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Interesting to see that Tokyo Electron, who we wrote about as being one of the top 5 Japan owned companies for growth in the UK in 2023 (https://lnkd.in/eAUD_mVR) now has a market capitalization exceeding Sony https://lnkd.in/eBZNQKhP

NVIDIA #stock price will still soar -- expected to exceed $700 Volvo Cars received €420 million in financing BYD Xuzhou sodium-ion #battery project started laying the foundation -- with a total investment of 10 billion yuan Agency: TSMC is expected to adopt High-NA and EUV for mass production after 2030 Eight Murata MLCC factories in Japan have resumed operations one after another, while five plants have not yet been decided #NVIDIA releases special version of #chip RTX5880 Ada for China Yin Shuijun, NIO head of Mobile phone, will resign, and Vice president Bai Jian will take over the mobile phone department ASUS will launch a new mini machine -- global first ROG NUC Techaung Technology, #PCB #manufacturer has restarted its IPO and carried out listing guidance and filing Mobileye warns customer orders of sharp decline in the first quarter

Nikon carves lens expertise into niche in #chipmaking and space Camera maker invests $620m to repurpose optical tech for continued growth Faced with mounting headwinds in #digitalcameras, #Nikon has launched a 100 billion yen ($620 million) #investment spree to redirect expertise in optical products to promising sectors like #space and #semiconductors. Extensive upgrades are underway at Tochigi Nikon, a group manufacturing hub north of #Tokyo. The goal is to create a facility capable of producing all types of #lenses, from those as small as a grain of rice to products for chipmaking equipment, according to Muneaki Tokunari, who became Nikon's president in April. Tochigi Nikon opened in 1961 and has gradually expanded to include roughly more than 10 different buildings. The goal is to consolidate production there by fiscal 2027 to two new buildings with a combined floorspace of about 20,000 sq. meters, more than the total of the existing facilities. Thanks to KOHEI YAMADA and Nikkei Asia for the full article with more background and insights via the link below 💡🙏👇 https://lnkd.in/ezpnaQEu #semiconductorindustry #semiconductors #semiconductor #technology #tech #it #semiconductormanufacturing #chip #chips #ai #foundry #it

TrendForce Releases 2023 Top 10 IC Design Companies Ranking, Three Taiwanese Companies Make the List, #Nvidia Takes the Lead for the First Time, and Surges Ahead by a Significant Margin. In 2023, the combined revenue of the world's top ten IC design companies reached approximately $167.6 billion, marking a 12% annual growth. This significant increase was primarily driven by Nvidia's outstanding performance, with a remarkable 105% revenue surge that significantly boosted the overall industry. The Taiwanese companies on the list include: #MediaTek, #Novatek, and #Realtek. Source: [TrendForce Press Release](https://lnkd.in/g5Ay9-gw)

This was the first event we held almost 19 years ago after got sponsorship from Renesas to promote their new brand after merge of Mitsubishi and Hitachi. That time, ATMEL dominates the market, with 89C51 and starting emerge of AVR series. More than 95% who develop MCU based products, buying OFFLINE. Mouser, Digikey, etc. only for certain big players who have significant capital. No Aliexpress or Ebay with free shipping from China to be an alternative. And the local stockiest, certainly, would only stock ATMEL. After 2 hard years, we sale total around 3000 pcs, mainly for university students and small developers. That time did not aware that this kind of sharing, "moving to another MCU" is a crucial skills to be a real embedded engineer. Features, cost reductions, shortages, job change or whatever the reasons, will create conditions which need of migrations. No better MCUs than which can feed our families.

Explore the Cadence UCIe demo to learn about chiplet interconnect features and the future of chiplet technology in SoCs. Watch William G. Wong's interview with Mayank Bhatnagar, Product Marketing Director at Cadence: ⤵️ https://ow.ly/6Lpn50S1wfS

#Automotive #Embedded Kawasaki, Japan, November 23, 2023 –Alchip Technologies, Ltd. today rolled out the semiconductor industry’s first Automotive ASIC platform at the Design Solutions Forum 2023.  The platform targets the specialized needs of the global automotive industry. The Automotive platform streamlines the ASIC design needs of global automotive IC module and component manufacturers, as well as automotive … Read More → "Alchip Unveils Industry’s First Automotive ASIC Design Platform" https://lnkd.in/gcE64DrV

Samsung 4nm features a 200 nm cell height (https://lnkd.in/gBpVryzH), which is comparable to the 210 nm cell height in the A15 Bionic made on TSMC 5nm (https://lnkd.in/dGsPBw9m), but larger than the expected cell heights for TSMC 3nm (https://lnkd.in/g2yaHJTg).

📢 Following Samsung’s plan to reach 1000-layer NAND by 2030, Japanese memory chipmaker Kioxia, being ambitious, aims to reach 1000-layer 3D NAND as early as in 2027! 🔎 Kioxia’s announcement, which is the highest number of layers announced by any manufacturer so far, is certainly ambitious. However, there are more challenges to overcome, as technological obstacles and Western Digital’s stance add uncertainties to its ambition. 💡Read more on memory giants’ roadmaps, including #SK hynix and #Micron, as well as #TrendForce’s analysis: https://buff.ly/3VFEFOi 🔗 #Kioxia #Samsung #Micron #SKhynix #3DNAND #WesternDigital