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SEMI European 3D Summit makes Dresden debut

12/22/2017  The SEMI European 3D Summit will make its Dresden, Germany, debut 22-24 January, 2018, featuring a broader scope of 3D topics driving innovation and business opportunities in the 3D market.

UMC announces availability of 40nm SST embedded flash process

12/21/2017  Toshiba MCU ICs are expected to utilize the highly robust, non-volatile memory process.

Understanding the impact of defects on the properties of moS2

12/21/2017  Researchers at the Center for Integrated Nanostructure Physics, within the Institute for Basic Science (IBS), have shown that defects in monolayer molybdenum disulfide (MoS2) exhibit electrical switching, providing new insights into the electrical properties of this material. As MoS2 is one of the most promising 2D semiconductors, it is expected that these results will contribute to its future use in opto-electronics.

Revision to SEMI E142: Specification for substrate mapping

12/21/2017  The Korea Advanced Back-end Factory Integration Task Force, in response to the industry's demand, has decided to revise SEMI E142-0211 (Reapproved 1016), Specification for Substrate Mapping by adding an assembly and packaging raw materials traceability method.

New JEDEC committee for wide bandgap power semiconductors invites industry participation

12/20/2017  JEDEC Solid State Technology Association announces the successful launch of its newest committee: JC-70 Wide Bandgap Power Electronic Conversion Semiconductors.

Samsung now mass producing industry's first 2nd-generation, 10nm class DRAM

12/20/2017  Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. announced today that it has begun mass producing the industryÂ’s first 2nd-generation of 10-nanometer class (1y-nm), 8-gigabit (Gb) DDR4 DRAM.

ISS Europe 2018 to focus on winning in the global marketplace

12/20/2017  Electronics manufacturing executives will sharpen their competitive edge in Dublin, Ireland, on 4-6 March at Europe's SEMI Industry Strategy Symposium (ISS Europe).

Acoustic device makes piezoelectrics sing to a different tune

12/20/2017  New embedded transducer approach allows surface acoustic wave device to transmit signals with six times the speed of most commercially used devices.

The coldest chip in the world

12/20/2017  Physicists at the University of Basel have succeeded in cooling a nanoelectronic chip to a temperature lower than 3 millikelvin.

EPC introduces 40V gallium nitride power transistor eight times smaller than equivalently rated MOSFETs

12/19/2017  EPC2049 GaN power transistor offers power systems designers a 40 V, 5 m? power transistor about 8 times smaller than equivalently rated silicon MOSFETs for point of load converters, LiDAR, and low inductance motor drive.

Intersil to start operations as Renesas Electronics America in January 2018

12/19/2017  Renesas Electronics Corporation today announced the integration of Intersil Corporation as a legal entity and a new branding policy following the acquisition of Intersil on February 24, 2017.

Ronnie Kenneth joins Nova's Board of Directors

12/19/2017  Nova, a provider of metrology solutions for advanced process control used in semiconductor manufacturing, today announced that Ronnie (Miron) Kenneth, former CEO of Voltaire Technologies Ltd. and former CEO of Pontis Ltd., has been appointed to the company's Board of Directors.

EVG completes latest phase of production capacity expansion at corporate headquarters

12/19/2017  Newly opened building with advanced cleanroom technology provides additional space for final assembly of EVG process equipment and technical source inspection by the company's global customers.

Largest SEMICON China ever targets industry growth

12/19/2017  More than 70,000 players in the electronics manufacturing industry are expected to descend upon SEMICON China for technology and innovation insights to accelerate already strong industry growth.

Tessera reaches global settlement with Broadcom

12/18/2017  Settlement includes multi-year license agreement.

Cypress appoints Jeannine Sargent to Board of Directors

12/18/2017  Cypress Semiconductor Corp. today announced the appointment of Jeannine Sargent to its board of directors.

Intel unveils industry's first FPGA integrated with high bandwidth memory built for acceleration

12/18/2017  Intel today announced the availability of the Intel Stratix 10 MX FPGA, the industryÂ’s first field programmable gate array (FPGA) with integrated High Bandwidth Memory DRAM (HBM2).

Thermally activated delayed photoluminescence from semiconductor nanocrystals

12/18/2017  Researchers from North Carolina State University have found that the transfer of triplet excitons from nanomaterials to molecules also creates a feedback mechanism that returns some energy to the nanocrystal, causing it to photoluminesce on long time scales. The mechanism can be adjusted to control the amount of energy transfer, which could be useful in optoelectronic applications.

Increase in the wafer size drives wafer mounter equipment market

12/15/2017  The global wafer mounter equipment market is expected to grow at a CAGR of more than 4% from 2017-2021, according to a new market research report by Technavio.

Invensas completes DBI technology transfer to Teledyne DALSA

12/15/2017  One of the world's largest independent MEMS foundries ready to manufacture MEMS and image sensor products utilizing Invensas wafer bonding and 3D interconnect technology.