Gov. Wolf announced that iDEAL Semiconductor Devices, Inc. plans to expand its technology research and development and create 63 new jobs in the Lehigh Valley.
Startup Funding: April 2021
April showers brought mega fundraising rounds to the semiconductor industry. In China, a mobile chipset maker looking to go public won significant funding along with partnerships with major smartphone companies. In the US, AI hardware startups are drawing interest with unique processor architectures and business models. Plus, a major test and design services company drew new investment. This month, we take a look at 22 companies that collectively raised over $2.3B.
Semi & design
Guosheng Capital,
Haier Financial, and
W&W Fund among the participants. The fabless company designs a range of chipsets for mobile and IoT/IIoT applications, including 5G mobile and baseband as well as NB-IoT. It is currently working with Xiaomi and OPPO on a sub-6GHz 5G chip. Formerly known as Spreadtrum before its acquisition by Tsinghua Unigroup, Unisoc is based in Shanghai, China. It is reportedly preparing to list on the Shanghai STAR market later this year.