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1. want to quit the mainland, TSMC engineers were sentenced to one year and a half to steal secrets;
Set micro-mesh news, TSMC, a resigned Xu surnamed Male engineer, allegedly during his tenure, illegally stealing 28-nanometer process files, ready to switch mainland enterprises Shanghai Huali Microelectronics. Hsinchu District Court verdict on the 29th, according to the intent The use of the unauthorized use of trade secrets in mainland China was punishable by a sentence of imprisonment of 1 year and 6 months and suspended for 4 years.
According to TSMC, Xu Man at TSMC for 6 years, the work content and 28 nm process has nothing to do before leaving but photocopy this process file data .Xu Nan was dismissed by the company earlier this year, the company also submitted to the prosecutor investigating and prosecutors, and the notice Huali Micro, shall not use unscrupulous TSMC trade secrets.
After the prosecution investigation, Xu Man during his tenure, the illegal remake TSMC important 28-nanometer process files and has accepted the work of the micro-micro-offer, at present, the micro-is developing 28-nanometer wafer foundry business. After the conviction, Xu men committed crimes of intent to use the illegal business in mainland China, Xu men filed a public prosecution.
Prosecutors found that Xu men violated Article 13 of the Sales Secrets Act in an attempt to illegally use the secrets of business secrets in mainland China and prosecuted him. Hsinchu Court adjudicated and sentenced yesterday, imposing a jail term of one year in June and suspended for four years.
2. Samsung announced the second generation of 10LPP mass production process, the performance increase of 10% power consumption down 15%;
According to Samsung Electronics announced on November 29, mass production of single-chip system (SoC) products based on the second generation of 10nm FinFET process technology (10LPP), with the electronic single-chip system Products are also expected to ask the market in the first quarter of 2018.
Samsung said 10LPP technology developed for low-power products, compared to the first generation of 10LPE, 10LPP process can make the performance increase of 10%, power consumption reduced by 15%. And, because the process is continued in the mass production In the 10LPE process, it will be able to significantly shorten the development from the mass production to the preparation time and provide higher initial production yield, it is more competitive advantage in the market.
Samsung further said that products made using 10LPP process technology are expected to be launched in the first quarter of 2018. Ryan Lee, vice president of OEM marketing at Samsung Electronics, said that Samsung will be able to make more progress from the 10LPE manufacturing process to the 10LPP manufacturing process Good customer service, while improving performance, improve initial production.
At the same time, Samsung announced that the newest S3 line in Hwaseong, South Korea, is now preparing to accelerate the production of process technology at 10nm and below.S3 is the third wafer foundry in the Samsung foundry business and the other two are located in South Korea S1 in Giheung, Gyeonggi-do, and S2 in Austin, USA Samsung's 7-nm FinFET process technology and Extreme Ultraviolet (VUV) technology are also expected to be mass-produced in 2018 at the S3 fab, according to the plan.
IC Insights recently released that Samsung this year in the semiconductor industry spending 26 billion US dollars, more than double the spending last year, including for wafer foundry / other capital expenditures reached 50 billion US dollars, specifically for the promotion of 10-nanometer process Ability now look good, there is news that the Samsung 8nm LPP process technology validation has also been completed, mass production will be in the near future.Samsung said that compared to the 10nm process, the new 8nm process chip area Can be reduced by 10%, power consumption can be reduced by 10%. The process officially put into operation, will be positioned in the high-end flagship market.As for the specific commercial time, Samsung said it will be held in the subsequent global Samsung Semiconductor Forum and 7nm EUV light Carved together with the progress of the process.
3.WSTS: Semiconductor sales in 2017 topped 400 billion U.S. dollars, the highest increase in seven years;
According to the Japan Electronic Information Technology Industry Association (JEITA), the World Semiconductor Trade Statistics Association (WSTS) in the latest forecast report, the global semiconductor market this year (sales) since June when the estimated Up from US $ 377.8 billion (11.5% YoY) to US $ 406.691 billion (up 20.6% YoY), sales will top the 400 billion U.S. dollar mark for the first time, setting a record high for a record 7 years (since 2010) , An increase of 31.8%) a new high standard.
WSTS said the semiconductor sales forecast will be boosted mainly by memory demand surge. WSTS pointed out that this year the world's four largest semiconductor market, the US market is expected to grow 31.9% annual sales to 86.458 billion US dollars; Europe will have an annualized increase of 16.3% to $ 38,048 million; the Asia-Pacific region will grow by 18.9% to $ 248,734 million; and the Japanese market will grow 12.6% to $ 36,350 million (in yen terms, an annual increase of 15.7% to 4,578 yen).
In terms of product categories, discrete global sales this year are forecast to grow 10.7% YoY to US $ 21.498bn; Optoelectronics will increase 7.7% YoY to US $ 34.467bn; and Sensors will see an annual increase of 15.9% % To 12.537 billion US dollars; chip (IC) sales forecast is expected to increase by 22.9% to 340.188 billion US dollars.
Among them, Memory estimates will soar 60.1% to 122.918 billion US dollars, Logic will increase 10.8% to 101.413 billion US dollars, Micro will grow 4.2% to 63.37 billion US dollars, Analog will increase 10.2% to 52.711 billion US dollars. Memory sales For the first time beyond the Logic.
WSTS revised the global semiconductor sales forecast for 2018 to a record high of US $ 437.265 billion (7.0% annual increase) from the 387.555 billion U.S. dollars estimated at June (up 2.7% YoY), which is expected to continue its record high.
