Market Insights - Q4 2023 - New Design - Flipbook - Page 16
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Samsung
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Samsung is intensifying its research and development efforts in the 2-nanometer fabrication space, aiming to challenge
TSMC's dominance in the semiconductor foundry market by emphasizing cutting-edge technology; some speculate
Samsung might bypass extensive 3-nanometer production and leap into 2-nanometer fabrication directly.
Samsung is set to expand its semiconductor chip factory in Taylor, Texas, with the addition of a new building, "Samsung
Fabrication Plant 2," as part of its broader plan to boost chip production capacity.
Siemens
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Intel and Siemens have entered a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to collaborate on enhancing the digitalization
and sustainability of microelectronics manufacturing, focusing on areas like energy management optimization, carbon
footprint reduction, and utilizing "digital twins" for complex manufacturing facilities.
Siemens plans to invest more than $500 million in U.S. manufacturing for critical infrastructure in 2023, with a new $150
million investment in a high-tech manufacturing plant in Dallas-Fort Worth to support American data centres and
accelerate the adoption of artificial intelligence (AI), creating around 1,700 jobs in total.
Mouser Electronics has entered into a distribution agreement with Siemens, a global leader in industrial automation,
expanding its product offerings to include Siemens' industrial automation solutions such as networking devices, humanmachine interface (HMI) solutions, circuit protection, and power supplies.
ST Microelectronics
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STMicroelectronics, a global automotive semiconductor leader, emphasizes its commitment to sustainability and carbon
neutrality, anticipating it will be a key factor for customers in selecting suppliers for their supply chain, giving ST an
advantage in the industry.
STMicroelectronics has been ordered by a jury in West Texas to pay Purdue University $32.5 million in damages for
infringing a patent related to transistor technology, with the jury finding that ST's silicon carbide metal oxide
semiconductor field effect transistors (MOSFETs) used in electric-vehicle chargers and other products violated Purdue's
patent rights.
Toshiba
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Toshiba and Rohm have announced plans to collaborate on the power semiconductor business and invest a combined
388.3 billion yen ($3.37 billion) to expand production, with the Japanese Ministry of Economy, Trade, and Industry
providing subsidies of up to 129.4 billion yen.
Toshiba has launched the "TLP3475W," a photorelay in a small, thin WSON4 package designed for high-frequency signal
switches in semiconductor testers, reducing insertion loss and suppressing power attenuation in high-frequency signals.
Texas Instruments
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Texas Instruments (TI) has broken ground on its new 300-mm semiconductor wafer fabrication plant (fab) in Lehi, Utah,
LFAB2, marking the largest economic investment in Utah's history at $11 billion.
The company reported a 14% YoY decline in third-quarter revenue to $4.5 billion, with the Analog segment down 16%,
while Embedded Processing grew 8%, and the "Other" segment fell 32%. Despite ongoing macroeconomic challenges, TI
plans to maintain its capex budget at around $5 billion per year for the next three years to support manufacturing
expansion efforts, which are expected to provide geopolitically dependable capacity and facilitate growth in
semiconductor content.
Vishay
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Vishay Intertechnology has acquired the Newport Wafer Fab from Nexperia for $177 million in cash, following the UK
government's blocking of Nexperia's sale; Newport Wafer Fab is the largest semiconductor manufacturing site in the UK,
primarily supplying automotive markets.
Vishay has released the R3T2FPHM3, an industry-first standard rectifier and transient voltage suppressor (TVS) two-in-one
device designed for automotive applications, featuring a 3 A, 600 V standard rectifier and a 200 W TRANSZORB TVS in a
compact FlatPAK 5 x 6 package.
Vishay has acquired Newport Wafer Fab for $177 million in cash, securing its ownership after discussions with Nexperia,
owned by Chinese company Wingtech. Vishay plans to establish a SiC line to produce Trench MOSFETs and diodes at
Newport Wafer Fab
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