Electronics Supply Chain News & Analysis

Renesas Warms to FDSOI

As part of a group effort Renesas wants to try and help fully depleted silicon-on-insulator manufacturing process technology get off the ground.

In First for Industry, LCD TV Panel Shipments Dip in Q3

For the first time ever, the global market for liquid-crystal display television (LCD TV) panels will decline in the third quarter compared to the second, a worrisome development...

Monolithic 3-D Chip Integrates Logic Circuits with Memories

Researchers at Stanford University and Taiwan's National Applied Research Laboratories produced the first sequentially processed sub-50nm monolithic 3-D IC with integrated logic/non-volatile memory circuits and SRAM.

Chip Sales Grew 6.4 Percent in August

Worldwide chip sales improved in August for the sixth consecutive month on a year-over-year basis, according to the Semiconductor Industry Association.

Silicon Labs, MaxLinear Settle Patent Suits

Chip vendors cross license patents and agree to dismiss all legal action against one another.

U.S. Manufacturing Continues Expansion

U.S. manufacturing expanded in September for the fourth consecutive month, according to the Institute of Supply Management.

Benchmark Electronics Acquires Contract Manufacturing Business of CTS

Deal, valued at $75 million, expected to expand Benchmark's customer base in non-traditional and highly regulated markets.

Cirrus Logic Buys Acoustic Tech

Deal gives DSP vendor embedded firmware voice processing IP, including noise reduction, echo cancelation and voice enhancement.

Intel Teams with Open-Source Arduino

Chip giant announces family of Arduino-compatible development boards featuring Intel architecture.

3-D is Key to Next-Generation NAND Flash

Three-dimensional technologies will smooth the way for the next frontier in flash memory as production of 3-D NAND accelerates much more quickly than initially anticipated. Share from 3-D NAND of overall flash memory shipments is...

Broadcom Closes Acquisition of Renesas' LTE Assets

Acquisition of former Nokia engineers, IP expected to help firm penetrate LTE market early next year.

Intel to Take Back Israeli Fab Leased to Micron

Fab to continue building NOR flash for Micron for now; Intel won't comment on long term plans.

Avnet Buys Majority Stake in European Distributor MSC

Deal billed as first step in a two-part transaction by which Avnet will ultimately acquire the remainder of the German-headquartered company.

Russian VC Funds Pinpoint U.S. Investments

Three Russian quasi-government innovation funds staged a week-long event to showcase U.S.-Russian business opportunities in nanotechnology, clean-tech, biotech, pharmaceuticals, life sciences and IT.

Congress Votes to Secure Helium Supply

The electronics industry is close to avoiding a helium supply crisis after Congress last week approved bipartisan legislation to secure the procurement of this key element that is needed to manufacture semiconductors and other electronic products.

Chinese Fabless Chip Vendor RDA Gets Buyout Offer

Government-held investment company offers 12 percent premium over RDA's stock price.

Researchers Build Working Computer with Carbon Nanotube Transistors

Stanford University engineers built a basic computer with 178 carbon nanotube transistors.

Broadcom Offers 5G Combo Chip for Cars

Chipmaker Broadcom has launched a new line of wireless chips for automotive infotainment applications featuring its 5G Wi-Fi and Bluetooth connectivity.

Flexible OLED Market to Vault to $100 Million Next Year

Following Samsung’s introduction of the first flexible organic light-emitting diode (OLED) products this year, demand for these elastic displays is expected to grow by more than a...