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eInfochips Joins Samsung Advanced Foundry Ecosystem (SAFE™) to Drive Semiconductor Innovation
February 28, 2025 | PRNewswireEstimated reading time: Less than a minute
eInfochips, an Arrow Electronics company, announced the company has joined the Samsung Advanced Foundry Ecosystem (SAFE™) as a Virtual Design Partner.
Samsung Foundry's Virtual Design Partners offer customers a wide breadth of design services from spec to GDSII. By leveraging these capabilities, customers can easily adopt Samsung Foundry's technologies to develop custom silicon and bring advanced semiconductor solutions to market faster and more effectively.
"We are thrilled to join the Samsung Advanced Foundry Ecosystem," said Mangesh Kulkarni, vice president and general manager of semiconductor practice at eInfochips. "It reflects our deep expertise and positions us to offer an expanded range of design and testing services, utilizing Samsung's latest process technologies. eInfochips brings extensive silicon design experience and a track record of successful tape-outs across 180nm to 3nm process technologies to this ecosystem."
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2024 Sustainability Highlights: IPC’s Commitment to a Greener Future
02/25/2025 | Kelly Scanlon, IPCIn 2024, IPC’s Sustainability for Electronics program made significant impacts through multiple channels of engagement by providing the industry with insights and tools needed to build electronics better. IPC representatives shared expertise at industry events, demonstrating how standards, education, and advocacy support sustainability goals. Industry leaders reciprocated by presenting their successful sustainability initiatives at IPC events, offering valuable real-world perspectives on implementing sustainable practices.