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Nippon Express (Shanghai) Expands Functions with New Temperature-controlled Warehouse in Shanghai Waigaoqiao Free Trade Zone

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– Move Aimed at Meeting Growing Demand for Electrical/Electronics and Semiconductor-related Products –

TOKYO, April 14, 2023  /PRNewswire/ — Nippon Express (Shanghai) Co., Ltd. (hereinafter “NX Shanghai”), a group company of NIPPON EXPRESS HOLDINGS, INC., has constructed a new temperature-controlled warehouse in the Shanghai Waigaoqiao Free Trade Zone to meet growing demand for electrical, electronic, and semiconductor-related products.

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Demand for electrical/electronics and semiconductor-related products is surging worldwide due to the increase in online business and remote working triggered by the COVID-19 pandemic.

To satisfy this climbing demand, NX Shanghai has constructed a new temperature-controlled warehouse in the Shanghai Waigaoqiao Free Trade Zone whose specifications allow temperature control in multiple independent storage rooms within the warehouse, enabling the company to offer product-specific storage and management of various electrical, electronic, and semiconductor-related products with differing storage requirements as well as high-quality distribution processing services.

The Nippon Express Group will be stepping up its efforts in the electrical/electronics and semiconductor industries, which it has positioned as priority industries in its Group business plan, and will continue to expand its logistics functions globally to assist customers in developing their own business activities.

Profile of temperature-controlled warehouse
– Location: No.11, Debao Road, Waigaoqiao Free Trade Zone, Shanghai
– Structure: Two-story building
– Total floor area: 3,764 m2 (1st floor: 3,484 m2; 2nd floor: 280 m2)
– Key facilities and functions: Air conditioning, power supply secured by a company-owned low-voltage power distribution room inside the warehouse, and temperature control possible in up to seven separate compartments and in individual storage rooms

Nippon Express website: https://www.nipponexpress.com/

Nippon Express Group’s official LinkedIn account:
https://www.linkedin.com/company/nippon-express-group/

Source: NIPPON EXPRESS HOLDINGS, INC.

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SlkorMicro Semicon is becoming the most important platforms for coordinated development in the semiconductor industry

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SHENZHEN, China, April 10, 2023 /PRNewswire/ — Recently, Shenzhen SlkorMicro Semicon has made new achievements in the semicon industry, it held the National Excellent Agents Conference successfully, Wu Bo, as an outstanding agent, expressed his confidence in the platform. In the field of human resource management, it conducted corporate culture training.He Junju as an employee, shared his views .SlkorMicro created a new era of “industry, academia and research” and “internationalization of business models” in the semiconductor field.

On March 25, 2023, Slkormicro’s annual national agent awards conference was grandly held in the banquet hall of the Hilton Hotel. Dozens of outstanding agent partners from all over the country were invited to attend. The conference comprehensively summarized Slkor’s 2022 agent sales, exchanged the development strategy and industrial planning, technical route, product layout, etc. of Slkor (www.slkoric.com) in 2023, and presented awards to the outstanding agents of the previous year.

(https://www.slkoric.com/sLkormicro-dynamics/559926.html)

Shenzhen SlkorMicro Semicon Co., Ltd. has been implementing the agency system since its establishment. Wubo believes that the three most prominent competition points of Sakowei are as follows: excellent leader & team, high-quality products and excellent marketing ability. (https://www.slkoric.com/sLkormicro-dynamics/568750.html) 

There are more than 30 new colleagues who enter the headquarters of Kinghelm (www.kinghelm.com.cn) and SlkorMicro Semicon Co., Ltd. (www.slkoric.com) in February after the Spring Festival in 2023, and the total number of staff in the Company headquarter is nearly 100. In order to make new employees understand and fit into the company better, and enhance the sense of identity and belonging, the administration department of the Company organized a series of trainings for new employees, namely, corporate culture and ethics given by Song Shiqiang, general manager of Kinghelm/SlkorMicro Semicon Co., Ltd.. Mr. Song always cited classics in the whole training process, which was simple but profound and interesting, he skillfully integrated the traditional Chinese studies and Buddhism into the daily routines of the Company, and everyone expressed strong feelings and benefited a lot.(https://www.slkoric.com/sLkormicro-dynamics/800388.html) 

