60 PCB007 MAGAZINE I MARCH 2022
ELISE Low-code Engineering Platform
Joins the Altair Partner Alliance E
Altair, a global leader in computational engi-
neering and intelligence, announced that
ELISE GmbH has joined the Altair Partner
Alliance. is agreement makes ELISE's low-
code engineering platform available via the
APA and accessible via Altair's patented licens-
ing system.
European Semiconductor Market
Hits Record High in 2021 E
e European Semiconductor Industry Asso-
ciation reported that yearly semiconductor
sales in the European market reached US$
47.757 billion in 2021, a 27.3% increase ver-
sus 2020 and a 27% increase versus the same
month in 2020.
Keysight Unveils Self-Service Enterprise
Agreement Licensing Portal E
Keysight Technologies, Inc., a leading tech-
nology company that delivers advanced design
and validation solutions to help accelerate
innovation to connect and secure the world,
unveiled a new self-service Enterprise Agree-
ment Licensing portal.
SEMI: Worldwide Silicon Wafer
Shipments, Revenue Set New
Records in 2021 E
Worldwide silicon wafer area shipments in
2021 increased 14% while wafer revenue rose
13% compared to 2020, topping $12 billion,
to reach new all-time highs, the SEMI Silicon
Manufacturers Group reported in its year-end
analysis of the silicon wafer industry.
Intel, Partners Open Applications for
New AI Labs at Community Colleges E
Intel, Dell Technologies, and the American
Association of Community Colleges (AACC)
are announcing the AI Incubator Network, a
new initiative from Intel's AI for Workforce
program that will design and build artificial
intelligence (AI) labs across the country by
utilizing the expertise and industry connec-
tions of America's community college system.
Smart Manufacturing Spend Climbs
Over $950B in 2030 E
e COVID-19 pandemic quickened the pace
of digital transformation, placing technolo-
gies at the very center of how people live and
work—and that pace shows no signs of slow-
ing down.
Cadence EDA Solutions, IP Optimized
for Intel Process and Packaging
Technologies E
Cadence Design Systems, Inc. announced it
has joined the new Intel Foundry Services
(IFS) Ecosystem Alliance to support mutual
customers with the development and delivery
of innovative system-on-chip (SoC) designs.
Dark Fiber Gift Enables a
Major Expansion of the COSMOS
Beyond-5G Testbed E
e COSMOS beyond-5G testbed now being
deployed in West Harlem is one of four wire-
less networks recently created across the
country for U.S. researchers to test new ways
of boosting wireless internet speeds to support
data-intensive applications in robotics, immer-
sive virtual reality, and traffic safety.
