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TSMC confirms plans to make top-end chips in US 

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co (TSMC, 台積電) founder Morris Chang (張忠謀) yesterday confirmed that the company plans to produce its most advanced 3-nanometer chips in the US as part of the company’s phase 2 plan at its plant in Phoenix, Arizona.The 91-year-old entrepreneur, who has been appointed as Taiwan’s envoy to APEC six times, yesterday morning […]

EASii IC announces first silicon for its DVB-S2X satellite Modem ASIC

EASii IC announces its satellite modem ASIC, EZID211 also known as Oxford-2. The Oxford-2 is aimed at the earth-segment satellite communication market. Targeted applications include: internet via satellite user terminals covering GEO, MEO and LEO constellations, aero-mobile, earth observation, cellular backhaul, IP trunking, IOT and many other applications. The Oxford-2 is compliant with the DVB-S2 […]

The cost of America’s ban on Chinese chips 

The advice “dig two graves, before you set out” applies to anyone bent on revenge. An old aphorism is hardly going to divert the US from its mission to restrict Chinese access to its world-beating technology, slowing the progress of its rival towards self-sufficiency in high-performance chips.However, American policymakers are unlikely to have fully appreciated […]

Raytheon upgrades LTAMDS missile-defense radar to handle hypersonic munitions threats 

REDSTONE ARSENAL, Ala. – Missile defense experts at Raytheon Technologies Corp. will carry out upgrades and technology insertion to a new radar system to help defeat quickly evolving missile threats such as hypersonic weapons. Officials of the U.S. army Contracting Command at Redstone Arsenal, Ala., announced a $122 million three-year contract Tuesday to the Raytheon […]

Arrow Electronics Reports Third-Quarter 2022 Results

CENTENNIAL, Colo.–(BUSINESS WIRE)– Arrow Electronics, Inc. (NYSE:ARW) today reported third-quarter 2022 sales of $9.27 billion, an increase of 9 percent year over year, and an increase of 14 percent year over year on a constant currency basis1. Third-quarter net income was $342 million, or $5.27 per share on a diluted basis, compared with net income […]

A majority of electronics executives polled expect recession

Most electronics manufacturing industry executives see a recession as inevitable, according to electronics trade group IPC. That echoes sentiments by analysts who presented at the ECIA Executive Conference in late October.“ There’s a 60 to 70 percent chance of a U.S. recession,” said Cliff Waldman, CEO of New World Economics LLC, at the conference.  Recession […]

A Stumbling Ford Junks a Business

Ford Motor Co. (NYSE: F) announced lackluster results for the most recent quarter. Revenue rose 10% to $39.5 billion. Its market share stayed flat at 4.9%. Perhaps that is what Ford considers progress. Ford’s management, unfortunately, guided toward the low end of previous forecasts. Pretax profits will be between $11.5 billion and $12. 5 billion […]

U.S. Suppliers Halt Operations at Top Chinese Memory Chip Maker 

China’s memory-chip industry is already facing a shortage of U.S. parts and labor. The Wall Street Journal reports that some of America’s leading chip-equipment manufacturers are pulling workers from China’s largest chip maker because of new restrictions on semiconductor exports. Source: U.S. Suppliers Halt Operations at Top Chinese Memory Chip Maker | SupplyChainBrain

US chip ban most punitive move yet against China

When Nancy Pelosi traveled to Taiwan in August, it made front-page news around the world and raised the specter of all-out war between the US and China. Early in October, the Biden administration made a far more decisive move against China – but it barely made the news in Australia. Biden decided to unequivocally sever […]

U.S. Chip Sanctions ‘Put Temporary Checkmate on China’ 

Based on the Cold War-era Wassenaar Arrangement, including more than 40 nations, the latest U.S. regulations ban exports of Nvidia and AMD GPUs destined for supercomputers in China, as well as sales of chipmaking tools and design software. Brett Simpson (Source: Arete Research) For now, the U.S. export rules have probably stymied the advancement of […]

Why Automakers Remain in a Chip Shortage

Amidst reports of semiconductor inventories building in the supply chain, the automotive industry remains hampered by the chip shortage. Carmakers’ demand for electronics continues to skyrocket, according to McKinsey & Co., but the auto industry’s reliance on 90 nanometer chips will keep supply and demand out of balance for some time. Most future automotive-wafer demand […]

Update: Leonardo flies first production standard AW609 tiltrotor

Leonardo has flown a production standard AW609 tiltrotor for the first time, the company announced on 19 November. The milestone took place on 13 October at the company’s Philadelphia production facility in the US, and saw aircraft AC5 perform an initial in-flight evaluation of its systems and general handling. As noted by Leonardo, AC5 will […]