The reputation of “SLKOR” brand in semiconductor industry is growing day by day. Official website of SlkorMicro Semicon Co., Ltd. (www.slkormicro.com) not only displays products of SlkorMicro Semicon Co., Ltd. and promotes the “SLKOR” brand, but also carries out technical exchanges, ideological collisions, information exchanges and data inquiry, etc. in the industry, and it has gradually become one of the most important platforms for coordinated development in the semiconductor industry. (https://www.slkoric.com/sLkormicro-dynamics/707990.html) 

Contact: sunmiao@ailion.group

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DEEPX and Hyundai Motor Company and Kia Corporation are collaborating on AI semiconductor-based Robot Platforms

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– Both companies will strategically cooperate in embedding AI chips into robot platforms

– For the past year in the process of examining in advance, various AI algorithms for robots were operated to check for the latest AI algorithm support, excellent AI accuracy, and high computing efficiency of the DEEPX NPU

– “This will be an opportunity for DEEPX’s AI semiconductor to become the mass-production ready core solution in the global smart mobility market”

SEOUL, South Korea, April 7, 2023 /PRNewswire/ — DEEPX and Hyundai Motor Company and Kia Corporation will cooperate with technology development for on-device AI technology for robot platforms.

DEEPX to work with Hyundai Motor Company and Kia Corporation on AI semiconductor load for robot platforms. On March 24(Friday) at the Uiwang Research Facility of Hyundai Motors & Kia Corporation, DEEPX announced its execution of the MOU on AI semiconductor use for robot platforms, with the representatives of both companies including Lok-Won Kim, CEO, and Dong-Jin Hyun, Robotics lab leader of Hyundai Motors & Kia Corporation present. (Right: DEEPX CEO Lok-Won Kim, Left: Hyundai Motors & Kia Corporation)
DEEPX to work with Hyundai Motor Company and Kia Corporation on AI semiconductor load for robot platforms. On March 24(Friday) at the Uiwang Research Facility of Hyundai Motors & Kia Corporation, DEEPX announced its execution of the MOU on AI semiconductor use for robot platforms, with the representatives of both companies including Lok-Won Kim, CEO, and Dong-Jin Hyun, Robotics lab leader of Hyundai Motors & Kia Corporation present. (Right: DEEPX CEO Lok-Won Kim, Left: Hyundai Motors & Kia Corporation)

On March 24 (Friday) at the Uiwang Research Facility of Hyundai Motors & Kia Corporation, DEEPX announced its execution of the MOU on AI semiconductor collaboration use for robot platforms, with the representatives of both companies including Lok-Won Kim CEO, and Dong-Jin Hyun, Robotics Lab leader of Hyundai Motors & Kia Corporation.

DEEPX develops AI semiconductors and implements AI technology used in various electronic devices that exist outside of the data center with high-performance and low-power advantages. Currently DEEPX has 4 kinds of AI semiconductors that are optimized for performance and function that can match with various edge and server AI application fields and have secured more than 150 patents, both domestic and international, that are related to fundamental AI semiconductor technology. Domestically, DEEPX is evaluated as the leading AI semiconductor fabless company, and DEEPX is targeting the global edge AI market.

During the Proof-of-Concept (PoC) conducted over the past year by Hyundai Motor Group and Kia Robotics Lab, DEEPX demonstrated outstanding AI performance by providing higher AI accuracy with INT8bit than FP32bit. In addition, it has been proven that various robot application AI algorithms developed by the Robotics Lab can be smoothly operated, making it possible to implement AI models required by robots. In particular, it is evaluated as suitable for mass production of battery-powered robot products due to its exceptionally high AI computational efficiency and low power operation.

