| 01.29.21 | Chip stocks soar despite bizarre markets

 

January 29, 2021 This week's sponsor is Sequans. Whitepaper: A New Cellular IoT Development Platform Reduces Risk, Complexity, and Time to Market When designing IoT devices, developers are focused on keeping development costs to a minimum, bringing devices to market as quickly as possible, and prototyping these devices with the ability to be as creative as possible. Download now! WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW TODAY: If you work or invest in the semiconductor sector, there’s some reassurance that it has done well despite the crazy market behavior of recent days and even the global shortage of auto chips. One index of 30 major chipmakers has more than doubled in the past year and Intel was a market leader on Thursday.  Of course, things change quickly on the market, but it is nice to know that the industry has depth and staying power. For a great example of engineering prowess applied to a household device, check out this interview with the director of engineering at CHEF iQ in the development of the Smart Cooker with its sensors able to measure weight, temperature and pressure for ideal results. If you are dreaming of an alternative to Silicon Valley for your next engineering job, there are places like Albuquerque where the cost of living is more realistic. - Matt Hamblen Today’s Top Stories Chip stocks soar despite auto shortage and GameStop frenzy By Matt Hamblen Semiconductor index of 30 major chip stocks has more than doubled over the past year read more The engineering behind the world’s most intelligent slow cooker By Karen Field Adding technology like software and connectivity to common household appliances isn't free, requiring engineers to figure out ways to achieve needed functionality without driving up cost significantly. read more Apple tops all smartphones in 4Q, helped by 5G in iPhone 12's By Matt Hamblen Apple shipped more than 90 million iPhones in the holiday quarter, the most for any single quarter for any vendor, IDC says. Pent-up demand and 5G helped. read more Lucrative STEM jobs show up in places like Albuquerque, study shows By Matt Hamblen The median U.S. STEM wage is nearly $87K, more than double that of non-STEM read more AMD smashes prior results with record 2020 revenues of $9.7B By Matt Hamblen AMD's enterprise, embedded and semi-custom segment saw 176% revenue jump in 4Q year-over-year read more How one research engineer conducts extreme climate work in sub-Artic Sweden By Matt Hamblen ICOS stations throughout Europe are measuring carbon with special sensors and sharing the data with policymakers and the public read more Intel reports fifth year of record revenues on swan song for CEO Bob Swan By Matt Hamblen Intel nearly hit $78B for all of 2020, with $20B in 4Q read more Crown Castle inks 15K small cell deal with Verizon By Bevin Fletcher T-Mobile in the fourth quarter cancelled 5,700 nodes Sprint had planned with Crown Castle. read more SK Telecom picks Dell for combo private wireless, edge compute By Linda Hardesty This partnership makes explicit a phenomenon that others have already noticed: edge compute and private wireless go together as well as peanut butter and chocolate. read more Mammoth Biosciences teams with Agilent to deliver CRISPR-based coronavirus tests By Conor Hale CRISPR-wielder Mammoth Biosciences will team up with Agilent Technologies to help launch its upcoming COVID-19 diagnostic test, designed to handle more than 4,000 samples per day. read more NEWS OF NOTE STMicroelectronics reported revenues of $10.2 billion in 2020, an improvement of nearly 7%. Fourth quarter revenues were $3.2 billion, up 17.5% year-over-year.  The biggest market segment was analog, MEMS and sensors with 1.4 billion in revenues, up nearly 31% year-over-year. (RELEASE) THIS WEEK'S SPONSOR IS FIERCE ELECTRONICS. Events Low Power Technologies Summit February 16-17, 2021 IoT Technologies Summit March 15-16 | Free Virtual Event  .   .   . Head of Content: Karen Field Editor: Matt Hamblen Publisher: Kevin Gray Advertise | Contact Manage Your Subscriptions Trouble with your subscription? Contact Support Privacy Policy