Recently, the Korean government announced that it will be launching a new limited service where students will be able to manufacture their own 500nm silicon wafers for the purpose of verification and experience. What challenges does semiconductor manufacture f...
By Robin Mitchell | 14-08-2023
Recently, Flip Electronics completed its acquisition of Resurgent Semiconductor, which provides obsolete semiconductor manufacturing IP acquisition and manufacturing services for end-of-life semiconductor components. In an exclusive interview, Electropages tal...
By Robin Mitchell | 17-07-2023
Recently, the Netherlands announced new rules that will restrict exports involved with semiconductor manufacturing equipment, such as those produced by ASML, after increasing pressure from the US. Why is the Netherlands so important to global semiconductor man...
By Robin Mitchell | 06-07-2023
As the West continues to tighten controls over exports of semiconductors, China has just fired a broadside attack with its introduction of export controls over Gallium and Germanium, two critical rare-earth metals used to manufacture semiconductors. These are...
By Robin Mitchell | 05-07-2023
While SoCs and SoMs have been praised by the engineering community, they do introduce several challenges. Why have SoCs and SoMs become so popular, what challenges do they introduce, and how could engineers work around these issues? Why have SoCs and SoMs beco...
By Robin Mitchell | 04-07-2023
Semiconductors, the tiny chips that power our modern world, have become a major point of contention in international trade disputes. These chips are critical components in everything from smartphones and computers to cars and military equipment. As such, they...
By Robin Mitchell | 28-06-2023
Times are exciting for Samsung as it gets ready to demonstrate its latest breakthroughs in 3nm and 4nm technologies in June. What challenges does shrinking transistors present, what can be expected from Samsung’s new nodes, and does this mean that Moore’s Law...
By Robin Mitchell | 30-05-2023
As the world's semiconductor supply slowly stabilises after the COVID-19 pandemic, countries around the world continue to invest in local foundries to try and prevent future supply chain challenges. Now, the EU has announced that it will be piloting a new moni...
By Robin Mitchell | 24-05-2023
For the past thirty years, chipmakers that have consistently supported automotive companies with supplies of semiconductor devices were considered somewhat unfairly as the pedestrians of the global chip-making community. During that time, it was fair to say th...
By Paul Whytock | 09-05-2023
As the West continues to tighten restrictions against China’s access to semiconductors, China has started to fight back with the development of its own semiconductor tools, launching probes into Western facilities like Micron Technology located in China and ev...
By Robin Mitchell | 11-04-2023
Professor Zetian Mi's research group demonstrated the feasibility of a reconfigurable ScAlN/AlGaN/GaN ferroelectric HEMT transistor, which holds significant promise for the advancement of communication and computing systems in the future. Graduate student Min...
By Liam Critchley | 30-03-2023
Recently, semiconductor manufacturers like Intel have been facing significant challenges in shrinking transistors to the 1nm node due to quantum effects like quantum tunnelling, which violates the laws of physics. To overcome this, companies are investing heav...
By Robin Mitchell | 15-03-2023
The Tiny Tapeout project, which provides an opportunity for individuals to create custom semiconductor chips, is preparing for its third wave of chip fabrication, Tapeout 3. With 198 slots already filled up, only 49 slots are left for those interested in desig...
By Robin Mitchell | 13-03-2023
Recently, Scott White, CEO of Pragmatic, has publicly stated that the UK semiconductor industry requires hundreds of millions, if not billions, in investment for R&D and defence to prevent firms from going abroad due to the vulnerability caused by the glob...
By Robin Mitchell | 09-03-2023