This agreement aims to cooperate on the application of DEEPX’s AI semiconductor technology to the robot platform currently under development with the aim of commercialization by Hyundai Motor Group and Kia. To achieve this, the two companies will incorporate AI functions for robots into DEEPX’s AI SoC (System on Chip) products, verify their operability and mass production for deployment in the final products developed by Robotics Lab. In this way, the AI technology can be implemented in the robots developed by the Robotics Lab.

Lok-Won Kim, CEO commented: “According to the global market research data, the size of the global smart mobility is expected to grow to be about 145 billion dollars by the year 2027. For the AI semiconductor, the core technology of this market, there are currently no optimized solutions for each detailed fields, therefore it is possible to lead the market if a mass production-ready solution is prepared. Having technology cooperation with the global market leader Hyundai Motors and Kia Corporation will present DEEPX’s AI semiconductor an opportunity to become the core solution of the future market in the related field. This is a great inspiration for us. DEEPX has succeeded in commercializing NPU IP in 2021, and I am grateful to earn the chance to demonstrate the test for mass-production as soon as we reach NPU development milestone this year”.

Dong-Jin Hyun, leader of the Robotics Lab of Hyundai Motors & Kia Corporation said, “I expect we can lead the excellent robotics service development in both performance and price by combining the SW technology of the Robotics Lab and DEEPX’s HW technology.” He also added, “As soon as we confirm and examine the superiority of DEEPX NPU chip products, we will carry on with further cooperation and apply it to the robot that is under research and development.”

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Ah-hyeong Lee, PR & Marketing Manager, lah@deepx.co.kr  

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Company page: https://deepx.co.kr/  

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Lam Research Named as One of Ethisphere’s 2023 World’s Most Ethical Companies®

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Prestigious recognition honors company’s commitment to business integrity

FREMONT, Calif., March 14, 2023 /PRNewswire/ — Lam Research Corp. (NASDAQ: LRCX) today announced it has been named as one of the 2023 World’s Most Ethical Companies by Ethisphere, a global leader in defining and advancing the standards of ethical business practices. Lam is the only wafer fabrication equipment maker and one of two companies in the semiconductor category included on this year’s global list, which honors companies demonstrating business integrity through best-in-class ethics, compliance, and governance practices.

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“World’s Most Ethical Companies” and “Ethisphere” names and marks are registered trademarks of Ethisphere LLC.

“At Lam, everything we undertake – from driving breakthrough innovations, to serving our customers, to our goal of becoming net zero by 2050 – is executed with a commitment to excellence. That means doing business the right way,” said Tim Archer, president and chief executive officer at Lam Research. “Ethics and compliance are deeply rooted in our company’s core values and are part of our shared responsibility to make the world a better place.”

Grounded in Ethisphere’s proprietary Ethics Quotient®, the World’s Most Ethical Companies assessment process evaluates companies on culture, environmental and social practices, ethics and compliance activities, governance, diversity, and initiatives that support a strong value chain. The 2023 list recognized 135 honorees, spanning 19 countries and 46 industries.

“We are proud to be named this year as one the World’s Most Ethical Companies, a reflection of Lam’s unwavering commitment to business integrity through company culture, transparency and upholding the principles set forth in our global standards of business conduct,” said Nick Bougopoulos, chief compliance officer at Lam Research. “Lam has established policies and programs for a strong and effective ethics and compliance framework to ensure we strive to uphold the best practices worldwide.”

“Ethics matter. Organizations that commit to business integrity through robust programs and practices not only elevate standards and expectations for all, but also have better long-term performance,” said Erica Salmon Byrne, CEO of Ethisphere. “We continue to be inspired by the World’s Most Ethical Companies honorees and their dedication to making real impact for their stakeholders and displaying exemplary values-based leadership. Congratulations to Lam Research for earning a place in the World’s Most Ethical Companies community.”

Led by its guiding principle to “act with purpose for a better world,” Lam Research was also recently named to Fortune’s 2023 World’s Most Admired Companies, JUST Capital’s 2023 Most JUST Companies, and Barron’s 2023 100 Most Sustainable U.S. Companies. 

