Electronics production in the major developed countries has been showing slow growth or declines in 2024. United States electronics production three-month-average change versus a year ago (3/12 change) was 0.4% in July 2024, the slowest since the pandemic year of 2020. Growth has been slowing since averaging 6.5% in 2022 and… Read More
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Asia Driving Electronics Growth
2024 TSMC Technical Talk
09:00 am – 10:30 am CST (UTC+8), Thursday, August 1
Meet the Industry Experts from TSMC Organizations
- Get an inside look on the world’s largest semiconductor foundry
- Have a chance to raise your questions
As one of the world’s leading semiconductor companies, TSMC is at the forefront of innovation and development in this
SEMICON Taiwan 2024
The Premier Microelectronics Event
This year, SEMICON Taiwan has achieved a record scale with more than 1,000 exhibitors across 3,600 booths. Themed ‘Breaking Limits: Powering the AI Era‘, the event showcases how members of the semiconductor community collaborate to drive the unstoppable wave of AI.
The event
The China Syndrome- The Meltdown Starts- Trump Trounces Taiwan- Chips Clipped
- The chip industry got a double tap of both China & Taiwan concerns
- Bloomberg reported the potential for draconian China chip restrictions
- Trump threw Taiwan under the bus demanding “protection money”
- Over-inflated chip stocks had a “rapid unscheduled disassembly”
US looking to further restrict
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Welcome Message
On behalf of the DVCon Taiwan 2024 steering committee, it is my honor to welcome you all to the second edition of the Design and Verification Conference in Taiwan.
The 1st DVCon has been held successfully in 2023. DVCon Taiwan 2024 will be held at Amazing Hall, with RISC-V Taipei Day on September 10-11. Registration… Read More
Verisium SimAI: Coverage Gaps Meet Their Match
Every project has some areas that seem impossible to cover. Various factors can cause these nearly impossible-to-hit coverage gaps, including technical complexity, lack of resources, and shifting requirements. In constrained random environments, simply running more random seeds may not always address these coverage gaps… Read More
Intel should be the Free World’s Plan A Not Plan B, and we need the US Government to step in
There are trillions of dollars at stake with AI and huge geopolitical consequences. However, the weak foundation to American technological power is their dependence on Taiwan and TSMC, which is where most advanced silicon is manufactured. America has also been taking China to the ropes lately in their economic/technology proxy… Read More
How Philips Saved TSMC
TSMC and Philips have deep historical ties. In fact, TSMC may not have existed without Philips. In the 1980s TSMC was established as a joint venture with Philips Electronics, the government of Taiwan, and other private investors. Several semiconductor companies were approached by Morris Chang for funding including semiconductor… Read More
Semiconductor China Syndrome Meltdown and Mayhem
-Commerce Dept drops a 100 page nuke on the Semi industry
-Many words but not a lot of clarity on exact impact
-Implementation & interpretation will be key to quantify impact
-It’s all bad, just a question of how bad
China is the industry’s biggest customer
We all know that China uses most of the world’s semiconductors… Read More