Revue de la semaine de l'industrie des puces

Revue de la semaine de l'industrie des puces

Horodatage: 5 janvier 2024 3:02 AM
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By Susan Rambo, Jesse Allen, and Liz Allan

Les É.-U. government will provide about $162 million in federal incentives, under the CHIPS and Science Act, to help Puce onshore its chaîne d'approvisionnement des semi-conducteurs. The move is aimed at securing a reliable domestic supply of MCUs and mature-node chips. “Today’s announcement will help propel semiconductor manufacturing projects in Colorado and Oregon, and reinforce America’s chip supply chains for critical automotive, medical, aerospace, and defense technologies, among other applications,” a affirmé Valérie Plante. John Neuffer, Association de l'industrie des semi-conducteurs (SIA) Président et CEO.

Five chip companies — Robert Bosch, Infineon, Nordic Semiconductor, NXPet la Qualcomm — joined forces to create a new company Quintauris. The stated goal is to develop and commercialize RISC-V-based hardware, provide reference architectures, and help establish solutions that can be widely used across various industries. While the initial focus will be automotive, the companies plan to expand into mobile and IoT, as well.

X-FAB a acquise M-MOS Semiconductor, a fabless company specializing in the development of MOSFET technologies and the design of custom MOSFET devices, for €22.5 million (~$24.7 million). X‑FAB anticipates the acquisition will accelerate development of its power discrete business.

Global semiconductor capacity will reach 30 million wafers per month in 2024, a nouvel enregistrement, up 5.5% from 2023, according to SEMI.

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Rapport spécial: Investments are booming as countries and companies vie for supply chain security and technology leadership. Here’s a look at 130 fab and facility investments in the chip industry.

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Conception et puissance
Fabrication et tests
Automobile et batteries
Sécurité
Informatique omniprésente et IA
Rapports détaillés
Personnes
Événements

Conception et puissance

Rambus annoncé availability of its Gen4 DDR5 Registering Clock Driver (RCD), which boosts the data rate to 7200 MT/s to support generative AI and other advanced data center workloads.

Le traitement de la demande de Programme de visas H-1B is poised for a shakeup due to a critical talent shortage and the need to keep highly qualified engineers in the country, especially after they graduate from U.S. universities.

Astrobotique à effet de levier Ansys’ multiphysics and digital mission engineering (DME) solutions to prepare for a lunar mission by predicting many categories of the spacecraft’s performance indicators, from plotting the orbital trajectory to analyzing communication system performance.

Georgia Tech researchers created the world’s first functional semiconductor made from graphène, a single sheet of carbon atoms held together by the strongest bonds known.

DARPA essaie de identifier under-explored approaches to quantum computing that could accelerate the timetable for utility-scale operation, where the computational value exceeds its cost. Microsoft ainsi que le PsiQuantique have been selected to move forward in the program and will design fault-tolerant smaller-scale quantum computer prototypes based on topological qubits and silicon-based photonics, respectively.

Fabrication et tests

The magnitude 7.5 Noto Peninsula earthquake in Japan has not stopped production in the semiconductor industry, but it did temporarily halt manufacturing at TAIYO YUDEN, Shin Etsu, Wafers mondiaux, Toshibaet la TPSCo, according to TrendForce. Avantage rapporté pas d'issueset la Toshiba fournira une Mise à jour.

Bruker dit que ça va acquérir Mise au point de phase, a privately held company with expertise in imaging and image processing algorithms.

Les Néerlandais government’s mandate that ASML stop shipping its NXT:2050i and NXT:2100i lithography systems to Chinois customers, has been partially revoked. ASML said the export control would affect only a small number of customers in China, and that it did not expect the export controls to have a material impact in 2023.

To remain competitive with foreign salaries, the Asia-based semiconductor industry is increasing starting pay rates. ’Électron de Tokyo augmentera the starting salaries of new hires by about 40%, according to Nikkei Asia. TSMC, meanwhile, offered starting salaries in 2022 that were 40% higher than the local average, and will offer larger starting salaries at its new plant in Kikuyo, Kumamoto Prefecture, which may boost salaries across the board, according to the JapanTimes.

D'Israël government will provide a Subvention de 3.2 milliards de dollars to help pay for the $25 billion chip plant Intel is building in southern Israel.

