Electronics Supply Chain News & Analysis

Hua Hong Rolls Making Integrated Barometer

Chinese foundry working with Lexvu Opto Microelectronics on an integrated MEMS barometer that will work in smartphones, UAVs, air cleaners and intelligent wearable devices.

Samsung Struggles to Meet Demand for Galaxy S6 Edge

Due to production constraints, South Korean electronics giant says it will have trouble meeting demand for the curved version of its latest smartphone.

Intel Snags DOE Supercomputer Contract

Largest of two supercomputers designed in partnership with supercomputer builder Cray set to be the most powerful in the world when delivered in 2018.

Intel, Altera Reportedly Break Off Talks

Intel Corp. and programmable logic vendor Altera Corp. have ended acquisition negotiations without reaching a deal, according to a report by financial news network CNBC. The report, which cites an unnamed source, says talks broke down after the two firms failed to reach an agreement on price.

Microsemi Samples Radiation Tolerant FPGAs

Microsemi has started sampling parts from the RTG4 family of FPGAs which are designed to be radiation tolerant will providing high-speed I/O and rich processing resources.

Manufacturing Fails to Shake Off Winter

U.S. manufacturing’s rate of expansion falls to lowest level since May 2013.

Chip Fabrication and Packaging Materials Market Grew 3% in 2014

Sales of semiconductor and packaging materials increased in revenue for the first time since 2011, reaching $44.3 billion.

TSMC Certifies Mentor, Synopsys for 10nm FinFET Design

EDA vendors tout tool certifications for foundry giant’s 16nm and 10nm FINFet manufacturing processes.

Altera, TSMC Team on New Packaging for FPGAs

Wafer-level chip scale package for Altera’s MAX 10 FPGAs allows for a smaller size for small industrial equipment and portable electronics.

February Chip Sales Show Annual Increase, but Sequential Dip

Despite macroeconomic headwinds, February marked the 22nd straight month of year-over-year growth, SIA says.

Lumileds Well Positioned in Lighting Market

Lumileds, formerly known as Philips Lighting, finished the 2014 year strong gaining market share over its competitors and rising to the fourth overall LED company worldwide.

Silicon Labs Introduces Wireless Smart Meter Platform

Wireless M-Bus platform works with European electricity, gas, water and heat resources markets.

Cadence Tools Certified for TSMC’s 10nm FinFET Process

Certification said to provide customers with the fastest path to design closure on the 10nm FinFET process.

Security Group Pledges Support for Multiple Processor Architectures

With support from Broadcom and Qualcomm Atheros—amongst others—Prpl Foundation sets up working group to make a unifying contribution to hardware-assisted security.

Actions Semi Targets Smart Consumer Devices with SoC

Chinese fabless company unveils open source system-on-chip and reference design platform for smart connected products.

PCB Book-To-Bill Rises

Printed circuit board shipments increased in February, but new orders for the month declined, according to a trade group.

Could This Be Graphene's Lightbulb Moment?

A UK startup claims the graphene-LED lightbulb could be the first mass market application for the 2D-form of carbon. However, the claimed benefits of superior efficiency and longevity are unlikely to matter as much as the quality of the light output.