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About Ethisphere

Ethisphere is the global leader in defining and advancing the standards of ethical business practices that fuel corporate character, marketplace trust, and business success. Ethisphere has deep expertise in measuring and defining core ethics standards using data-driven insights that help companies enhance corporate character. Ethisphere honors superior achievement through its World’s Most Ethical Companies® recognition program, provides a community of industry experts with the Business Ethics Leadership Alliance (BELA), and showcases trends and best practices in ethics with Ethisphere Magazine. Ethisphere also helps to advance business performance through data-driven assessments, guidance, and benchmarking against its unparalleled data: the Culture Quotient dataset focused on ethical culture and featuring the responses of 2+ million employees around the world; and the Ethics Quotient dataset, featuring 200+ data points highlighting the ethics, compliance, social, and governance practices of the World’s Most Ethical Companies. For more information, visit https://ethisphere.com.

About Lam Research

Lam Research Corporation (NASDAQ: LRCX) is a leading global supplier of innovative wafer fabrication equipment and services to the semiconductor industry. Lam’s equipment and services allow customers to build smaller and better performing devices. In fact, today, nearly every advanced chip is built with Lam technology. We combine superior systems engineering, technology leadership, and a strong values-based culture, with an unwavering commitment to our customers. Lam Research is a FORTUNE 500® company headquartered in Fremont, California, with operations around the globe. Learn more at www.lamresearch.com.

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Statements made in this press release that are not of historical fact are forward-looking statements and are subject to the safe harbor provisions created by the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Such forward-looking statements relate to, but are not limited to: our goal to become net zero by 2050, our commitment to business integrity, the strength and effectiveness of our ethics and compliance framework, and our long-term performance. Some factors that may affect these forward-looking statements include: trade regulations, export controls, trade disputes, and other geopolitical tensions may inhibit our ability to sell our products; business, political and/or regulatory conditions in the consumer electronics industry, the semiconductor industry and the overall economy may deteriorate or change; the actions of our customers and competitors may be inconsistent with our expectations; supply chain cost increases and other inflationary pressures have impacted and are expected to continue to impact our profitability; supply chain disruptions have limited and are expected to limit our ability to meet demand for our products; the severity, magnitude and duration of the COVID-19 pandemic (and the related governmental, public health, business and community responses to it), and their impacts on our business, results of operations and financial condition, are evolving and are highly uncertain and unpredictable; and widespread outbreaks of illness may impact our operations and revenue in affected areas; as well as the other risks and uncertainties that are described in the documents filed or furnished by us with the Securities and Exchange Commission, including specifically the Risk Factors described in our annual report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended June 26, 2022 and our quarterly report on Form 10-Q for the fiscal quarter ended December 25, 2022. These uncertainties and changes could materially affect the forward-looking statements and cause actual results to vary from expectations in a material way. The Company undertakes no obligation to update the information or statements made in this release.

Lam Research Contacts: 
Libra White 
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Kinghelm & Slkor focus on development and strive for 2023

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SHENZHEN, China, Feb. 28, 2023 /PRNewswire/ — Work hard and play hard. The start of 2023 is full of challenges and opportunities. There is no perfect balance between work for career and travel for family. However, there is always a way to balance career and family, ensure the temperature of home, and promote everyone to work together for career.

Recently, Kinghelm & Slkor held many activities, for example, team building, business training, staff sharing.

[Team Building] To make employees happier, the Kinghelm & Slkor ‘s administrative office organized the Kinghelm & Slkor Chinese New Year Snack Festival to give everyone a unique opportunity to taste the local traditional food and specialties all over China. In the morning of the tenth day of Lunar New Year 2023, a lively food-tasting event was held in the meeting room of Kinghelm & Slkor ‘s headquarters (2010, 20/F, Block A, Bestar Building, Vanke Community, Bantian Street, Longgang District, Shenzhen), where all employees spent a pleasant half day together.