UMC Notre expertise an AAA certification for IP management from Taïwan’s Industrial Development Administration of the Ministry of Economic Affairs. The certification is given to companies that show continuous efforts on managing and optimizing IP.

Le traitement de la demande de Institut national de l'innovation et de la technologie lancé the national Semiconductor and Advanced Manufacturing Technician Apprenticeship Program (SAM-TAP) as part of the U.S. Department of Labor’s mission to create Registered Apprenticeships (RAs) for the semiconductor and nanotechnology-related industries.

Automobile et batteries

Twelve companies, including Renesas, Cadence, Synopsys, Honda, Mazdaet la Nissan, établies the Advanced SoC Research for Automotive (ASRA) network to research and develop high-performance digital ICs for automotive. The plan is to have these chips in mass production from 2030 onward.

A huge number of startups are attempting to jump start new technologies in the automotive sector in what has become a highly competitive and global race. Investors are funneling large sums of money for everything from lidar to power semiconductors.

Changes to the federal Crédit d'impôt EV took effect on January 1. Topping out at $7,500, the credit will exclude certain EVs that contain components or critical minerals from “foreign entities of concern” (FEOC). Some buyers will be able to access the credit right after purchasing an eligible vehicle.

Ansys sensors will be accessible dans les NVIDIA‘s scenario-based AV simulator, allowing users to access to high-fidelity sensor simulation outputs for the training and validation of perception ADAS/AV systems.

Airbus ainsi que le BMW lancé the Quantum Mobility Quest global computing challenge “to tackle the most pressing challenges in aviation and automotive that have remained insurmountable for classical computers.”

Rivian is rappel some 2022 R1T and R1S vehicles because the accelerator pedal may not detect when the driver releases the pedal, which can result in unintended vehicle movement of the vehicle. Rivian has released an over-the-air software update, and will replace the accelerator pedals for free.

Croatian EV company Rimac, which makes the Nevera electric hypercar and co-owns Bugatti, plans to produce a fleet of taxis autonomes by 2026, reports Forbes.

LeddarTech, which develops AI-based low-level sensor fusion and perception software for assisted and autonomous driving, is now a public company. It will trade as LDTC on the NASDAQ.

In what may truly be the first smartphone on wheels, China’s Xiaomi lancé its SU7 EV, which it claims will accelerate faster than Porsche’s Taycan and Tesla’s Model S, reports CNBC. The car is integrated with Xiaomi’s smartphone and internet-connected home appliances, but also will be compatible with the iPhone, iPad, CarPlay, and AirPlay.

Pendant ce temps, BYD surpassé Tesla’s production for a second straight year with more than 3 million vehicles, and Nio dévoilé its ET9 executive sedan to take on Mercedes‘s Maybach and Porsche‘s Panamera, featuring self-designed autonomous driving semiconductors, 900-volt electric drive for fast charging, and large cylindrical battery cells, according to Reuters. It is expected to start delivery in Q1 2025.

Hyundai filed a patent for a foldable batterie entièrement solide with the United States Patent and Trademark Office, reports the Korean Car Blog.

Yamaha created a new company, ENYRING, Qui prévoit piles échangeables for compact urban EVs, such as e-bikes. The goal is to create a closed loop, in which recycled materials are used as resources for creating new products.

EV prix des batteries dropped in December, but are expected to stabilize by Q2 2024, reports TrendForce. Also, the global sales volume of neighborhood EVs (NEVs) was estimated to reach about 12.8 million units in 2023, with China expected to have a 60% market share, 22% in Western Europe, 11% in the U.S., and 6% in other regions.

Sécurité

MITRE Ingéniosité completed a pilot program to address the need for cybersecurity risk mitigation across the mobile digital financial services (mDFS) ecosystem. The team created a cyber risk model to help direct the fintech industry and government toward solutions-oriented investments.

Fig. 1: A two-lens approach to security. Source: Mitre Engenuity

With encryption at risk in the post-quantum world, FPGA are increasingly vulnerable. The solution requires both traditional and novel defenses.

A proposed augmented security module (ASM) provides security services for IoT devices within the same network, requiring minimal device modifications, according to researchers at Université Kyung Hee ainsi que le Oregon State University.

A self-adaptive striped-function logic locking method named SFLL-AD was proposed by researchers at Université du Zhejiang.

