight sequential fall in overall shipments of its 12-inch products in the first quarter of 2023, driven by weaker demand for memory and logic chips, but wafer demand for automotive applications remains as.....»»
Tsinghua Unigroup rumored to take over GlobalFoundries" wafer fab in Chengdu, China
Industry rumors stated that Tsinghua Unigroup could be taking over GlobalFoundries (GF)'s 12-inch wafer fab in Chengdu, China. In exchange, the Chengdu city government will be investing in Tsinghua Unigroup......»»
SMIC utilization rate hit by consumer electronics dependency
SMIC's 2022 fourth-quarter earnings call has revealed warning signs with drops in both gross margin and capacity utilization. The utilization of its wafer fabs has dropped below 80% in 4Q22. Since 1Q19, SMIC has maintained a high utilization rate of.....»»
Microsoft starts rolling out ChatGPT integration for select users on desktop, iOS launching ‘soon’
After announcing its new Edge browser and updated Bing search engine that integrates a ChatGPT experience via OpenAI last week, Microsoft opened up a waitlist for the feature. Now the first users are getting access to the capability. However, it’s.....»»