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AIStorm's AI-in-Imager Solutions
Use Tower Semiconductor's Hi-K VIA
Capacitor Memory E
AIStorm and Tower Semiconductor announced
that AIStorm's new AI-in-imager products
will feature AIStorm's electron multiplication
architecture and Tower's Hi-K VIA capaci-
tor memory, instead of digital calculations, to
perform AI computation at the pixel level.
WIMI Hologram Cloud's AI, AR Builds
5G Holographic Cloud Ecosystem E
MobiusTrend, the fintech market research or-
ganization, recently released a research report
"WIMI Hologram Cloud's AI and AR Builds a
5G Holographic Cloud Ecosystem, Apple and
Facebook Accelerate the Development of AR
Devices on the Consumer Market."
Yageo, Hon Hai to Form Semiconductor
Joint Venture, XSemi E
Yageo Group and Hon Hai Technology Group
announced to enter into a joint venture agree-
ment to form XSemi Corporation. e goal of
this newly established joint venture is to extend
the businesses into the semiconductor indus-
try, including product development and sales.
Researchers Develop New Graphene-
based Sensor Technology for Wearable
Medical Devices E
Researchers at AMBER, the SFI Centre for
Advanced Materials and BioEngineering Re-
search, and from Trinity's School of Physics,
have developed next-generation, graphene-
based sensing technology using their innova-
tive G-Putty material.
Fujitsu Signs Strategic Collaboration
Agreement with AWS E
Fujitsu announced a Strategic Collaboration
Agreement with Amazon Web Services, Inc.
(AWS), an Amazon.com company, to acceler-
ate the digital transformation (DX) of the mo-
bility industry.
GENERA, Henkel to Drive End-use
Production in Additive Manufacturing E
GENERA recently joined Henkel's Open
Materials Platform with the intention of pro-
viding additive manufacturing solutions at
production scale.
PsiQuantum, GLOBALFOUNDRIES to
Build World's First Full-scale
Quantum Computer E
PsiQuantum, the leading quantum comput-
ing company focused on delivering a 1 mil-
lion-plus qubit quantum computer, and GLO-
BALFOUNDRIES (GF), a global leader in
feature-rich semiconductor manufacturing,
announced a major breakthrough in their
partnership to build the world's first full-scale
commercial quantum computer.
Silicon Wafer Shipments Edge Higher in
Q1 2021 to Set New Record E
Worldwide silicon wafer area shipments in-
creased 4% to 3,337 million square inches
in the first quarter of 2021 compared to the
fourth quarter of 2020, topping the previous
historical high set in the third quarter of 2018,
according to the SEMI Silicon Manufacturers
Group (SMG) in its quarterly analysis of the
silicon wafer industry.