[Business Training] A new journey begins in the new year. On February 3, 2023, Slkor held its first sales training session. Under the organization of the General Manager, Mr. Song Shiqiang, the company invited Mr. Franky (Hu Shenghua), the Gold Medal Lecturer at the Huaqiang Lecture Hall in Huaqiangbei, to conduct a professional sales training for the sales department colleagues in Slkor’s conference room. As the new journey, this training session boosted the confidence of the sales staff, enhanced their skills, and gained traction with Slkor’s efforts in 2023.

[Staff Sharing] Ms.Luo, one staff who has working here for 3years said, I was a novice when I first entered the semiconductor industry. But today I have gradually become familiar with the industry and have slowly begun to achieve the performance goals I set for myself. At the same time,A few years after joining Slkor (www.slkormicro.com), I worked very hard to buy my first car ever. I have to thank the Slkor ‘s platform which has changed my life thoroughly, making me grow to show my true worth! With the technology backed by Beijing Tsinghua University and Seoul Yonsei University, Shenzhen SlkorMicro Semicon Co., Ltd. is dedicated to the third generation of semiconductor SiC power devices. My colleagues’ incomes are very stable and keep increasing. Many of them bought  new car last year.

For details, click the official website https://www.kinghelm.net/news.html.

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Adele Sun
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SurplusGLOBAL Announces Executive Promotion, Recruitment, and Establishment of Equipment Technology Team

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SEOUL, South Korea, March 3, 2023 /PRNewswire/ — SurplusGLOBAL, the leading global platform company for pre-owned semiconductor equipment (www.SurplusGLOBAL.com), announced on the 27th a major organizational restructuring to achieve sustainable business growth until 2030.

SurplusGLOBAL announces the promotion of Jeff Kim to Managing Director(left), and the hiring of Danny Kim as Managing Director of the Global Parts Platform, Sam Yoo as Managing Director of the Sales 3 team
SurplusGLOBAL announces the promotion of Jeff Kim to Managing Director(left), and the hiring of Danny Kim as Managing Director of the Global Parts Platform, Sam Yoo as Managing Director of the Sales 3 team

SurplusGLOBAL has announced the establishment of a new equipment technology team to enhance technology development and customer support continuously. The team will focus on expanding the technical customer solutions for used semiconductor equipment and aims to assemble a group of top-level equipment engineers to provide cutting-edge customer solutions. With this latest move, SurplusGLOBAL is reaffirming its commitment to delivering world-class services to its customers.

Jeff Kim has been promoted to Managing Director. In contrast, Danny Kim and Sam Yoo joined SurplusGLOBAL as newly recruited executives in the global parts platform and semiconductor back-end equipment sales teams.

In particular, Managing Director Jeff Kim has worked at SurplusGLOBAL for over 16 years and is an equipment sales veteran with rich experience in large-scale project bidding, including back-end semiconductor equipment and front-end equipment sales in various fields.

SurplusGLOBAL appoints Managing Director Danny Kim to lead the expansion of the global parts platform business and make it the company’s primary business by 2030, addressing global parts supply chain challenges. As the new Managing Director, Sam Yoo will spearhead the back-end equipment distribution business at SurplusGLOBAL. He brings a wealth of experience in overseas marketing and supply chain management, gained during his time as a semiconductor China sales representative.

Managing Director Jeff Kim expressed, “Having served SurplusGLOBAL for the past 16 years since my joining in 2007, I am now entrusted with the responsibility of undertaking novel challenges as an executive to realize the company’s vision. Nonetheless, I remain confident we shall accomplish it collectively with our colleagues.”

SurplusGLOBAL continues to expand its equipment technology and global sales organization while entering the semiconductor equipment cluster, pursuing deeper and more diverse solutions for the global semiconductor fab and foundry supply chain in Korea and worldwide.

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OpenLight Announces Availability of First Process Design Kit Sampler to Accelerate Component Testing

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New Product Offers Lab-Testing Flexibility and Enhances PIC Design Accuracy to Accelerate Time to Market

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif., March 3, 2023 /PRNewswire/ — To enhance familiarity with process technologies and increase the accessibility of photonic integrated circuits (PICs), OpenLight today announced the general availability of its process design kit (PDK) Sampler. The PDK Sampler is a unique, die-level PIC which contains OpenLight’s standard PDK components, enabling customers to comprehensively test PDK elements in their own lab and validate models to enable first-pass success in a PH18DA tapeout. Components include OpenLight’s heterogeneous laser, optical amplifier, 100G PAM4 EAM modulator, and other active and passive components on Tower’s PH18DA process.

