NXP Semiconductors appoints Hitesh Garg as India head
NXP Semiconductors has appointed Hitesh Garg as the India Country Manager -- to lead and strategically grow the India business across all 4 sites...
SIA warns U.S. chip design market share to plunge
The U.S. share of chip design revenue will drop to 36 percent by the end of this decade from 46 percent in 2021 and...
Semiconductor revenue to drop 3.6% in 2023 against 4% rise in 2022: Gartner
Global semiconductor revenue is forecast to drop 3.6 percent in 2023 to $596 billion against 4 percent rise expected in 2022, according to Gartner.
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Intel Foundry Services head Randhir Thakur resigned
Intel Foundry Services head Randhir Thakur has resigned from his position to pursue opportunities outside the company.
Intel CEO Pat Gelsinger said in an email...
EU countries agree to $46.6 bn plan to fund chips production
EU countries have agreed to a 45-billion-euro ($46.6 billion) plan to fund the production of chips, putting the 27-country bloc a step closer to...
Foxconn hires chip veteran formerly at TSMC and SMIC
Foxconn, a major Apple supplier and iPhone assembler, has hired Chiang Shang-yi, a former executive at Taiwanese chipmaker TSMC and Chinese chipmaker SMIC, to lead its...
GlobalFoundries appoints Ashlie Wallace as Supply Chain head
GlobalFoundries (GF), a leader in semiconductor manufacturing, announced the appointment of Ashlie Wallace as Senior Vice President of Global Supply Chain.
Ashlie Wallace will spearhead GF’s global...
Applied Materials expects $2.5 bn hit from China export curb
Gary Dickerson, President and CEO of Applied Materials, said the company is estimating that the impact to its fiscal 2023 revenues due to the...
Nvidia sales drop 17% to $5.9 bn due to export restrictions
Chip designer and computing firm Nvidia said its revenue fell 17 percent to $5,931 million in Q3 2022 as a result of restrictions on...
UK asks China’s Nexperia to sell stake in microchip factory, citing security
The British government has ordered Chinese-owned technology company Nexperia to sell at least 86 percent of Britain’s biggest microchip factory, Newport Wafer Fab, following...
Micron slashes DRAM and NAND wafer starts by 20%
Micron Technology is reducing DRAM and NAND wafer starts by approximately 20 percent versus fiscal fourth quarter 2022 -- in response to market conditions.
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Features of Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 mobile platform
Qualcomm Technologies has introduced its premium mobile platform, Snapdragon 8 Gen 2, targeting smartphone manufacturing brands.
The Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 Mobile Platform will be adopted...
Intel hit with $948.8 mn US verdict in VLSI chip patent trial
A federal jury in Texas said Intel must pay VLSI Technology $948.8 million for infringing a VLSI patent for computer chips, Reuters news report...
Berkshire buys $4.1 bn of stock in TSMC
Berkshire Hathaway said it purchased more than $4.1 billion of stock in Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing (TSMC).
Billionaire Warren Buffett’s conglomerate, in a Monday regulatory filing,...
