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Featured image of the article KnowMade Releases Its 2025 RF Front-End Patent Monitoring Summary: Insights into Competition and Technology Trends.

KnowMade Releases Its 2025 RF Front-End Patent Monitoring Summary: Insights into Competition and Technology Trends

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SOPHIA ANTIPOLIS, France – April 2, 2026 │ The RF front-end industry continues to evolve at a rapid pace, driven by the increasing complexity of wireless communication systems and the transition toward highly integrated architectures. In this context, intellectual property (IP) has become a critical indicator of technological leadership, competitive positioning, and future market direction.[…]

Featured image of the article How TSMC Is Redefining Thermal Management for 2.5D/3D Advanced Packaging for HPC and AI.

How TSMC Is Redefining Thermal Management for 2.5D/3D Advanced Packaging for HPC and AI

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SOPHIA ANTIPOLIS, France – January 27, 2026 │ As semiconductor packaging evolved toward 2.5D, 3D stacking, and heterogeneous integration, thermal management has emerged as one of the most critical limiting factors for performance, reliability, and manufacturability. Power densities in high-performance computing (HPC) and artificial intelligence (AI) chips continue to rise, while package sizes increase and[…]

Featured image of the article Murata’s Patent Litigation Against Maxscend: Interpreting the TF-SAW Battle from Shanghai, Seoul, to Munich.

Murata’s Patent Litigation Against Maxscend: Interpreting the TF-SAW Battle from Shanghai, Seoul, to Munich

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SOPHIA ANTIPOLIS, France, January 5, 2025 │ The patent litigation initiated by Murata Manufacturing against Maxscend Microelectronics in 2025 is not a routine infringement dispute limited to a single jurisdiction or isolated invention. Instead, it represents a structurally significant confrontation over thin-film surface acoustic wave (TF-SAW) technology, spanning China, South Korea, and Germany, and touching[…]

Featured image of the article From Competitor to Leader: Hesai in LiDAR Patent Landscape.

From Competitor to Leader: Hesai in LiDAR Patent Landscape

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SOPHIA ANTIPOLIS, France, November 25, 2025 │ According to KnowMade’s upcoming LiDAR for Automotive (ADAS and Robotic Vehicles) Patent Landscape Analysis 2025, the global patent landscape for automotive LiDAR has reached a new level of intensity. As of October 2025, the field contains more than 36,000 patent families and over 62,000 individual patents. Since 2020,[…]