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Electric Vehicle Technologies Webinar: An in-depth analysis from the market to the semiconductor

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Webinar: The Power Revolution - Innovation and IP in Power Management Technologies

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Apple Homepod Mini Teardown

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Qualcomm extends their mmWave leadership position

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Samsung D1z LPDDR5 DRAM with EUV Lithography (EUVL) - Memory Blog

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World’s First 1 Gb 28 nm STT-MRAM Product - by Everspin

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KIOXIA’s new XL-FLASH for ultra-low latency NAND application

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Advanced 1 Gb 28 nm STT-MRAM products from Everspin Technologies

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GaN USB-C Charger Market Heating Up in 2021

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February 03, 2021 Logic Disruptive Technology Download the brief Qualcomm Snapdragon 888 in the Xiaomi Mi 11 brings a new 5 nm entrant to market With their release of the Snapdragon 888, Qualcomm finds itself in competition with other 5 nm offerings

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Webinar: An Examination of the Technical and Financial Implications of the Apple iPhone 12

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Webinar: ALD/ALE Process in Commercially Available Memory Devices

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Webinar: Space, Power, BEAMs – Shorten the trek to gain the edge in 5G chip design and manufacturing

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23Sep

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14Sep

Webinar: ALD/ALE Process in Commercially Available Logic Devices

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26Aug

60 years of the Semiconductor industry and its changing patent strategy

Contributed by: Arabinda Das Today the semiconductor industry is a behemoth whose annual sales revenue crosses US $400 Billion. Over its 60 years of existence, this mature industry has experimented with various models like integrated device

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Apple iPhone 11 Pro Teardowns Look Encouraging for STMicro and Sony

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