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5. TSMC discussing Intel jv, reports Reuters
TSMC is discussing a jv to take over Intel Foundry with Nvidia, Broadcom, Qualcomm and AMD, according to Reuters. Under the plan, TSMC would take a stake of not more than 50% in Intel Foundry in order to keep the company US-owned which is a requirement set by the White House. It is said that TSMC would like to have more than one partner in the jv.
4. ST and Sanan Opto inaugurate jv SiC fab in China
An inauguration ceremony has been held for the $3.2 billion SiC fab set up as a jv between Sanan Optoelectronics and STMicroelectronics in Chongqing. Sanan has a 51% stake in the jv and ST 49%. It is due to start volume production of 8” SiC ICs in Q4 using ST’s SiC process technology. When fully completed, in 2028, the fab will have a capacity of 40k wpm.
3. Embedded World 2025: Get the full Electronics Weekly Guide
A roundup of the latest electronics news from Embedded World 2025, the major show running in Nuremberg. The event covers automotive, military, telecoms, industrial and consumer electronics sectors. For example, Heatpipe cooling for COM-HPC computer modules…
2. Embedded World: ‘World’s smallest MCU’, and it’s 32bit
Texas Instruments is claiming “the world’s smallest” for its latest MCU, which measures 1.6 x 0.86mm (1.38mm2) in its 8pad DSBGA package. Despite this, it has a 24MHz 32bit Arm Cortex-M0+ processor, three 12bit ADC channels (with DMA), four timers and one each: UART, I2C and SPI interfaces. There are actually two devices at this size, the MSPM0C1104S8YCJR with 16kbyte of flash and the MSPM0C1103S8YCJR with 8kbyte of flash.
1. Trump dismissive of post-Grove Intel CEOs
Intel’s post-Grove CEOs came in for a drubbing from President Trump at the weekend. “We used to have Intel, and Intel was run by a man named Andy Grove (pictured) and Andy Grove was a tough, smart guy, I used to read about him when I was a young man,” said Trump from the White House. “He did an incredible job, he really dominated the chip businesses,” added Trump.
