Category: News
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GlobalFoundries has released PDKs for two new UX process platforms. 40UX targets ultra-low-power MCUs and connectivity, while 22UX adds analogue, sensing, imaging, and edge-AI capability.
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Innolux has unveiled Chip-Last FOPLP for advanced semiconductor packaging production. Its HIPoS platform uses 620 × 670mm panels and targets 2/2µm redistribution-layer geometry ahead of planned 2027 mass production.
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GlobalFoundries and RAAAM have taped out GCRAM test silicon successfully. Their FDX implementation targets 40% less memory area and power reductions reaching 60% against conventional SRAM.
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TT Electronics has raised expectations after first-half profitability improved sharply. Cleveland is profitable again, Components has returned to profit, and the group expects 2026 adjusted operating profit to beat current market expectations.
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The UK semiconductor sector now spans 703 active companies nationwide. Dedicated businesses generated an estimated £10.6 billion in revenue and £7.5 billion in GVA during 2025, while skills, scale-up finance, and energy costs remain barriers.
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IDS is expanding industrial vision across cameras, AI, and 3D. VISION 2026 demonstrations span event-based sensing, embedded multicamera processing, time-of-flight depth capture, and edge inference.
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SomDevices modules are joining CELUS to simplify embedded architecture decisions. Seven NXP-based μSMARC variants will become reusable design blocks supporting earlier interface, schematic, and bill-of-material decisions.
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Infineon and Skeleton will develop denser AI power delivery systems. Their MoU covers SiC solid-state transformers and GaN peak-shaving sidecars using supercapacitor storage.
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A Release 17 power-saving conformance test has passed initial verification. Rohde & Schwarz and Qualcomm Technologies have moved SSSG closer to formal 5G NR certification.
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Fraunhofer has opened a cryogenic electronics laboratory in Chemnitz, Germany. CRYME extends semiconductor reliability testing to 4 K for quantum and heterogeneous integration research.