Entries for June 2019
IoT Security Looks Grim in Survey
posted on June 25, 2019 09:05
Current IoT devices are not designed or deployed with adequate security, according to an expert pointing to a recent user survey.
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U.S. Firms Still Dominate Chip Market Share
posted on June 25, 2019 09:04
SAN FRANCISCO — U.S.-based chip firms held more than 50% of the global IC market share in 2018, by far the most of any region, according to market research firm IC Insights. U.S.-headquartered fabless chip companies accounted for 68% of the global fabless market last year, while U.S. IDMs held 46% of the global IDM share.
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Can Huawei Survive?
posted on June 25, 2019 09:03
We knew it was going to be bad. But could being placed on the Trump administration's export blacklist actually be enough to put Huawei out of business?
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EUV lithography: the brave new nanochip era
posted on June 25, 2019 09:02
These are exciting times for chip manufacturers. Whereas once they could rely on piling more transistors onto the surface of each chip, such developments have become more challenging to achieve.
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Semiconductor Counterfeiter Sentenced to 46 Months in Prison
posted on June 25, 2019 09:01
Most Americans have encountered counterfeit wristwatches or handbags, but many are unaware of the threat posed by counterfeiters of a product at the heart of modern technology: semiconductors.
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Semiconductor Sales Decrease Continues
posted on June 10, 2019 13:05
WASHINGTON—June 4, 2019—The Semiconductor Industry Association (SIA) today announced worldwide sales of semiconductors were $32.1 billion in April 2019, a decrease of 14.6 percent from the April 2018 total of $37.6 billion and 0.4 percent less than the March 2019 total of $32.3 billion.
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‘Quantum computers will soon outperform classical machines’
posted on June 10, 2019 13:04
European scientists have spent 100 years developing the field of quantum mechanics – a branch of physics dealing with the atomic and subatomic scale – and we need to reap the profits now that quantum computers and other technologies are becoming a reality, according to Dr Thomas Monz from the University of Innsbruck, Austria.
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Taiwan now No.1 biggest semiconductor equipment spender in world
posted on June 10, 2019 13:03
TAIPEI (Taiwan News) -- Taiwan was the biggest spender on semiconductor equipment in the first quarter of this year, bucking a worldwide downtrend in the industry, announced SEMI on Tuesday (May 4).
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U.S.-China Trade War Portends Painful Times for U.S. Semiconductor Industry
posted on June 10, 2019 13:02
TAIPEI (Taiwan News) -- Taiwan was the biggest spender on semiconductor equipment in the first quarter of this year, bucking a worldwide downtrend in the industry, announced SEMI on Tuesday (May 4)
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Intel Says EUV Ready, Challenging
posted on June 10, 2019 13:01
SAN JOSE, Calif. — Extreme ultraviolet (EUV) lithography is “ready for introduction … and running in volume for technology development,” said the head of Intel’s EUV program. But engineers still face several challenges harnessing the complex and costly systems to make leading-edge chips in high volume, she said.
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