They’re in our phones, cars, planes, and even fridges. Semiconductor chips have become critical for the modern way of life, and the biggest semiconductor foundry companies rake in billions of dollars from widespread demand. Visual Capitalist’s Marcus Lu and Pallavi Rao show in the following chart, the largest semiconductor foundry companies by their percentage of […]
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These Are The World’s Largest Semiconductor Foundry Companies By Revenue
Taiwan pushes back, won’t let US destroy semiconductor factories to prevent them from falling into Chinese hands
(NaturalNews) (Natural News) The Taiwanese government is resisting what is quickly coming into favor among a growing number of American leaders and diplomats: The destruction of the island’s highly advanced semi-conductor plants, in order to avoid having them fall into the hands of invading Chinese forces.”Taiwan’s defense minister on Monday pushed … [Read More…] Source Views: […]
US Picks Team to Oversee $52.7 Billion in Semiconductor Funding
WASHINGTON—The Biden administration on Tuesday named a team of senior advisers to oversee $52.7 billion in government funding to boost semiconductor manufacturing and research. Commerce Department chief economist Aaron “Ronnie” Chatterji will serve as White House Coordinator for CHIPS Implementation at the National Economic Council (NEC) and will manage the work of the CHIPS Implementation […]
Trump blocked Chinese acqusition of Lattice Semiconductor on national security grounds
nsnbc : U.S. President Donald Trump, on Wednesday, blocked the Chinese government-financed firm Canyon Bridge Capital Partners from acquiring the Oregon based Lattice Semiconductor. […]
Team develops ‘electronic plants’
Augmenting plants with electronic functionality would make it possible to combine electric signals with the plant’s own chemical processes. Credit: Laboratory of Organic Electronics Researchers at Linköping University in Sweden have created analog and digital electronics circuits inside living plants. The group at the Laboratory of Organic Electronics (LOE), under the leadership of Professor Magnus […]
Broadway’s ‘The Lion King’ pushes into virtual reality
This image released by Disney Theatrical Productions shows Jelany Remy as Simba in the Broadway musical “The Lion King. The Disney stage blockbuster on Wednesday, Nov. 18, 2015, released 360-degree footage of its opening song “Circle of Life” that lets users look left, right, up, backstage and at the audience even when sitting on a […]