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Advanced Semiconductor Packaging Market to Generate US $40.3 Billion in Revenue by 2031

Advanced Semiconductor Packaging Market to Generate US $40.3 Billion in Revenue by 2031

­The Advanced Semiconductor Packaging Market (반도체 패키징 시장), valued at US$ 30.1 Bn in 2022, is poised for steady expansion. Projected to grow at a CAGR of 5.2% from 2023 to 2031, the market is expected to reach US$ 40.3 Bn by the end of 2031. This growth is fueled by
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Date:
01/21/2025
GenAI Growth to Drive Data Center Investment in 2025, says GlobalData

Beatriz Valle, Senior Analyst for Enterprise Technology and Services at GlobalData

­Data center infrastructure stands at the crux of the generative AI (GenAI) revolution, as the power-intensive algorithms behind platforms like ChatGPT rely on vast hardware and energy resources. Consequently, investment in data centers is expected to rise in 2025, with cloud providers dedicating significant fi
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Date:
01/20/2025
SiTime Precision Timing Enables New Architectures for More Efficient AI Datacenters

SiTime Precision Timing Enables New Architectures for More Efficient AI Datacenters

­SiTime Corporation, the precision timing company, today announced the differential-ended SiT5977 Super-TCXO®, the newest member of the SiTime Elite RF™ family. This is the only single-chip timing solution that delivers the most resilient performance for AI compute-nodes with high bandwidth and network sy
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Date:
01/15/2025
Alpha and Omega Semiconductor Unveils 16 Phase Controller that Supports Further AI Server and Graphic Card Innovation

Alpha and Omega Semiconductor Unveils 16 Phase Controller that Supports Further AI Server and Graphic Card Innovation

­Alpha and Omega Semiconductor Limited unveiled its AOZ73016QI, a 16-Phase, 2-rail controller specifically designed to the latest OpenVReg16 (OVR16) specifications from NVIDIA. The AOZ73016QI controller design is based on the company’s high performance, proprietary AOS Advanced Transient Modulator (A
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Date:
01/07/2025
Himax and Calumino Collaborate to Unveil Next Generation CMOS Imager-Based Optical Thermal Sensor

Dr. Marek Steffanson, CEO of Calumino

­Himax Technologies, Inc., an industry leader in fabless display driver ICs and other semiconductors, and Calumino Pty. Ltd. (“Calumino”), a leader in intelligent thermal imaging solutions, today announced their strategic partnership and the unveiling of their innovative, CMOS imager-based optical thermal se
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Date:
01/03/2025
Charging up the New Year with AI and EVs

Jason Lomberg, North American Editor, PSD

­Happy New Year! Welcome to the January issue and another year of the greatest power electronics coverage since J.J. Thomson first discovered the electron (OK, not quite that long). And with our arbitrary flipping of the calendars (and trying in vain to remember a new four-digit number), what’s to look
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Date:
01/01/2025
Data Center Power Demands Call for Safer GaN Gates

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Figure 1: 80 PLUS efficiency specifications at 230 V internal input, with any differences in the 230 V EU specification shown in blue

­The rise of AI is leading to ever bigger data centers and causing greater demands on the power network. As an example, the United States expects the share of power consumed by these data centers to be 8 percent of total power generated by the end of the decade – a 3-fold increase versus 2022. This increase
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Date:
01/01/2025