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Guerrilla RF has launched two ¼ W linear PAs and two LNAs earmarked specifically for the automotive market. All four devices were qualified to meet rigorous AEC-Q100 quality standards – a critical benchmark for semiconductor devices used within automotive applications. Together, the foursome covers the most popular cellular bands spanning the 700MHz – 4200MHz frequency range. These components are derivatives ...

Intel and UMC are to collaborate on the development of a 12nm FinFet process for comms and networking chips  to be installed in three of Intel’s Arizona fabs. It is “another important step toward our goal of becoming the world’s second-largest foundry by 2030,” says Stuart Pann of Intel Foundry Services Jason Wang, UMC co-president, said, “Our collaboration with Intel ...

Hynix had a Q4 profit of $260 million on revenues up 47.4%  at $8.5 billion compared with a loss of $1.4 billion in Q4 2022. For the full year of 2023, Hynix had a loss of $5.8 billion on revenues which fell 27% y-o-y to $24.6 billion. “We achieved a remarkable turnaround in the fourth quarter following a protracted downturn, ...

ST’s Q4 revenues were 3.2% down y-o-y at $4.28 billion and full year revenue was up at $17.29 billion compared with last year’s $16.13 billion. Q4 gross profit fell 7.3% to $1.95 billion with a gross margin of 45.5%, down from 47.5% and net profit fell 14% to $1.08 billion. Operating income fell 20.5% to $1.02 billion with a margin ...

Rakon, the New Zealand frequency control specialist, is sampling its first IC-OCXO products, combining its in-house designed Mercury ASIC and XMEMS resonators under the brand MercuryX. MercuryX OCXOs claim to provide ultra-high stability and an extended holdover of 8 hours in real-world conditions in a small form factor package. The devices are suitable for timing and synchronisation in AI computing ...

2023 semiconductor revenue fell 11.1% y-o-y to $533 billion, says Gartner. ”Only 9 of the top 25 semiconductor vendors posted revenue growth in 2023, with 10 experiencing double-digit declines,” says Gartner vp Alan Priestley. The combined semiconductor revenue of the top 25 semiconductor vendors declined 14.1% in 2023, accounting for 74.4% of the market, down from 77.2% in 2022. Intel ...

Vodafone will invest $1.5 billion over the next 10 years in cloud and customer-focused AI services developed in conjunction with Microsoft. Microsoft intends to invest in Vodafone’s managed IoT connectivity platform, which will become a separate, standalone business by April 2024. The digital services generated by the new partnership will use generative AI technology to provide a  personalised and differentiated ...

There is an impressive panel of judges for the inaugural Electronics Weekly’s Women Leaders in Electronics Awards. Many have the same advice to people considering entering themselves or a colleague for these awards: “just go for it!” “This is a fantastic opportunity for us to celebrate and recognise the amazing achievements of women in our industry and raise the profile ...

A team from  Chiba University has introduced a new method  for achieving stable deposition on thin films effectively and developed a tool to track real-time potential changes on the surface. “When depositing organic molecules by vacuum deposition, the orientation of the molecules is changed over time by pausing the deposition. Moreover, by changing the deposition conditions, it is possible to ...

Earlier today, the Korean government laid out the country’s semiconductor investment plan to 2047. Private sector investment over the next 24 years will be $471 billion. Samsung will spend $378 billion and Hynix will spend $92 billion, The money will build 13 fabs and three research facilities. The aim is to build a hub in Pyeongtaek capable of running 7.7 ...