OpenLight PDK Sampler
OpenLight PDK Sampler

The adoption of new process technologies often involves a steep learning curve and is a frequent challenge for customers, especially with recent advancements in the silicon photonics arena. This new industry offering provides a short-cut for customers to test individual PDK elements immediately by getting direct lab data prior to taping out a custom PIC design. By being able to test PDK components in their own labs, customers gain increased confidence in the Tower PH18DA process and can optically and electrically probe PICs.

“With this “one-of-everything” PIC made available through Tower Semiconductor, customers have a better vantage point to sample every PDK component available through our open platform,” said Dr. Adam Carter, CEO at OpenLight. “OpenLight’s mission is to be the first to enable the industry with the right design tools and accelerate the use of PICs at scale in a wide variety of markets and applications. We look forward to paving the way for next-generation designs with our powerful PDK Sampler.”

“OpenLight continues to complement Tower’s existing open foundry offering,” said Dr. Marco Racanelli, Senior Vice President and General Manager of Tower Semiconductor’s Analog Business Unit. “As OpenLight’s partner, this move will make Tower’s PH18DA process more accessible for mutual customers and help them make the most of our technology.”

OpenLight launched as an independent company in June 2022, introducing the world’s first open silicon photonics platform with heterogeneously integrated III-V components. The company announced the general availability of its PDK last November.   

The OpenLight PDK Sampler includes two PICs. To get in touch with OpenLight on the latest availability and pricing, please reach out to info@openlightphotonics.com. For additional information, visit https://openlightphotonics.com/.

About OpenLight
OpenLight has decades of experience in photonics design. Our executive and engineering teams are delivering the world’s first open silicon photonics platform with integrated lasers to improve the performance, power efficiency, and reliability of designs for telecom, datacom, LiDAR, healthcare, HPC, AI, and optical computing applications. With over 200 patents, OpenLight is bringing optical solutions to places it has never been before and enabling technologies and innovation that weren’t previously possible. The company is headquartered in Santa Barbara, CA with offices in Silicon Valley. Read more at www.openlightphotonics.com 

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TI’s GaN technology and real-time MCUs power LITEON Technology’s new server power supply design

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Adoption of GaN & digital controller in new design helps engineers improve power density, conversion efficiency, dynamic response and reliability

TAIPEI, March 2, 2023 /PRNewswire/ — Texas Instruments (TI) (NASDAQ: TXN), a leader in high-voltage semiconductor solutions, today announced that LITEONLITEON Technology has selected TI’s highly integrated gallium nitride (GaN) field effect transistor (FET) plus C2000TM real-time microcontrollers (MCUs) for its latest high-performance server power supply unit (PSU) for the North American market. Leveraging TI’s LMG3522R030 GaN FET and a TMS320F28003x C2000 real-time MCU, the newly commercialized PSU offers power density of over 95 W/in³ and meets 80 Plus Titanium standards.

“Our collaboration with LITEON demonstrates how TI is helping designers answer the demands of high-voltage systems with end-to-end system know-how and a specialized portfolio of high-voltage semiconductors. By pairing the power of TI GaN products and C2000TM real-time MCUs, designers can better meet the demands for smaller, more reliable systems,” said Luke Lee, TI’s vice president for Asia and president for Taiwan, Korea and South Asia.

LITEON Technology is a global leading provider of power management solutions, offering highly-efficient power supplies for data centers. “LITEON has been the leader in server power supplies and has faced the challenges of new technology with innovative solutions. High-performance servers increasingly demand more power in less space, where high power output, conversion efficiency, miniaturized components and heat dissipation are critical challenges. TI’s GaN technology and C2000 real-time MCUs perfectly suit our solutions,” said John Chang, LITEON’s general manager of the Cloud Infrastructure System and Platform division.

