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Achronix and Mentor partner to provide link between high-level synthesis and FPGA technology

08/07/2018  Achronix Semiconductor Corporation today announced availability of an optimized High-Level Synthesis (HLS) flow from its partner, Mentor, a Siemens business, for its FPGA technology products.

UMC and Avalanche Technology partner for MRAM development and 28nm production

08/06/2018  UMC will offer cost effective licensing of embedded 28nm non-volatile MRAM macros to its foundry customers.

Samsung Electronics starts mass production of industry's first 4-bit consumer SSD

08/06/2018  Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. today announced that it has begun mass producing the industryÂ’s first 4-bit (QLC, quad-level cell) 4-terabyte (TB) SATA solid-state drive (SSD) for consumers.

Nanotube 'rebar' makes graphene twice as tough

08/06/2018  Rice University scientists test material that shows promise for flexible electronics.

UCF professor discovers a first-of-its-kind material for the quantum age

08/03/2018  A UCF physicist has discovered a new material that has the potential to become a building block in the new era of quantum materials, those that are composed of microscopically condensed matter and expected to change our development of technology.

Energy harvesting semiconductor content to approach $3.4B by 2022, says Semico Research

08/03/2018  A new research report from Semico Research estimates that the semiconductor content for energy harvesting solutions will explode to $3.4 billion by 2022. 

Entegris EUV 1010 Reticle Pod receives ASML qualification

08/03/2018  Entegris, Inc. today released the next generation EUV 1010 Reticle Pod for high-volume IC manufacturing using extreme ultraviolet (EUV) lithography.

'Strange metals' just got stranger

08/03/2018  A material already known for its unique behavior is found to carry current in a way never before observed.

SEMI High-Tech Facility events: Shaping the future of smart factories in Taiwan

08/02/2018  The march to greater precision, efficiency and safety – the lifeblood of high-technology manufacturing facilities – has taken on a new urgency as emerging applications such artificial intelligence (AI), the Internet of Things (IoT) and Industry 4.0 give new meaning to smart factories.

Wearable devices: Useful medical insights or just more data?

08/02/2018  A new review looks at the booming industry of measuring 'every breath you take and every move you make'.

Xperi partners with UMC to support production of direct and hybrid bonding 3D semiconductor technologies

08/02/2018  Partnership enables UMC to develop and manufacture products utilizing Invensas DBI and ZiBond technologies.

Leti and CMP announce world's first multi-project wafer service with integrated silicon OxRAM

08/02/2018  Leti, a research institute at CEA Tech, and CMP, a service organization that provides prototyping and low-volume production of ICs and MEMS, today announced the integrated-circuit industry's first multi-project-wafer (MPW) process for fabricating emerging non-volatile memory OxRAM devices on a 200mm foundry base-wafer platform.

Keysight delivers the industry's smallest solder-in probe head for high performance oscilloscopes

08/01/2018  Keysight MX0100A InfiniiMax micro probe head designed to access small geometry, high density target devices.

Toshiba Memory announces merger with K. K. Pangea

08/01/2018  Toshiba Memory Corporation today announced that it consummated the merger with K. K. Pangea which is its parent company on August 1, 2018.

Optical secrets of disulfide nanotubes are disclosed by Lomonosov MSU Scientists

08/01/2018  They have demonstrated a strong light-matter interaction in suspensions and self-assembled films of tungsten disulfide nanotubes.

On-chip optical filter processes wide range of light wavelengths

08/01/2018  Silicon-based system offers smaller, cheaper alternative to other 'broadband' filters; could improve a variety of photonic devices.

Avnet expands relationship with Microchip

07/31/2018  Avnet, a global technology company, has been named a global distribution partner for Microsemi Corporation, a wholly owned subsidiary of Microchip Technology, Inc.

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.

Vacuum Technologies Needed for 3D Device Processing

07/10/2014  Complex effluent management of ALD and CVD processes using novel precursors