Electronic component search engine 
Nvidia’s acquisition of Arm was "stopped" by the US FTC sued
Feb
"On December 2, local time, the US Federal Trade Commission (FTC) sued to block Nvidia’s acquisition of Arm. Following the United Kingdom, this US$40 billion acquisition made waves again in the United States. The FTC believes that the combined company (Nvidia and Arm) will have the ability and motivation to stifle the next generation of innovative technologies, in…
Intel intends to finalize 3nm chip production plan with TSMC to avoid competing with Apple for production capacity
Feb
"According to news on December 4, according to industry sources, Intel executives are preparing to visit chip foundry giant TSMC in order to finalize production plans for 3-nanometer chips and avoid competing with Apple for production capacity.
Intel and TSMC will collaborate on a GPU and three data center CPU projects. The company hopes to use TSMC’s 3-nanomet…
TSMC accelerates 3nm mass production, Qualcomm, AMD and other major customers intend to introduce
Feb
TSMC does not comment on market rumors related to the 3nm process. Industry insiders pointed out that TSMC and Samsung compete fiercely in advanced manufacturing processes and overseas layouts. Samsung is currently leading the investment in new plants in the United States and intends to overtake vehicles in 3nm mass production time-course curves. The weight of TSMC …
SK Group: Studying the prerequisites for building a semiconductor factory in the United States
Feb
"Cui Taiyuan, president of SK Group, said a few days ago that there is currently no plan to establish a semiconductor factory in the United States, but the prerequisites for investment are being studied.
According to the ""Wall Street Journal"" report on the 5th local time, Cui Taiyuan said in an interview: ""Although the United States is a huge market, there are…
U.S. semiconductor materials company Interge plans to build its largest factory in Taiwan to produce 2/3nm materials
Feb
American semiconductor material manufacturer Interge reportedly plans to more than double its investment in Taiwan, China, and establish the largest manufacturing base to produce materials used in the 3nm and 2nm chip manufacturing process. Critics believe that this is crucial to Taiwan, which is struggling to ensure its position in the semiconductor industry chain.…
SIA urges the United States to eliminate Section 301 tariffs that are harmful to the semiconductor industry chain
Feb
The American Semiconductor Industry Association (SIA) submitted comments to the Office of the United States Trade Representative (USTR) on December 1, urging the removal of harmful semiconductor tariffs that are exacerbating continued chip shortages and slowing the U.S. economy. As explained in the SIA’s submission, the 301 tariffs imposed on semiconductors and re…
Network equipment vendors: PMIC, MOSFET and Wi-Fi chips are out of stock until the middle of next year
Feb
According to sources from network equipment manufacturers, chips manufactured using mature process nodes, especially power management ICs, MOSFETs and Wi-Fi chips, are expected to be in short supply by mid-2022.
According to the "Electronic Times" report, Haydn Hsieh, chairman of Qiqi Technology, said that the shortage of IC components has affected the production…
Lidar company Ouster announces cooperation with Nvidia to accelerate the deployment of self-driving cars
Feb
"On November 12, the OUSTER public account revealed that Lidar company Ouster and NVIDIA have reached a cooperation. The cooperation between Ouster and Nvidia aims to continuously provide developers with better sensors, data and tools.
According to OUSTER news, based on NVIDIA DRIVE, Ouster provides a dedicated NVIDIA DriveWorks plug-in to help customers more eas…
WSJ survey: Many US companies invest heavily in China's semiconductor industry, Intel and Red Shirt Capital are all listed
Feb
Just as the United States is striving to maintain its leading position in key technologies and prevent China from catching up, a Wall Street Journal (WSJ) survey shows that in the past four years, well-known US companies and venture capital firms such as Intel and Redshirt Capital have had a negative impact on China. The investment in the semiconductor industry stil…
Bloomberg: Rumor has it that Huawei intends to license smartphone designs to third parties to obtain key components
Feb
According to people familiar with the matter, Huawei’s smartphone business has been hit hard by US sanctions, and the company is planning to license its smartphone designs to third parties to obtain key components.
According to a Bloomberg report, people familiar with the matter said that Huawei is considering licensing its design to a department of the state-o…
China Telecom's U.S. subsidiary asks the court to block the U.S. FCC from revoking its operating authorization
Feb
China Telecom's US subsidiary on Monday petitioned the US Court of Appeals to block the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) from revoking its decision to operate in the United States.
According to Reuters, on October 26, the FCC, citing national security, asked China Telecom's US subsidiary to stop its services in the United States before the beginning of Jan…
MediaTek: Close cooperation with TSMC to advance towards 3nm
Feb
"Cai Lixing, CEO of MediaTek, said that MediaTek’s products will not change in the direction of advanced manufacturing processes, and that they have close cooperation with TSMC. 5nm and 4nm products are already in the mass production process, and 3nm will be the next process.
Cai Lixing was selected as an academician of the Industrial Technology Research Instit…
Reduce dependence on custom chips, Nissan is rumored to be redesigning cars to adapt to general-purpose chips
Feb
"In response to the chip shortage, Nissan is redesigning its cars to use more versatile, off-the-shelf chips. Companies in other industries are also doing this, which may herald a major change in Japanese manufacturing.
According to Nikkei News, so far, automobile and home appliance manufacturers have been increasing inventories to cope with the chronic shortage …
Bloomberg: Apple accelerates research and development of fully autonomous electric vehicles, plans to debut in 2025
Feb
On November 19, according to a Bloomberg report, according to people familiar with the matter, Apple is accelerating the development of its electric vehicles and is refocusing the project on fully autonomous driving capabilities to help solve the problems that plague the automotive industry. Technical challenges. It is understood that Apple’s internal goal is to l…
Samsung Electronics expands its "green chip" product lineup to cover storage and automotive fields
Feb
Samsung Electronics announced today that five of its storage products have received global recognition for successfully reducing carbon emissions, and another 20 storage products have obtained carbon footprint certification. Samsung's automotive LED packaging has also obtained carbon footprint certification, which is the first time in the automotive LED packaging in…