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TSI Semiconductors appoints Deborah Harvey as Executive Vice President of Worldwide Foundry Sales

12/13/2013  TSI Semiconductors, LLC, a specialty foundry services company offering flexible technology development and high-quality manufacturing solutions, today announced that Deborah Harvey has joined the company in the newly created position of executive vice president of Worldwide Foundry Sales.

Shipments of touch-screen panels for notebook PCs accelerate in Q4

12/12/2013  After a decline in the second quarter of 2013 and a tepid expansion in the third, demand for touch-screen panels used in notebook PCs is set to rebound to double-digit growth during the last three months of the year.

GaN-on-silicon LEDs forecast to increase market share to 40% by 2020

12/12/2013  The penetration of gallium nitride-on-silicon (GaN-on-Si) wafers into the light-emitting diode (LED) market is forecast to increase at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 69 percent from 2013 to 2020, by which time they will account for 40 percent of all GaN LEDs manufactured.

Graphene-based nano-antennas may enable networks of tiny machines

12/12/2013  Networks of nanometer-scale machines offer exciting potential applications in medicine, industry, environmental protection and defense, but until now there's been one very small problem: the limited capability of nanoscale antennas fabricated from traditional metallic components.

Soitec and IntelliEPI to collaborate on GaAs semiconductor materials

12/12/2013  The agreement includes a technology license granted by Soitec to IntelliEPI, which may be extended to address future business opportunities in the GaAs market, including equipment transfer.

Synthesis of superconducting solid picene

12/12/2013  Research by Professor Yoshihiro Kubozono at Okayama University has potential for innovative applications of solid picene and organic superconductors, graphene and other functional materials.

Celebrating 20 years of BSIM3v3 SPICE models

12/12/2013  Zhihong Liu of ProPlus Designs reflects on the history of the MOSFET SPICE model called BSIM3.

Power modules get their own upside-down C-SAM system

12/12/2013  Sonoscan has shipped the first of its new D9600Z C-SAM systems. This new model is designed expressly to facilitate the imaging of IGBT (Insulated Gate Bipolar Transistor) power modules.

Soitec announces confirmation of the strategic benefits of the Guépard program

12/11/2013  Soitec announced this week that the European Commission has approved the financing for the Guépard program, coordinated by Soitec.

Micron's high-density 45nm serial NOR Flash doubles programming speed for embedded applications

12/10/2013  Micron Technology, Inc. today announced the availability of 45nm Serial NOR Flash memory samples in 512Mb, 1Gb, and 2Gb densities with a standard SPI interface.

SEMICON West “Call for Papers” for New Semiconductor Technology Symposium, Science Park and TechXPOTs

12/10/2013  SEMI today announced a “Call for Papers” for the new Semiconductor Technology Symposium, the popular TechXPOT programs, and a new Science Park program featuring university research and advanced R&D subjects at SEMICON West, North AmericaÂ’s premier microelectronics event, to be held July 8-10 at the Moscone Center in San Francisco, Calif.

Singapore-MIT Alliance for Research Technology orders EV Group automated production bonding system

12/10/2013  SMART, which is a leading research center established by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) in partnership with the National Research Foundation of Singapore, will utilize the EVG850LT system to support its advanced substrate development efforts.

STMicroelectronics launches new advanced energy-harvesting IC

12/10/2013  STMicroelectronics is opening new avenues for energy-harvesting applications with its latest IC integrating all the functions needed to power electronic circuits and recharge batteries using either a solar cell or Thermo-Electric Generator (TEG).

CEA-Leti signs agreement with Qualcomm to assess sequential 3D technology

12/09/2013  CEA-Leti today announced an agreement with Qualcomm Technologies, Inc., a subsidiary of Qualcomm Incorporated, to assess the feasibility and the value of LetiÂ’s sequential 3D technology.

Growing interest in the physics of nanostructures to drive demand for thin films

12/06/2013  GIA invites senior industry executives, domain experts, technologists and market strategists to participate in a comprehensive global research initiative studying the “Thin Films” markets.

Graphene: Growing giants

12/06/2013  While searching for an ideal growth platform for the material, investigators developed a promising new recipe for a graphene substrate: a thin film of copper with massive crystalline grains.

Equipment spending down 2013; expect 33% growth in 2014

12/06/2013  Fab construction projects boom in 2013 but slow in 2014.

Brewer Science commercializes thermal slide debonder

12/06/2013  Brewer Science, a supplier of thin-wafer-handling materials, processes, and equipment to the microelectronics industry, announced today the first commercial placement of its Cee 1300CSX thermal slide debonder.