Infineon and Wolfspeed have expanded and extended their existing long-term 150mm SiC wafer** agreement, which includes a multi-year capacity reservation agreement. The agreement increases the stability of Infineon's chain to meet the growing demand for SiC power ICs, which are widely used in various markets such as automotive and energy. Infineon has also extended its long-term agreement with Globalfoundries for 40nm capacity by 2030 to ensure the growth of its automotive microcontroller business. Intel opened Fab 9 in New Mexico as part of Intel's $3.5 billion investment in New Mexico. The new facility will focus on the production of chipset-based 3D-ICs with Intel's FoverOS stacking technology. Inficon, a company that develops IC smart manufacturing software, acquires all of Fabtime, a niche provider of cycle time management software. Infineon announced that its Innovation Application Center in collaboration with Anker Innovations has been commissioned in Shenzhen, China, and is dedicated to power transfer fast charging. The lab focuses on a range of consumer applications, leveraging Infineon's expertise in wide bandgap materials such as gallium nitride (GaN). Infineon also announced a partnership with Shenzhen Xingyi Electric Co) to provide 1,200V Coolsic MOSFET power semiconductor devices as part of a partnership to improve the efficiency of energy storage systems. Taiwan's Academia Sinica has developed and launched a 5-bit superconducting quantum computer. It represents a 99-degree fidelity of the qubit logic gate9%。Phison adopted Cadence's GenAI-based Cerebrus Intelligent Chip Explorer and RTL-to-GDS flow to optimize its new 12nm NAND controller IC. Phison reportedly reduced power consumption by 35 and area by 3 in a design containing millions of blocks of flash controllers. UMC and Intel will collaborate to develop a 12nm semiconductor process platform to address high-growth markets such as mobile, communications infrastructure and networking. Renesas has introduced a quad-channel** decoder for automotive cameras, and the company says it will enable low-cost panoramic views and multi-camera applications. Keysight's RFPRO electromagnetic** software has been certified for 8nm low-power PLUS (LLP) RF process technology from Samsung Fab. The Bioland laboratory in Guangzhou has successfully developed its own penetrating electron microscope, known as TH-F120. This breakthrough marks that China will no longer rely on overseas procurement of this key equipment, and is an important step forward for the semiconductor industry to become self-reliant. Transmissive electron microscopy enables scientists to examine semiconductor materials at the atomic level, gaining insight into their structure and composition. It is equipped with an electron gun capable of producing a brighter and more stable light source than foreign-made TEMs. -end-
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