According to Chinese media outlet ITHome, Chinese EDA firm Empyrean Technology has announced it will no longer proceed with its planned acquisition of Xpeedic, citing a failure to reach agreement on key terms. The report notes that on July 9, the company issued a statement confirming the termination...

As TSMC accelerates its U.S. expansion with progress on its third Arizona fab, it still has to ship cutting-edge chips—like those for NVIDIA—back to Taiwan for advanced packaging. But that’s set to change. According to MoneyDJ, the foundry giant plans to break ground on two advanced packaging ...

On July 8, Cadence officially announced via its WeChat account that the U.S.-based company has recently decided to expand its collaboration with Samsung Foundry. The two parties have signed a new multi-year IP agreement to extend the deployment of Cadence® memory and interface IP solutions on Samsu...

BelGaN’s GaN power semiconductor plant in Belgium was shut down last year. According to a report from eeNews Europe, three consortia are reportedly interested in acquiring the facility, primarily for photonics applications. The report also notes that the plant had previously focused on automotive ...

Apple COO Jeff Williams will step down from his position this month and fully retire later this year, the company announced Tuesday, according to Bloomberg. Williams was once viewed as a likely successor to CEO Tim Cook. With his planned departure, attention has now shifted to John Ternus, Apple’s...