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Semiconductor industry: mobile and consumer are the beating heart
Mar 29, 2024 · Semiconductor device revenue for mobile & consumer reached $296 billion in 2023, following a -15% year-on-year-setback. A 4% year-on-year rebound is expected in 2024, announces Yole Group in its new technology & market analysis, Semiconductor Trends in Mobile and Consumer 2024. Longer-term, revenues are expected to reach $383 billion in 2030.
Mitsubishi Electric begins supplying power semiconductor chips
Oct 14, 2024 · Mitsubishi Electric's Power Device Works' Fukuyama Factory has begun large-scale supply of power semiconductor chips made from 12-inch silicon (Si) wafers for the assembly of semiconductor modules, effective immediately. The advanced Si power-semiconductor modules will initially be used in consumer products. Going forward, Mitsubishi Electric ...
Semiconductors: Unstoppable growth in a billion-dollar market
Oct 21, 2024 · According to analysis by IC Insights and Semiengineering.com, more than €190 billion has been invested in the semiconductor market in 2022 alone. A further USD 300 billion has been announced by leading semiconductor companies for the coming years. By way of comparison, this is roughly equivalent to the amount the global automotive industry ...
Marvell introduces 2nm platform for accelerated infrastructure …
Mar 11, 2024 · The 2nm platform will enable Marvell to deliver highly differentiated analog, mixed-signal, and foundational IP to build accelerated infrastructure capable of delivering on the promise of AI," said Sandeep Bharathi, chief development officer at Marvell. "Our partnership with TSMC on our 5nm, 3nm and now 2nm platforms has been instrumental in ...
Silicon photonics market worth $7.52 billion by 2029
5 days ago · The global silicon photonics market was valued at USD 2.16 billion in 2024 and is projected to reach USD 7.52 billion by 2029, growing at a CAGR of 28.3% from 2024 to 2029 according to a new report by MarketsandMarkets. The primary factor driving the silicon photonics market growth is the focus on power consumption using silicon photonic-based ...
MIT team takes a major step toward fully 3D-printed active …
5 days ago · While this idea is still far off, MIT researchers have taken an important step in that direction by demonstrating fully 3D-printed resettable fuses, which are key components of active electronics that usually require semiconductors. The researchers’ semiconductor-free devices, which they produced using standard 3D printing hardware and an ...
Back-end semiconductor equipment: advanced packaging drives …
1 day ago · However, these sectors are expected to improve in late 2024 or early 2025, with recovery expected in 2025. This is reflected in the back-end equipment market, where the quarterly revenue dipped from $1.4 billion in Q1-24 to $1.29 billion in Q2 2024, a -8.1% decrease quarter to quarter; the market is expected to dip further in Q3. However, Yole ...
Imec unveils 'Breakthrough' ADC architecture - News - Silicon …
At ISSCC, imec presents a proof-of-concept of its new ADC architecture in the form of a 42GS/s 7b massively time-interleaved slope-ADC prototype chip. “Even at the relatively modest speed of 42GS/s, the benefits of our approach are clear. Implemented in 16nm FinFET technology, our prototype chip contains an array of 768 slope-ADCs – with a ...
Scaling CMOS beyond FinFETs: From nanosheets and forksheets to …
The FinFET: today’s leading-edge transistor. At every new technology generation, chipmakers have been able to scale transistor specs by 0.7x, delivering a 15% performance boost, a 50% area gain, a 40% power reduction as well as a 35% cost decrease at device level. Several years ago, the industry made the transition from ‘good old’ planar ...