Samsung saw Q2 semiconductor profit fall 56% y-o-y and 31% q-o-q to $3.34 billion. Continued losses in the foundry business, delays in delivering HBM, weak NAND prices and US restrictions on sales to China all contributed to the fall. Operating margin was 4.4% its lowest in 15 years. It is estimated that Samsung lost around $3 billion in its foundry ...

May chip sales were up 19.8% y-o-y at $59 billion compared to the $49.2 billion of May 2024 and up 3.5% on the $57 billion of April 2025, says the SIA. “Global semiconductor sales remained strong in May, edging above the previous month’s total and remaining well ahead of sales from the same month last year,” said SIA CEaom John ...

Automotive camera module revenue reached almost $6 billion in 2024 and is forecast to climb to $8.7 billion by 2030, reflecting a 6.6% CAGR, says Yole, volume growth is even steeper, with shipments set to rise to more than 400 million units over the same period with an 8.1% CAGR. Smart front ADAS cameras remain the highest-value segment, while satellite ...

A European Electronic Communications (EEC) committee has approved the new Low Power Device-to-Satellite (LPD-S) regulatory framework. The draft decision follows a multi-year initiative by the LoRa Alliance to formalise this LPD-S category. Basically, it formally defines the conditions that low power devices communicating with satellites will need to fulfil. This is for connecting directly to satellites without the need for ...

UNTIL now the piezomagnetic transducer has offered a much higher efficiency than the piezoelectric in most applications. So, 65 years ago, started a story in Electronics Weekly’s edition if October 19 1960 The story continues: The recent announcement by Bell Telephone Laboratories of materials with up to four times as great an activity as quartz may well mean a much ...

Anglia Components has signed a franchise agreement with Winslow Adaptics, the UK-based designer and manufacturer of IC sockets, adapters and semiconductor hardware. The product range includes fully customised adapters for obsolescence management, test and development tools and many industry-standard interconnect devices. “Winslow are leaders in their field,” says Anglia’s technical director David Pearson, “they have achieved this position by being ...

Garden gadgets usually prove popular on the blog, so I hope this is no exception: the Legs Day Project. The big idea is to not leave plants stuck in one place, but let them find their own sunshine!

James Eisenhaure has become CFO of Californian CEM Naprotek, having been interim CFO since earlier this year. “During his interim tenure, Eisenhaure played a key role in leading the company through the closeout of its FY2024 financial audit,” according to the company. “His leadership and collaboration across teams ensured a smooth and timely process.” Prior to this he has has leadership ...

With USB Power Delivery in mind, EPC has designed a 180W GaN dc-dc converter evaluation board. Its two-phase power section occupies only 24 x 24mm, using both sides of the board and ignoring input and output bulk capacitors. Called EPC91109 and intended to implement USB-PD 3.1, it delivers 12, 16 or 20V from an input range of 20 to 36V. ...

It always looked inevitable that the semiconductor industry would end up having one leading edge logic fab.  The problem is if you don’t make money from one generation you haven’t got enough money to invest in a fab for the next generation, which is why so many companies have become fabless over time. Back in the 1980s companies like IDT, ...