Enabling efficient power supply design

Data centers, telecom equipment and many industrial applications are increasingly requiring larger power supplies, while also requiring reduced system size, weight, environmental impact and cost. This has challenged engineers to find new ways to reach higher power levels, in the same or smaller form factors, while also enhancing thermal performance. To address these power density challenges and requirements for future power supplies, LITEON leveraged TI GaN and C2000 real-time MCUs to achieve a flexible daughter-card design. The design also helps engineers shorten project design cycles by allowing them to scale the design to different power supply requirements.

LITEON design engineers collaborated with TI experts to accelerate the adoption of GaN technology in their PSU design, working together to optimize the power loop and daughter card layout. Additionally, LITEON leveraged TI’s expertise in power FET and controller design to improve the reliability of the PSU through comprehensive system-level verification. The flexible high-resolution pulse-width-modulation (PWM) actuation from TI’s C2000 real-time MCUs and GaN also helps engineers enable high switching frequency, advanced topologies, and switching schemes. To learn more about pairing TI GaN FETs and C2000 real-time MCUs, read the white paper “Achieve Power-Dense and Efficient Digital Power Systems.”

To learn more about LITEON’s newly released power supply design, see https://www.liteon.com/en-us.

For more information on TI’s high-voltage technology, see https://www.ti.com/technologies/high-voltage.html.

About Texas Instruments

Texas Instruments Incorporated (Nasdaq: TXN) is a global semiconductor company that designs, manufactures, tests and sells analog and embedded processing chips for markets such as industrial, automotive, personal electronics, communications equipment and enterprise systems. Our passion to create a better world by making electronics more affordable through semiconductors is alive today, as each generation of innovation builds upon the last to make our technology smaller, more efficient, more reliable and more affordable – making it possible for semiconductors to go into electronics everywhere. We think of this as Engineering Progress. It’s what we do and have been doing for decades. Learn more at TI.com.

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Mouser Electronics Adds Over 55 New Manufacturers in 2022 to its Industry-Leading Line Card

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SHANGHAI, Feb. 1, 2023 /PRNewswire/ — Mouser Electronics, Inc., the industry’s leading New Product Introduction (NPI) distributor with the widest selection of semiconductors and electronic components, added 59 new manufacturers to its industry-leading line card during 2022, significantly expanding product choices for design engineers and purchasing professionals around the world. By offering customers a wide selection of the most advanced technologies, Mouser helps designers avoid costly redesigns, manufacturing delays or even the termination of a project.


Mouser works closely with its 1,200+ manufacturer partners to provide the fastest and easiest access to the industry’s newest components. Throughout 2022, as many companies faced supply chain challenges, semiconductor and electronic component manufacturers counted on Mouser to successfully help them introduce their products into the global marketplace.

“Mouser is uniquely focused on offering our customers the widest selection of the latest technologies and products from the top electronic component manufacturers,” said Jeff Newell, Mouser Electronics’ Senior Vice President of Products. “Adding this significant number of new suppliers reinforces Mouser’s reputation as a one-stop shop for all the board-level components and associated development tools necessary for total project design.” 

Among the new manufacturer partners Mouser added in 2022 are:

  • Allegro MicroSystems, a global leader in power and sensing solutions for motion control and energy-efficient systems.
  • Kingston, a leading global manufacturer of memory and storage solutions. Kingston supplies memory devices to top-tier data centers, cloud providers and PC manufacturers, as well as companies developing the next trends in smart devices.
  • Amphenol LTD, part of the family of companies that form the Amphenol Corporation, offers manufacturing services for an extensive range of connectors and interconnect solutions, including over-molding, cable assembly and electronic packaging.
  • Menlo Micro,  a manufacturer responsible for creating an entirely new category of electronic switches for RF, microwave, millimeter wave, AC/DC power solutions and much more.
  • Advanced Photonix, a leading supplier of optoelectronic sensors, devices, and instruments used by test and measurement, process control, medical, telecommunication and defense markets.

