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X-CEO of Akros Silicon joins Exar
Exar Corporation has announced that Parviz Ghaffaripour will join the Company as Senior Vice President of Connectivity and Power Management Products reporting to Exar President and CEO, Louis DiNardo. Mr. DiNardo commented, "Parviz is an outstanding addition to our team. He is a veteran of the an
2 min readCEA Leti: Integrating photonic layer with CMOS circuit is ready for mass production
CEA-Leti has announced successful completion of HELIOS program, for integrating a photonic layer with a CMOS circuit, using microelectronics fabrication processes. With this achievement CEA-Leti says Europe is in a position to make volume production of silicon photonics semiconductor devices. “It
3 min readTop vendors of semiconductor industry in 1Q 2013 by IC Insights
IC Insights has announced the top 20 worldwide semiconductor (IC and O S D—optoelectronic, discrete, and sensor) sales leaders for 1Q13 include nine suppliers headquartered in the U.S., four in Japan, three in Europe, and two each in South Korea and Taiwan, a relatively broad representation of geogr
2 min readSemiconductor suppliers keeping large amount of inventory in the PC supply chain
IHS finds PC distributors hold the smallest levels of inventory among all players in the PC supply chain, carrying just 30 days’ worth of stockpiles in the fourth quarter, primarily consisting of completed computers. Original design manufacturers (ODMs) held the second smallest levels of inventory a
4 min readSRC and NIST fund $5 Million to develop post-CMOS electronics
Semiconductor Research Corporation (SRC) and the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) together funding $5 million this year for three multi-university research centers to do research on non-conventional, low-energy technologies that outperform current technologies on critical applic
3 min readVincent Roche is the new CEO of ADI
Analog Devices has appointed Vincent Roche as President and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) and his election to the Board of Directors. “ADI is fortunate to have an executive of Vince’s caliber assume the leadership of our company,” said Ray Stata, ADI co-founder and Chairman of the Board. “Vince
2 min readWorldwide SATS Market grew 2.1 percent in 2012, estimates Gartner
Gartner has estimates the worldwide semiconductor assembly and test services (SATS) market totaled $24.5 billion in 2012, a 2.1 percent increase from 2011. "After experiencing relatively mild 1.8 percent growth in 2011, the SATS market remained in a slow-growth mode for 2012," said Jim Walker, re
3 min readFabless semiconductor companies outpace IDMs for long time
IC Insights have reported from its latest study the fabless semiconductor companies have outpaced Integrated Device Manufacturers (IDM) in revenue growth in all the years from 1999- 2012, except 2010. Here below is the latest analysis from IC Insights on comparison of fabless vs IDM Fabless com
4 min readIntersil appoints Mark Downing as Senior VP, strategy and business development
Intersil has appointed of Mark Downing as Senior Vice President, Strategy and Business Development. Mr. Downing will be responsible for establishing a strategic framework for Intersil’s future investments, and setting strategic product direction, in collaboration with the company’s leadership team.
2 min readEuropean group to work on developing power semiconductor using 300mm wafer
A total of 32 European partners from European industry and research including Infineon Technologies AG are collaborating in developing advanced production technologies for power semiconductors. The research project named “Enhanced Power Pilot Line” (EPPL) is aimed at further strengthening Europe as
3 min readGlobal semiconductor foundry biz grew by 16.2% in 2012, as per Gartner
While the semiconductor chip revenue in year 2012 has experienced negative growth in year 2012, the semiconductor chip foundry revenues in 2012 grew by 16.2% in 2012, as per latest estimates by Gartner. Gartner has reported worldwide semiconductor foundry market totaled $34.6 billion in 2012, a 16.2
4 min readTI strengthens analog and embedded while its 1Q 2013 revenue down by 3.15% q-o-q
Texas Instruments has reported a revenue of $2.89 billion, net income of $362 million and earnings per share of 32 cents in its first-quarter 2013, down by 3.15% compared to its previous quarter revenue of 2.97 billion US$. Rich Templeton, TI's chairman, president and CEO says "TI is now firmly r
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