4. China's sensor market continued its steady development with broad application prospects;
Integrated micro-grid reported that the sensor was originally used as a separate measurement instruments to detect information, with the trend of integration of technology, the sensor gradually modular or even miniaturized, often as a miniature modular device embedded in a fully functional system , Its performance determines the performance of the entire system.Current sensors in the industrial production, the development of the universe, marine exploration, environmental protection, resource investigation, medical diagnosis, biological engineering, and even cultural relics protection and many other fields are widely used.Among them, industrial, automotive electronics , Communications electronics, consumer electronics four parts is the largest sensor market.
There are about 20,000 kinds of sensors all over the world, and our country already has about 10,000 kinds of scientific research, technology and products.Although the global mainstream sensing technology is still in the hands of foreign companies, the sensor industry in China lacks the foundation and motivation for innovation as a whole , Especially in the sensitive components of the core technology and production technology gap.However, a huge market, is bound to promote the development of sensing technology in China.Overall, in recent years, China's sensor industry in good condition, the industry output value , The scale of production and sales showed a continuous upward trend, and higher industry profits.
According to Forward Industry Research Institute "China Sensor Manufacturing Industry Development Forecast and Investment Prediction Analysis Report," collation shows that in recent years, the domestic sensor market continued rapid growth, with an average annual growth rate of over 20% from the sales revenue point of view, 2010-2016, China's sensor industry sales showed a trend of increasing year by year, but the growth rate of volatility greater in 2016, China's sensor industry sales of 67.97 billion yuan, an increase of 9.06%.
In terms of the number of enterprises, domestic sensor manufacturers are dominated by small and medium-sized enterprises in 2016, with small and medium-sized enterprises accounting for 65.72% of the total number of enterprises in the industry, followed by medium-sized enterprises with a share of 25.56%. From sales revenue Look, in 2016 the domestic sensor manufacturers dominated by large and medium-sized enterprises, including large-scale enterprises, accounting for 43.94% of the entire industry sales revenue, followed by medium-sized enterprises, accounting for 25.71% share.From the application areas, China Sensor The main application areas include industrial testing, automotive, medical, environmental protection, aerospace and so on.
Sensor Development Trends and Challenges in China
Sensors play more and more important roles in science and technology, industrial and agricultural production and daily life.Human society has a higher and higher requirement on sensors, which is a powerful impetus to the development of sensor technology.But the rapid development of modern science and technology is a sensor Manufacturing industry provides a strong backing.With the development of science and technology, sensors are constantly updated development.
Forecast Industry Research Institute predicts that sales revenue of the sensor manufacturing industry will continue to grow in 2017-2022, but the growth rate will slow down. It is estimated that the industry sales revenue in 2022 will exceed 90 billion yuan to reach 90.3 billion yuan.
The main challenges currently facing the domestic sensor industry are mainly in four aspects: weak innovation capacity: the gap between the sensor and the foreign countries in high-precision, high-sensitivity analysis, composition analysis and special applications is huge. The key technologies have not yet broken through: design technology, packaging Technology, equipment and other aspects of a large gap; the industrial structure is irrational: varieties, specifications, series incomplete, technical indicators are not high, the domestic sensor products often form a series; weak corporate capabilities: more than 95% of China's sensor companies are small businesses , Small scale, weak R & D capabilities and poor economies of scale; with the rapid development of the Internet of Things, the sensor industry in other regions will also be driven to develop.In addition, with the support of the national "double-processing" policy, local sensor enterprises are expected to upgrade Technology to grab more market share.
5.HDMI 2.1 official release Bandwidth / resolution / update rate overall leap forward
The HDMI Forum officially released HDMI version 2.1 specification and is open to all HDMI 2.0 adopters.The latest specification supports dynamic HDR format, 8K60 frame and 4K120 frame update frequency for immersive viewing experience and smooth fast motion details, At the same time the bandwidth is also increased to 48Gbit / s, and supports up to 10K resolution, to meet the commercial audio-visual, industrial and professional purposes. Overall performance than HDMI 2.0 substantial upgrade.
The new version of the ultra-high-speed HDMI transmission line with 48Gbit / s bandwidth delivers HDR uncompressed 8K motion images. Additionally, the new transmission line is backwards compatible with previous versions of the HDMI specification and can be used on existing HDMI devices, Low electromagnetic interference (EMI) is also provided to reduce interference with nearby wireless devices, while the new Automatic Low Delay Mode (ALLM) feature in the new specification also allows the transmission line to automatically set the desired delay for smooth, Hysteresis and uninterrupted viewing and interaction.
It is worth mentioning that the 2.1 version of HDMI provides three update rates to help games, movies and motion pictures smooth and smooth movements and the first for the variable update rate (Variable Refresh Rate, VRR) can reduce or eliminate Hysteresis, pause and tear of the picture, showing a smoother and more details of the image experience.
The second is Quick Media Switching (QMS) for movies and motion pictures, which eliminates the gaps that may result in a blank frame before displaying the content The third is Quick Frame Transport (QFT) with Helping to reduce latency and make it easier to implement later game experiences and real-time interactive virtual reality.
In addition, the Dynamic HDR feature in HDMI version 2.1 ensures that every single scene, even every single frame, is rendered with the best depth of field, detail, brightness, contrast and wider color gamut Unlike SDR, HDR enhances the contrast ratio of moving images from dark to bright so HDR can appear darker and brighter white than SDR in the same image.
In addition to the video portion, this release also offers an audio back channel (eARC) that supports high bit-rate home theater audio formats, including object-based audio, 5.1 and 7.1, and 32-channel uncompressed audio. Audio will help provide immersive, multidimensional experiences that enhance the detail and depth of the audio Once home theater enthusiasts are able to seamlessly connect HDMI and AVR and use the highest quality audio format.
The HDMI Forum said that the HDMI 2.1 specification was developed by the technical working group of the HDMI Forum and is compatible with the previous version of the specification; the new version of the Compliance Test Specification (CTS) Released between the quarter