Foundry revenue projected to reach historical high in 2021
As the global economy enters the post-pandemic era, technologies including 5G, WiFi6/6E, and HPC (high-performance computing) have been advancing rapidly, in turn bringing about a fundamental, structural change in the semiconductor industry as well, says TrendForce.
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AQ Group acquires Schaffner’s Power Magnetic Division
Swedish AQ Group AB has signed an agreement with the Swiss company Schaffner Group to acquire its Power Magnetics Division.
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2020 global semiconductor equipment sales surge 19%
Worldwide sales of semiconductor manufacturing equipment surged 19% from USD 59.8 billion in 2019 to a new all-time high of USD 71.2 billion in 2020, says SEMI.
Top 10 semiconductor vendors by 2020 revenue
Worldwide semiconductor revenue totaled USD 466.2 billion in 2020, an increase of 10.4% from 2019, according to final results by Gartner, Inc.
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Intel steps up as a supplier to the automotive industry
According to Intel’s new CEO, Pat Gelsinger, the company is ready to step up and start making chips for car makers to take the edge off the current shortage that has hit the automotive industry hard.
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Fund II triples the size of TDK Ventures’ Fund I
TDK Corporation's subsidiary TDK Ventures Inc. has closed its second fund, totalling USD 150 million in new capital. The new fund will primarily target early-stage, global investments in clean technology, advanced materials, industrial, robotics, energy, autonomous vehicles, electric vehicles, and healthtech segments.
MMI: Top 50 EMS sales reached $384 billion in 2020
Manufacturing Market Insider says that In 2020, sales from the Top 50 EMS companies accounted for USD 384 billion in revenue – an increase of USD 17 billion from 2019.
MacDermid Alpha opens new die attach applications centre
MacDermid Alpha Electronics Solutions officially opened a Greater China Die Attach Application Centre on April 1st, 2021. The technology and application centre will house technical service and lab personnel, equipped with die attach assembly and process equipment.
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Neonode to supply its tech to a major South Korean elevator OEM
Neonode has received an order for and will supply touch sensor modules to Finetek, a Neonode value-added reseller, who has been selected by a major elevator OEM in South Korea to install its contactless elevator control panel solutions powered by Neonode’s technology in existing elevators in this market.
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Amphenol completes acquisition of MTS Systems
Interconnect, antenna and sensor solutions provider, Amphenol Corporation, has completed its acquisition of MTS Systems Corporation. In connection with the close of the transaction, MTS common stock will cease to trade on the NASDAQ.
BAE Systems receives adaptive RF contracts from DARPA
BAE Systems will design mechanisms for the U.S. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) that protect emerging wideband receivers from interference, enabling their use in contested and congested environments.
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Chinese suppliers take top spots in TV panel shipment ranking
As Samsung Display (SDC) decided to extend the manufacturing operations of its Korea-based Gen 8.5 LCD fab, and tier-two panel suppliers are still slow to reassign their production capacities from TV panels to IT panels, TrendForce expects total TV panel shipment for 2021 to reach 269 million units, which is relatively unchanged compared to 2020 levels.
AMD and Xilinx stockholders approve proposed acquisition
The stockholders of both companies voted to approve their respective proposals relating to the pending acquisition of Xilinx by AMD.
Renesas to shift production from fire-hit Naka fab
The Japanese semiconductor manufacturer is reportedly set to shift some production from its fire damaged Naka fab to a facility in the southwestern prefecture of Ehime.
Netlist and SK hynix reach patent and technology agreement
Netlist and SK hynix have reached an agreement for a patent cross license covering memory technologies of both companies and an agreement for the supply of SK hynix products and technical cooperation on Netlist's CXL HybriDIMM technology.
TT Electronics facility receives FDA registration in USA
TT's manufacturing facility in Cleveland, Ohio has gained FDA registration status for medical device manufacturing. The registration allows the company to manufacture finished medical instruments and devices, like imaging and diagnostic systems, in the USA.
13% increase to lift total semi shipments to a new record high
Total semiconductor unit shipments, which include integrated circuits as well as optoelectronics, sensor/actuator, and discrete (O-S-D) devices, are forecast to rise 13% in 2021, to 1,135.3 billion (1.1353 trillion) units to set a new all-time annual record.
SMTC is now a private company
It was back in January 2021 that EMS provider SMTC Corporation announced that it had entered into a definitive merger agreement with an affiliate of H.I.G. Capital, a global alternative investment firm, which would transform the SMTC into a private company.
u‑blox acquires full ownership in Sapcorda JV
Wireless and positioning technology specialist, u-blox, says that it has acquired full ownership of Sapcorda Services GmbH, a joint venture formed by u‑blox, Bosch, Geo++, and Mitsubishi Electric.
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UCT completes acquisition of Ham-Let
Ultra Clean Holdings (UCT) has completed the acquisition of Ham-Let (Israel-Canada) Ltd. for approximately USD 351 million. The acquisition expands UCT's addressable market in semiconductors
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