Université technologique de Nanyang (NTU) researchers used a twofold method for jailbreaking large language models (LLMs). First, they reverse-engineered how LLMs detect and defend themselves from malicious queries, and then they taught an LLM to automatically learn and produce prompts that bypass the defenses of other LLMs.

L'Agence de cybersécurité et de sécurité des infrastructures (CISA) émis various alerts, including advisories about a Bleichenbacher style attack on Mitsubishi’s factory automation products, and a buffer overflow attack on Rockwell’s Automation FactoryTalk Activation Manager.

Informatique omniprésente et IA

NXP ainsi que le MicroEJ associés to offer software containers with standard APIs, enabling portability of RTOS-based MCUs and Linux-based processors in industrial and edge environments.

Qualcomm a fait ses débuts a single-chip architecture for mixed reality and virtual reality, with 4.3K resolution.

Intel ainsi que le Pont numérique formé Articul8 IA, an independent company offering a full-stack, vertically-optimized, and secure generative AI software platform that keeps customer data, training, and inference within the enterprise security perimeter.

Google DeepMind introduced AutoRT, a system that can collect more experiential training data, as well as more diverse data, to speed up robotic learning and prepare them for the real world.

L'Université de Stanford researchers showed how the Mobile ALOHA système robotique can autonomously complete complex mobile manipulation tasks such as sauteing a piece of shrimp, opening a two-door wall cabinet, calling and entering an elevator, and rinsing a used pan.

Global smartphone haut de gamme sales likely grew 6% year-over-year in 2023 to hit a new record, according to Counterpoint. Premium phones have a value of more than $600, and the segment is expected to capture almost a quarter of global smartphone market sales and 60% of the revenues in 2023. The overall smartphone market, meanwhile, is expected to show a decline.

Global cellular IoT module shipments dropped 2% in Q3 2023, compared to the same period in 2022, and full-year shipments are expected to decline by 5%, according to Counterpoint. The top five applications – smart meters, automotive, POS, router/CPE, and telematics – accounted for more than 60% of total shipments. Meanwhile, the 5G market’s share in the global cellular IoT module market crossed 5% for the first time, with early adoption showing in the router/CPE, PC, and automotive markets.

Global TV shipments were expected to fall by 2.3% in 2023, adversely impacted by inflation, reports TrendForce, while the shipment of LCD panels is projected to hit around 242 million units in 2024, a growth rate of about 3.4%.

Oxford University researchers set out a new principle to explain how the brain adjusts connections between neurons during learning, with the potential to inspire faster and more robust learning algorithms in AI.

Des chercheurs du laboratoire d'informatique et d'intelligence artificielle du MIT (MIT-CSAIL) developed an approach that uses Modèles AI to conduct experiments on other systems and explain their behavior. “Central to this strategy is the automated interpretability agent (AIA), designed to mimic a scientist’s experimental processes.”

Rapports détaillés

More new stories by the Semiconductor Engineering editorial team:

  • Discussion d'experts : Voltage droop in analog and mixed-signal designs, and the need for multi-vendor tool interoperability and more precision.
  • Expert discussion: What’s changing in La technologie du capteur et pourquoi.

Personnes

Sassine Ghazi a succédé en tant que PDG of Synopsys, posting a letter to stakeholders.

Aspinité, a developer of analog machine learning chips for always-on edge processing, nommé Richard Hegberg as its new CEO. Previous CEO and co-founder Tom Doyle will take up the role of COO.

Événements

Trouver l'industrie des puces à venir événements ici, comprenant:

événement Date Localisation
ISS 2024 : Symposium sur la stratégie industrielle Janv.7 - 10 Half Moon Bay, Californie
CES 2024 : électronique grand public Janv.9 - 12 Las Vegas, NV
Monde automobile : Salon des technologies automobiles avancées Janv.24 - 26 Tokyo, Japon
Vitesse, protocole et sécurité : nouveaux défis pour les réseaux automobiles Jan 24 Novi, MI
SPIE Photonics Ouest Jan 27 - Février 1 San Francisco, CA
DesignCon 2024 Jan 30 - Février 1 Santa Clara, CA
Sommet des Chiplets 6 - 8 février Santa Clara, CA
L'essor de l'informatique photonique 7 - 8 février San José, CA
Symposium sur l'emballage au niveau des plaquettes 13 - 15 février Hyatt Regency San Francisco Aéroport
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