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Dr. Tsu-Jae King Liu elected to Intel Board of Directors

07/15/2016  Intel Corporation today announced that Dr. Tsu-Jae King Liu has been elected to serve on IntelÂ’s board of directors.

Toshiba and Western Digital celebrate opening of new Fab 2 semiconductor fabrication facility in Japan

07/15/2016  Toshiba Corporation and Western Digital Corporation today celebrated the opening of the New Fab 2 semiconductor fabrication facility located in Yokkaichi, Mie Prefecture, Japan.

Easier, faster, cheaper: A full-filling approach to making nanotubes of consistent quality

07/15/2016  Approach opens a straightforward route for engineering the properties of single-wall carbon nanotubes.

Molecular switch for controlling color and fluorescence

07/15/2016  A collaboration of researchers from Kumamoto, Yamaguchi, and Osaka Universities in Japan have discovered a new method of drastically changing the color and fluorescence of a particular compound using only oxygen (O2) and hydrogen (H2) gases.

Novel advancements in radiation tolerance of HEMTs

07/15/2016  Compared to similar aluminum gallium arsenide/gallium arsenide HEMTs, the gallium nitride-based HEMTs are ten times more tolerant of radiation-induced displacement damage.

Researchers develop faster, precise silica coating process for quantum dot nanorods

07/15/2016  Materials researchers at North Carolina State University have fine-tuned a technique that enables them to apply precisely controlled silica coatings to quantum dot nanorods in a day - up to 21 times faster than previous methods.

Applied Materials releases selective etch tool

07/15/2016  Applied Materials has disclosed commercial availability of new Selectra selective etch twin-chamber hardware for the companyÂ’s high-volume manufacturing (HVM) Producer platform.

X-Celeprint and RTI propose FOWLP free of mold compound

07/15/2016  At the ECTC conference in May, in the “Advances in Fan Out Packaging” session, Matt Lueck of RTI International discussed the results of their joint program with X-Celeprint.

Infineon to acquire Wolfspeed, power and RF division of Cree, Inc.

07/14/2016  Infineon Technologies AG and Cree, Inc. announced today that Infineon has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire the Wolfspeed Power and RF division of Cree.

Cellular handset IC market CAGR forecast at 6.7% through 2019

07/14/2016  Cellphone IC market CAGR to exceed total IC market CAGR by 3.0 points through forecast.

NSTAR Global Services announces facilities management services

07/14/2016  NSTAR Global Services is now offering facilities management services for operations and maintenance (O&M) of installed OEM facility equipment or previously constructed systems that support fab operations in high-tech industries.

Sono-Tek introduces photoresist ultrasonic coating system

07/14/2016  Sono-Tek Corp. unveiled a new photoresist ultrasonic coating system in Booth #2146.

Pall intros 5nm PTFE filtration membrane

07/14/2016  Pall Corporation announced this week the availability of its new 5nm XpressKleen filter.

Busch launches re-manufacturing capabilities

07/14/2016  Busch LLC has launched a new program where, at key sites around the world, they have the ability to re-manufacture any major brand of vacuum pump, including high vacuum turbos and cryos.

SEMICON West Day 3: Don't Miss

07/14/2016  DonÂ’t miss these big events today at SEMICON West!

New materials need new handling approaches

07/13/2016  Wenge Yang of Entegris spoke with the Show Daily about major trends in High Volume Manufacturing (HVM), and about the topics that will be discussed in the Entegris Yield Breakfast Forum “Yield Enhancement Challenges in TodayÂ’s Memory IC Production” happening Thursday morning, July 14.

Packaging and displays drive new litho requirements

07/13/2016  Fan-out wafer level packaging (FOWLP) is gaining traction, leading to higher I/Os and larger formats, and new mobile displays are pushing the limits of pixel per inch (PPI) while also moving to larger formats.

Standards industry leaders honored at SEMICON West 2016

07/13/2016  SEMI honored four industry leaders for their outstanding accomplishments in developing Standards for the electronics and related industries.

KLA-Tencor Evolves Inspection and Review Portfolio for 3D Future

07/10/2014  Systems detect and categorize defects that limit yield in advanced IC manufacturing.

How to Drive and Motivate Modern-Day Innovation

07/10/2014  Technology innovation isnÂ’t slowing down. But its steady acceleration isnÂ’t happening spontaneously, and TuesdayÂ’s Silicon Innovation Forum keynote from Professor of Innovation Dr. Bob Metcalfe outline how he believes to effectively drive the complex cycle that is modern-day innovation.