Nexperia took a big step in March, moving from its established business of discrete logic and transistors to power management ICs. A new design centre in Dallas, its first in North America, taps a pool of established power and analog designers. The Chinese-owned company says it is not competing…

Synopsys has teamed with Microsoft to launch a pay-as-you-go cloud platform that it says has all the tools needed for chip design. The cloud-optimized electronic design automation (EDA) deployment model provides the Synopsys design and verification tools with pre-optimized infrastructure on Microsoft Azure. The pre-configured tool flow helps to address…

Japanese printing conglomerate Toppan is spinning out its semiconductor photomask business into a joint venture prior to a stock market listing Toppan Photomask has been set up with Japanese private equity firm Integral as an investment partner, and says it is the only mask maker with sites in Europe, the…

荷兰芯片设计师诺伊（Nowi）推出了其最新的能源收获电源管理芯片（PMIC），并具有更多的自动化功能和集成。NH16D3045硅藻是一种无电感设计，具有集成的电源管理功能，可降低所需的实施成本和面积。4x4mm设备的功率输入范围从…