Altera brand restored, multiple FPGA products launched

Intel announced on February 29, local time, that its newly independent FPGA company was renamed Altera. As early as October last year, Intel announced that its Programmable Solutions Group (PSG) would begin operating independently this year.

Intel said Altera's FPGAs provide flexible solutions to better meet changing market needs, such as seamless integration of critical artificial intelligence inference capabilities and better interception of evolving standards such as PCI Express, CXL, Ethernet, and 6G wireless.

source： Intel

From low-power embedded applications to networking and communications infrastructure, Altera's solutions are tailored for a wide range of applications and use cases. Altera announced the launch of new products and services that meet customer needs, including Agilex 9, which is in mass production, the F series and I series of Agilex 7, which are ready to be put into mass production, Agilex 5, which is now on the market, and Agilex 3, which is about to be launched.

Kioxia will restore capacity utilization to around 90%

According to the Science and Technology Innovation Board Daily, Japanese NAND flash memory manufacturer Kioxia announced that it will review the production reduction plan for electronic equipment storage media flash memory that has been implemented since 2022 and increase production. It is said that the plant's utilization rate is expected to return to around 90% by March this year, depending on demand.

TSMC promotes the co-chief operating officer and prepares for management replacement

According to TechWeb citing foreign media reports, TSMC announced on its official website on Thursday that the board of directors held a special meeting that day and approved the promotion of senior deputy general managers Mi Yujie and Qin Yongpei to executive deputy general managers and co-chief operating officers.

This appointment is another major adjustment in TSMC's management after it was announced at the end of last year that Chairman Liu Deyin would retire after the annual shareholders meeting in June. Information on TSMC's official website also shows that after Mi Yujie and Qin Yongpei are promoted to executive vice general manager and co-chief operating officer, TSMC's human resources, finance, legal affairs, and corporate planning departments will report directly to CEO Wei Zhejia, and other departments will report to Mi Yujia. Jie and Qin Yongpei reported that the new organizational structure adjustment will take effect on March 1.

Vishay launches new 0V symmetrical dual N-channel power MOSFET

Vishay, a major discrete device manufacturer, announced on February 28 the launch of a new 80V symmetrical dual N-channel power MOSFET. For power conversion in industrial and telecommunications applications, Vishay Siliconix SiZF4800LDT improves power density and efficiency while enhancing thermal performance. The number of components is reduced and the design is simplified.

SiZF4800LDT is 100% Rg- and UIS-tested, RoHS-compliant, and halogen-free. Samples and production quantities of SiZF4800LDT are available now, with lead times of 26 weeks.

Power Semiconductor will assist Tata Group in building India’s first 12-inch wafer fab

According to the Financial Associated Press, Power Semiconductor Manufacturing Co., Ltd. announced that it will assist Tata Electronics, a subsidiary of the Indian Tata Group, in building India's first 12-inch wafer fab in Dorela, Gujarat. Construction is expected to start this year.

With the assistance of Power Semiconductor, Tata Electronics plans to produce power management, panel driver chips and microcontrollers, and high-speed computing logic chips at the Dorela 12-inch wafer fab in the future, and enter the automotive, computing and data storage, wireless communications, and artificial intelligence industries. Smart and other terminal application markets.