Silicon photonics has long been an almost-there technology. Holding it back is a shortage of software tools that allow silicon photonics to be designed the same way as traditional integrated circuits. Today, building silicon photonics is a slow...
Last month, Gary Dickerson, chief executive officer of Applied Materials and former chief operating officer of KLA-Tencor, admitted that some customers were holding off spending to find out whether they needed more chip production to meet...
Last week, Apple announced that its latest line of smartphones would contain a 6.9 billion-transistor chip based on 7-nanometer manufacturing technology, the most advanced process available. But the performance of the new processor, the A12...
Renesas Electronics announced on Tuesday it would buy Integrated Device Technology for $6.7 billion, looking to supply more comprehensive batches of automotive chips. The company said that the deal would give it radio frequency, interconnect...
Here are five keys areas of supply chain risk that could impact buyers this year and into 2019. Is your company ready to manage these potential issues?
A slew of new initiatives points to a supply chain industry that’s very interested in leveraging blockchain to work smarter, better, and more securely.
No one knows what it will take to build the autonomous car of the future. But almost everyone knows that it will require many cameras, radar and other sensors to enable the vehicle to pinpoint its location and enormous computing power to make...
Micron Technology has been walking a tightrope over the last year. Demand for short-term memory and long-term storage used in personal computers, smartphones and data centers has outstripped supply, pushing up prices. Micron and other major...
