Semiconductors

Taiwan-based JPC Connectivity has selected MaxLinear’s 5nm Keystone PAM4 DSP to produce 800G active electrical cables for hyperscale datacenters.  MaxLinear said its Keystone can yield up to a 40% power...

MaxLinear introduced a new line of 2.5G Ethernet products, including new 2.5G Ethernet switches and eight port 2.5G Enterprise PHYs. MXL862XX 2.5G Octal Switch/PHY Key Features Integrated 16 port Switch...

Apple signed a new multiyear, multibillion-dollar agreement with Broadcom for 5G radio frequency components — including FBAR filters — and cutting-edge wireless connectivity components.  The FBAR filters will be designed...

Applied Materials plans to invest up to $4 billion over the next 7 years in Silicon Valley to build "the world’s largest and most advanced facility for collaborative semiconductor process...

Meta unveiled a highly optimized device for processing video for live-streaming, video on demand (VOD), AR/VR, and AI-generated content across the Meta family of applications. The Meta Scalable Video Processor...

Samsung Electronics started mass production of 16-gigabit (Gb) DDR5 DRAM designed for data center servers, HPC clusters, etc. The new chips are based on the most advanced 12 nanometer (nm)-class...

Stathera, a start-up based in Montreal, announced US$15 million in a Series A funding round for its MEMS timing solutions. Stathera also announced a commercial collaboration agreement with South Korean...

Infineon has acquired Imagimob AB, a start-up based in Stockholm specializing in machine learning for edge devices. Financial terms were not disclosed. Imagimob provides an end-to-end machine learning toolchain that...

Google unveiled its next-generation A3 GPU VMs designed for training and serving the most demanding generative AI and large language model applications. Google Compute Engine A3 VMs combine NVIDIA H100...

Qualcomm agreed to acquire Autotalks, a start-up based to Israel developing vehicle-to-everything (V2X) communication technologies. Financial terms were not disclosed. Autotalks is a fabless semiconductor company that has been dedicated...

Mitsubishi Electric has invested in Elephantech, a start-up using metal inkjet printing to mass produce printed circuit boards. Elephantech, which is based in Tokyo, uses its metal inkjet printing and...

NEO Semiconductor, a start-up based in San Jose, California, unveiled its "3D X-DRAM", described at the world's first 3D NAND-like DRAM cell array. Relevant patent applications were published with the...

Marvell Technology announced the appointment of Matt Murphy as Chair of its Board of Directors, replacing Rick Hill, who has served as Chair of the Board since 2016 and who...