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General Motors and GF in Exclusive Partnership for Semiconductor Chips
On Thursday, February 9th, 2023 – General Motors announced an “automotive industry first”, partnership with Global Foundries, the fourth largest semiconductor manufacturer in the world. GM and GlobalFoundries will establish an exclusive supply line of computer chips, produced directly in the United States This partnership…
Regulation and Compliance updates
Chemical Water Contamination: PFAS, PFOA, PFOS, POPs Regulations
What are PFAS and What are the Health Risks? What are PFAS? Perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances, otherwise known as “PFAS”, are man-made chemicals that include PFOA (Perfluorooctanoic Acid) and PFOS (Perfluorooctane Sulfonate). These chemicals are also commonly described as POPs (persistent organic pollutants) or “forever…
Industry News | Regulation and Compliance updates
New POPs Regulation Addition: PFHxS
The latest development by the Stockholm Convention was in June 2022, where they listed perfluorohexane sulfonic acid (PFHxS), its salts, and any PFHxS-related compounds, as banned substances (Annex A). What Are PFHxS? Which Regulations Are Updated? PFHxS is a group of chemicals found in…
New U.S. Semiconductor Trade Ban on Macau
On January 17, 2023 – Macau, a special administration region of China, has been banned from shipments of advanced chips and chipmaking equipment by an order from the Biden Administration. This move follows the restrictions placed on the Republic of China in October of 2022…
TSMC’s New 3nm Chip Wafers Priced at $20,000
TSMC released pricing for their latest and smallest chip node technology at a 25% price hike over their current 5nm wafer. The new wafers with 3nm node technology will be priced at $20,000 apiece. This news comes as a surprise as Samsung already announced partnerships…
Conflict Minerals Compliance | Regulation and Compliance updates
Environmental Compliance Roll Up Guide 2022
Ensure compliance with our Roll Up & Compliance Reporting Services The process of meeting compliance is difficult, time-consuming and often confusing – yet it is an absolute necessity to sell products on global markets. Regulations vary by region and industry. A US medical company will…
Industry News | Regulation and Compliance updates
US Restricts Memory Chip Technology to China
On Friday, October 7th, 2022, the US Department of Commerce passed extensive regulations to cut China off from accessing certain semiconductor microchip technology made with U.S. equipment from anywhere in the world. Chinese chipmakers will no longer receive equipment to produce advanced logic chips under…
Updates: Multi-BOM Reports, UI Changes and Military Search
SiliconExpert has made some major updates to the functionality and features of P5. By popular request, we have developed multi-BOM risk reporting functionality. Additionally, our users have been asking for the ability to edit our Approved Components List (ACL) directly from the web interface. We’ve…
One Missing Piece Can Ruin Your Design:
Avoid Costly Redesigns due to Obsolescence
Electronics design engineers would be thrown into despair if their complex, masterpiece design was foiled by a single missing piece such as an obsolete component. How Obsolescence Can Ruin Product Design Imagine the following scenario. You’re a lead design engineer creating an instrument panel for…