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Cadence launches the new Spectre FX Simulator, which provides up to 3 times performance improvement and excellent accuracy
Feb
Kadence Electronics (Cadence, USA, NASDAQ: CDNS) today announced the launch of a new generation of FastSPICE circuit simulator-Cadence® Spectre® FX Simulator, which can be used to efficiently verify memory and large-scale system-on-chip (SoC) designs.
Spectre FX Simulator is a part of Cadence's industry-leading Spectre simulation platform. Compared with other F…
The total scale is 39.4 billion US dollars! Four major Korean conglomerates including Samsung Electronics and SK Hynix announced plans to invest in the U.S.
Feb
According to Yonhap News Agency, the four major Korean conglomerates, including Samsung Electronics and SK Hynix, announced their investment plans in the United States at a business round table held on the 21st (local time) at the opportunity of the Korea-US summit meeting, with a total scale of 39.4 billion U.S. dollars.
The South Korean-US Business Roundtable w…
The chip is out of stock unsolved! Major Japanese automakers continue to implement production cuts in June
Feb
The tight supply of automotive chips has not improved significantly, and most of the world's automakers have responded with production cuts and shutdowns. Japanese car manufacturers are not immune. Following Toyota Motor, Nissan, Mitsubishi Motors, and Suzuki will all implement further production cuts in June.
According to MoneyDJ reports, Japanese automakers are…
There are rumors that ASE will cancel the discount for Q3 on wire packaging orders and increase the price by 5% to 10%
Feb
According to industry insiders, the packaging and testing manufacturer ASE Semiconductor has full orders for wire-bonding and packaging. In the third quarter, not only the 3% to 5% price discount will be cancelled, but also 5% to 10% will be increased.
Taiwan Media Economic Daily reported that the 5G version of the iPhone’s processor chips and communication chi…
Not affected by the epidemic, TSMC’s 3-nanometer process progress will begin installation at the end of June
Feb
According to supply chain sources, the development progress of TSMC's 3nm process in Nanke has not been affected by the epidemic. It is currently expected to enter the site at the end of June and officially enter the risky trial production stage in the third quarter. The previously announced progress is comparable.
And just after TSMC’s 3-nanometer enters the r…
Intel leads the smartphone and tablet baseband market by shipments in 2020
Feb
According to the latest research report released by Strategy Analytics, in 2020, the global smartphone and tablet slim modem (independent baseband processor) market revenue has increased by 72% to reach 5.8 billion U.S. dollars. In 2020, Intel leads the shipment of smart phones and tablet computers slim modems, while Qualcomm leads the revenue share. Samsung LSI ran…
TSMC began mass production of 5nm process A15 chips for Apple, 4nm risk trial production in the second half of the year
Feb
According to Taiwan media reports, TSMC has begun mass production of Apple's new-generation iPhone chip A15, which will power the iPhone 13 series.
It is estimated that the A15 chip has been put into production at TSMC this month, and it will be produced in large quantities from August, and the demand for the A15 chip will exceed the A14. In terms of manufacturin…
The fab capacity is stretched to the back-end packaging and testing, and profitability may be restricted
Feb
The global core shortage problem is unresolved, and the production capacity of fabs is in short supply, which also drives the demand for back-end packaging and testing. However, the tight supply of fabs extends to the packaging and testing industry, which may limit the performance growth of related companies.
According to Taiwan Media Economic Daily, Zhang Qiansh…
Effective from June 1st, Yageo's passive components have once again adjusted their prices comprehensively
Feb
As the upstream raw materials, transportation and labor costs continue to rise, the supply chain revealed that when the passive component leader Yageo’s capacity utilization rate has reached 90% recently, in order to reflect the cost, the price increase tentacles extend from distributors and small contract customers to large-scale first-line In assembly plants, ch…
Raw material prices soar, Southeast Asia epidemic, HDD hard drives reappear business opportunities
Feb
A few days ago, affected by factors such as global chip shortages, Toshiba’s data center-oriented mechanical hard drives (HDDs) have officially increased in price. Compared with the end of 2020, the average increase is about 5%.
The industry believes that price increases are probably just the beginning. With the substantial increase in the prices of raw materia…
The global semiconductor shortage has intensified, and the top 10 chip manufacturers' revenue in the first quarter hit a record high
Feb
According to reports, the research company TrendForce released a report today that with the intensification of the global semiconductor shortage, the revenue of the world's top 10 chip manufacturers in the first quarter of this year also hit a record high.
The report shows that in the first quarter of 2021, the combined revenue of the world's top 10 chip manufact…
Severe epidemic in India and Vietnam, South Korean companies such as Samsung and Hyundai are affected
Feb
The situation of the epidemic in India is still very severe, and the impact has spread to the entire Southeast Asian region. Among them, the scope of confirmed cases in Vietnam is continuing to expand. South Korean media pointed out that South Korean companies such as Samsung Electronics, Hyundai Motor and LG Electronics, which set up factories in the two countries,…
Automobile "chip shortage", the South Korean government will increase its support for the 8-inch wafer foundry industry
Feb
According to Yonhap News Agency, the new minister of South Korea’s Ministry of Industry, Moon Sung-wook, said during an inspection of IC design company Silicon Mitus, “In response to the shortage of automotive chip supply, South Korea plans to focus on expanding support for the 8-inch foundry industry. ."
Today, the shortage of automotive chips has become an …
Hon Hai confirms that someone in the Indian factory has been diagnosed with COVID-19, or it includes a number of mainland engineers
Feb
Recently, the number of COVID-19 cases in India has been increasing.
The Indian epidemic is hitting Apple's supply chain. Following Wistron’s report, three Taiwanese engineers at the factory in Kolar, Karnataka, were diagnosed with COVID-19, which led to Wistron’s closure of the factory for 5 days for comprehensive After the disinfection, the Hon Hai Technolo…
Apple is rumored to carry out similar Switch game console development, and will also develop new processor matching
Feb
According to foreign media reports, Apple is currently developing a portable game console similar to Nintendo Switch, and the game console is expected to use a new processor and support ray tracing.
The report pointed out that Apple is developing a game console similar to Nintendo Switch. However, many people may think that Apple’s iPhone and iPad series are al…