For more information on Mouser’s newest manufacturer partners, go to https://www.mouser.com/new-manufacturer/.

To see the latest products available from Mouser, visit https://www.mouser.com/new/.

About Mouser Electronics

Mouser Electronics, a Berkshire Hathaway company, is an authorized semiconductor and electronic component distributor focused on New Product Introductions from its leading manufacturer partners. Serving the global electronic design engineer and buyer community, the global distributor’s website, mouser.com, is available in multiple languages and currencies and features more than 6.8 million products from over 1,200 manufacturer brands. Mouser offers 27 support locations worldwide to provide best-in-class customer service in local language, currency and time zone. The distributor ships to over 650,000 customers in 223 countries/territories from its 1 million-square-foot, state-of-the-art distribution facilities in the Dallas, Texas, metro area. For more information, visit https://www.mouser.com/.

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Leading Korean OSAT Purchases YES VertaCure™ XP for Higher Yield and Performance

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LB Semicon to Use Next-Generation Vacuum Curing Technology in WLCSP Bump/RDL Application

FREMONT, Calif., Jan. 24, 2023 /PRNewswire/ — Yield Engineering Systems, Inc. (YES), a leading manufacturer of process equipment for semiconductor advanced packaging, life sciences, and “More-than-Moore” applications, today announced that it has sold a VertaCure XP G2 system to Korea’s LB Semicon. The VertaCure XP G2 is the latest generation of YES’s flagship VertaCure vacuum curing system, and LB Semicon’s will be the first such system to be installed in Korea. Delivery is expected at the end of March.

Key factors in the purchase decision were the VertaCure XP G2’s superior throughput, exceptional particle performance, and thorough PI/PBO curing capability – all benefits derived from its proven vacuum-based process. The system will support a bump/RDL application for wafer-level chip scale packaging (WLCSP). It accommodates both 200mm and 300mm wafers, providing valuable flexibility for this and future applications.

“As semiconductor chip manufacturers seek to produce ever-smaller products with higher performance and lower power consumption, wafer bumping technology is expanding its application scope and creating greater value. In order to keep up with this trend, LB Semicon is deeply committed to continuous research and development,” said LB Semicon’s CEO, Dr. Nick (Namseog) Kim. “We believe that YES’s VertaCure XP G2 curing system will enable our company to deliver the cutting-edge technology needed as Korea continues its growth as a world-class semiconductor powerhouse.”

“We are pleased and proud that our VertaCure XP G2 was selected for this leading-edge application,” said Bioh Kim, President of YES Korea. “This order showcases YES’s growing role as a trusted global partner in the production of innovative technologies. We look forward to supporting LB Semicon’s efforts, now and into the future.”

About YES
Yield Engineering Systems, Inc. (YES) is a preferred provider of high-tech, cost-effective equipment for enhancing surfaces and materials. The company’s product lines include thermal processing systems, chemical vapor deposition (CVD) systems, and wet process equipment used for the precise surface modification of semiconductor substrates, semiconductor and MEMS devices, LED displays, and biodevices. Customers ranging from startups to Fortune 100 companies rely on YES systems to create and volume-produce innovative products in a wide range of markets. YES is headquartered in Fremont, California, with a growing global presence. For more information, please visit yieldengineering.com.

About LB Semicon
Based in Pyeongtaek, South Korea, LB Semicon provides bumping, probe test, back-end, and WLCSP services for display driver integrated circuits (DDI), CMOS image sensors (CIS), and power management integrated circuits (PMIC) used in electronic devices such as TVs, monitors, and mobile phones. LBS has continuously developed and evolved its technology since the company’s founding in 2000, starting with gold bumping for TFT LCD and OLED DDIs, and expanding over the years into solder bumping, Cu pillar bumping, and WLCSP. The company maintains solid partnerships with top semiconductor chip manufacturers in Korea and elsewhere, and has more than a thousand employees. For more information, please visit www.lbsemicon.com.

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YES (Yield Engineering Systems, Inc.)
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Source: Yield Engineering Systems, Inc.