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  1. Tower Semiconductor And GMEMS Announce The Ramp To Mass Production Of MEMS Microphones Products 12/21/2020

    Tower Semiconductor (NASDAQ/TASE: TSEM), the leader in high-value analog semiconductor foundry solutions, and GMEMS, a supplier of MEMS (Micro-Electro-Mechanical Systems) sensors and products to the telecommunications industry , today announced the ramp to mass production of GMEM’s MEMS microphones products on Tower’s 0.18um flow, custom developed for GMEMS products.

  2. Verific And DARPA Sign Partnership For Streamlined Access To Industry-Standard SystemVerilog EDA Software 12/16/2020

    Verific Design Automation today announced a partnership agreement with the U.S. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) to provide the DARPA community access to its electronic design automation (EDA) software in production and development use throughout the semiconductor industry.

  3. Gigaphoton Begins Mass Production And Shipment Of The ArFi GT66A Light Source Compatible With Cutting-Edge Miniaturization Technologies 12/15/2020

    GIGAPHOTON Inc. (Head office: Oyama, Tochigi; President & CEO: Katsumi Uranaka), a manufacturer of light sources for semiconductor lithography, has announced the start of mass production and shipment of the ArF immersion "GT66A" light source using new technologies for state-of-the-art semiconductor lithography manufacturing.

  4. Alpha And Omega Semiconductor Announces New High SOA MOSFETs For 48V Hot Swap Telecom Applications 12/15/2020

    Alpha and Omega Semiconductor Limited (AOS), a designer, developer, and global supplier of a broad range of power semiconductors, power ICs, and Digital Power products, today announced the release of, AOTL66518 and AOB66518L, a 150V MOSFET with low on-resistance and a high Safe Operating Area (SOA) capability designed for demanding applications in Telcom Hot Swap.

  5. indie Semiconductor Enters Definitive Merger Agreement With Thunder Bridge Acquisition II, Ltd. 12/15/2020

    indie Semiconductor, a next generation automotive semiconductor and software innovator, and Thunder Bridge Acquisition II, Ltd., a special purpose acquisition company, today announced they have entered into a definitive agreement for a business combination that would result in the combined entity continuing as a publicly listed company.

  6. Tower Semiconductor And OPIX Announce The Successful Development Of A World Class iToF Technology Platform For 3D Imaging And Face Recognition Applications 12/15/2020

    Tower Semiconductor (NASDAQ/TASE: TSEM), the leader in high-value analog semiconductor foundry solutions, and OPIX, an innovative supplier of 3D Time-of-Flight (ToF) image sensor solutions, today announced the successful development of a world class iToF technology platform for 3D imaging and face recognition, featuring multiple depth sensing and distance measurement applications for a broad range of markets, based on Tower’s state of the art, pixel level wafer stacking BSI technology.

  7. FormFactor And T.I.P.S. Partner To Deliver Test Solutions For Power Semiconductor Devices 12/14/2020

    FormFactor, Inc. (NASDAQ:FORM), a leading electrical test and measurement supplier to the semiconductor industry, and T.I.P.S. Messtechnik GmbH (T.I.P.S.), a leading supplier of specialized high voltage, high current probe cards, announced today the companies have joined in a MeasureOne partnership to provide test and measurement solutions for high power devices.

  8. T6391 Display Driver IC Test System Cumulative Shipments Reach 1000 Units 12/11/2020

    Leading semiconductor test equipment supplier Advantest Corporation (TSE: 6857) has announced that cumulative shipments of the company's T6391 display driver test system have reached 1,000 units.

  9. STMicroelectronics Teams With Microsoft To Boost Development Of Smart, Connected Devices Leveraging STM32Cube Ecosystem 12/10/2020

    STMicroelectronics, a global semiconductor leader serving customers across the spectrum of electronics applications, has signed an agreement with Microsoft to simplify and accelerate the development of smart-appliance controllers and other Internet-of-Things (IoT) devices.

  10. Advantest Launches Two New General-Purpose Hardware Units Compatible With T2000 Air-Cooled Test Platform 12/7/2020

    Leading semiconductor test equipment supplier Advantest Corporation (TSE: 6857) has introduced two new general-purpose hardware instruments – the 500MDM digital module and the DPS32A power supply module – to boost the capabilities of its T2000 test platform for a variety of applications such as system-on-a-chip (SoC) devices, power-management ICs, automotive devices and CMOS image sensors for the growing digital transformation market.