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As the world’s economies emerge from the Covid-19 pandemic, showing good growth and strong support from governments, the semiconductor industry is forecast to an annual growth of 22-25.5% in 2021. Future Horizons forecast a growth of 24.5%, for a total market value of $546.65bn, in its Mid-Term Semiconductor Industry Update. For next year, there remains uncertainty in the supply chain, ...

The government has announced forty-one universities will host doctoral training partnerships (DTPs) funded by a £179m investment from the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC), part of UK Research and Innovation (UKRI). The DTP investment was announced alongside the first nine Stephen Hawking Fellows, who will “continue Professor Stephen Hawking’s legacy” through research and STEM outreach, and funding to ...

Shenzen-based DB investment management (DBI) has joined the Crayfish.io accelerator as the second anchor investor opening up further opportunities for UK and European semiconductor and IoT companies to join the programme and get ‘China-ready’. Two months since its launch, the ‘China-ready’ investment programme for UK and European companies has increased by £2.33m. DBI’s investment focus is on IoT and semiconductors, ...

On-silicon photonics firm Rockley Photonics has accumulated $52m in the first closure of Series E funding round

Novel mems technology firm ​Integra Devices has completed a $6 million series-A funding. The Californian company has taken packaging technology, rather than silicon lithography, as the base on which it builds micromachines – created from over 15 years of research and over $20m in funding at the University of California, Irvine, according to the firm. For example, it can create an electro-mechanical ...

Less than one third (28%), have considered relocating following the Brexit vote

Xilinx has posted record revenues of $2.54 billion for the fiscal year 2018, an increase of 8% from last year. Revenues were $673 million for Q4 of FY 2018, up 7% from the prior quarter and up 10% from Q4 FY 2017. CEO Victor Peng attributes the growth to :a three-pronged approach”, focusing on data centres, with the introduction of ...

Figures from SIA show the industry achieved 19 consecutive months of year-to-year sales increases.

UK tech investment is on a high and London-based firms attracted the lion’s share of funding, according to a market survey by London & Partners. British tech firms attracted more venture capital funding than any other European country in 2017. According to data compiled for London & Partners by PitchBook, venture capital investment into the UK’s tech sector reached an ...

Wales-based analogue IP re-use firm Thalia Design Automation has secured $865k (£640k) funding in its latest round. The firm said it has achieved “significant customer traction within the last 18 months”. Thalia also plans to recruit more analogue IC developers. The company has developed technology for transferring RF, analogue and mixed-signal IP designs to silicon, using its design automation technology. ...