The semiconductor industry closed out 2017 in blockbuster fashion, posting the highest year-over-year growth in 14 years, reports IHS Markit. Semiconductor revenue grew 21.7%, reaching $429.1 billion. Recording year-over-year growth of 53.6%, and its highest semiconductor revenue ever, Samsung replaced Intel as the new market leader of the semiconductor industry in 2017. Intel was followed …

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Young Sohn, former CEO of Inphi, now Chief Strategy Officer at Samsung, pitches a proposal to the President of France, Emmanuel Macron, at the Elysee Palace. Sohn is reported to have undertaken to make France Samsung’s third main location for AI R&D after Korea and California. Sohn is said to have undertaken to base 100 …

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A layered approach to connected-SSL-enabled IoT applications that spans a local application layer through standard services to the cloud holds the promise of allowing a developer community to more quickly deliver new application functionality.

Renesas is sampling an automotive MCU using 28nm flash memory.

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German companies pull together to develop compact and low-profile optical components

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Allegro MicroSystems announces current sensor ICs for AC or DC with 200kHz bandwidth and 2.5µs response time

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Finalists for PA Consulting Group’s annual Raspberry Pi programming competition have been selected.

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Xilinx may be experiencing a seven-year ‘itch’ that could reinvigorate the global mojo.

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XP Power today announced the launch of series of rugged 350W AC-DC chassis-mount PSUs, intended for industrial, technology and healthcare applications. SMP350 supplies have a built-in cooling fan, screw terminal connections, low (class-B) EMI emissions, and come in a 92 x 178 x 43mm enclosure – equating to 13W/in3. The series has a 85 to 264Vac …

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Interesting that China now holds the fate of two great tech companies in the palm of its hand. Both Toshiba and Qualcomm have M&A deals waiting on approval by China. Will China make its decision based on strict considerations of the deals’ effect on industry competition? Or will China make a political decision? Ha Ha. …

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