The chip shortage continues in 2022. While some experts believe that the situation will improve this year, others are convinced that the crisis will persist into 2023. This article is updated continuously and summarizes the most important chip shortage news in April 2022.

What if you could estimate the real age of your power converter and know when to replace it? Predictive maintenance is an approach that uses artificial intelligence and machine learning algorithms to estimate maintenance schedules for power electronic devices and systems. The article explains predictive maintenance in power electronics.

X-FAB Silicon Foundries SE, the leading analog/mixed-signal and specialty foundry, has just announced a major innovation in NVM data storage which draws on the company’s best-in-class SONOS technology. Fabricated on its high-voltage BCD-on-SOI XT011 platform, X-FAB can supply customers with an AECQ100 Grade-0 compliant 32KByte capacity embedded Flash IP, combined with an additional 4Kbit EEPROM - all implemented on a 110nm semiconductor process node. Larger cuts of 64 and 128KByte flash and larger EEPROM are planned from 2025 onwards.

GlobalFoundries has received an additional $9.5 million in federal funding from the U.S. government to advance the manufacturing of GF’s essential gallium nitride on silicon semiconductors at its facility in Essex Junction, Vermont. The funding moves GF closer to large-scale production of GaN chips.

Resonac Corporation has developed a new high-resolution photosensitive film for use in the manufacturing of advanced semiconductors, such as AI processors. This film enables the formation of ultra-fine copper circuits with a line width and spacing of 1.5 micrometers on organic interposers1.

The Semiconductor Industry Association has announced global semiconductor sales hit $56.9 billion during the month of October 2024, an increase of 22.1 % compared to the October 2023 total of $46.6 billion and 2.8 % more than the September 2024 total of $55.3 billion. Monthly sales are compiled by the World Semiconductor Trade Statistics organization and represent a three-month moving average. SIA represents 99 % of the U.S. semiconductor industry by revenue and nearly two-thirds of non - U.S. chip firms.

Kioxia Corporation, a global player in memory solutions, has announced the development of OCTRAM (Oxide-Semiconductor Channel Transistor DRAM), a new type of 4F2 DRAM, comprised of an oxide-semiconductor transistor that has a high ON current, and an ultra-low OFF current, simultaneously.

Out of 13 sextillion manufactured transistors, MOSFET wins the game to become the most popular transistor. In most cases, the word “semiconductor” comes down to MOSFET only. The article explains everything about MOSFETs including their construction, working, and applications.

Hydrogen is increasingly promoted as mandatory part of an energy transition towards a zero carbon society. It is supposed to become a fuel for the future, replace natural gas in heating, power vehicles, act as a core component to generate e-fuels to decarbonize aviation and be a seasonal energy storage.

Nexperia has released a new family of next-generation fixed-direction voltage level translators ideal for use with some of the most commonly used push-pull data interfaces as well as for general purpose input/output.