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Racyics launches 'makeChip' design service platform for GLOBALFOUNDRIESÂ’ 22FDX technology

05/12/2017  Racyics GmbH announced today it has launched makeChip, an design service platform, developed using GLOBALFOUNDRIES' 22FDX process technology and supported by Cadence.

Renesas Electronics announces absorption-type merger with consolidated subsidiary

05/12/2017  Renesas Electronics Corporation announced it will consolidate its subsidiary Renesas System Design, Co., Ltd. through an absorption-type merger.

Hafnia dons a new face

05/12/2017  As computer chips become smaller, faster and more powerful, their insulating layers must also be much more robust -- currently a limiting factor for semiconductor technology. A collaborative University of Kentucky-Texas A&M University research team says this new phase of hafnia is an order of magnitude better at withstanding applied fields.

Soitec names new VP of Strategic Business Development in China

05/11/2017  Soitec, a designer and manufacturer of semiconductor materials for the electronics industry, has appointed Stephen Lin to the newly created position of vice president of strategic business development in China, a key region for the company's future growth plans.

Synopsys IC Validator physical signoff verifies 10 billion+ transistors within hours

05/11/2017  Synopsys, Inc. today announced that its IC Validator was successfully deployed on some of the industry's largest and most advanced designs to accelerate design rule checking (DRC) closure.

At last: Beautiful, consistent carbon belts

05/11/2017  Synthesis of a carbon nanobelt with potential applications in nanotechnology.

Scientists help thin-film ferroelectrics go extreme

05/10/2017  Berkeley Lab researchers create polarization gradient, boost temperature span of ubiquitous material.

Altair Semiconductor joins GSMA

05/10/2017  Altair Semiconductor announced that it has become an Associate Member of the GSMA.

SMIC transitions CEO responsibility to Dr. Haijun Zhao

05/10/2017  Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corporation announces the appointment of Dr. Haijun Zhao as CEO replacing Dr. Tzu-Yin Chiu, who will continue to serve as Vice Chairman and Non-Executive Director of the Board and guide the Company's future strategic direction.

New "Thought Leadership Pass" unlocks what's smart at SEMICON West 2017

05/10/2017  SEMI today announced that SEMICON West (July 11-13 in San Francisco, Calif.) experience packages are now available for purchase, allowing attendees to choose the programs and events most relevant to their interests.

2017FLEX Korea: First flexible hybrid electronics conference in Korea

05/10/2017  Today FlexTech, A SEMI Strategic Association Partner, announced the full agenda for the inaugural flexible hybrid electronics (FHE) conference coming up on May 31-June 1 in Seoul at COEX Exhibition Center.

UnitySC receives multiple orders for wafer thinning inspection systems

05/09/2017  UnitySC today announced multiple orders from a leading integrated device manufacturer (IDM) for its modular 4See Series automated defect inspection platform.

Chemically tailored graphene

05/09/2017  Graphene is considered as one of the most promising new materials. However, the systematic insertion of chemically bound atoms and molecules to control its properties is still a major challenge. Now, for the first time, scientists of the Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, the University of Vienna, the Freie Universität Berlin and the University Yachay Tech in Ecuador succeeded in precisely verifying the spectral fingerprint of such compounds in both theory and experiment.

Primary automotive display systems market valued at $11.6B globally in 2017

05/08/2017  Will grow to nearly $21 billion in 2022, IHS Markit says.

Tianma selects Orbotech solutions for its flex AMOLED Gen 6 fab

05/08/2017  Orbotech Ltd. announced today that Tianma Micro-electronics Co. Ltd. has selected Orbotech's ArrayChecker and Automated Optical Inspection (AOI) solutions for its production line upgrade to flexible AMOLED technology.

SiFive secures $8.5M in funding to advance RISC-V based semiconductors

05/08/2017  SiFive, the first fabless provider of customized, open-source-enabled semiconductors, today announced it has raised $8.5 million in a Series B round led by Spark Capital with participation from Osage University Partners and existing investor Sutter Hill Ventures.

Discovery of new transparent thin film material could improve electronics and solar cells

05/08/2017  Conductivity is highest-ever for thin film oxide semiconductor material.

Organic electronics: Semiconductors as decal stickers

05/08/2017  No more error-prone evaporation deposition, drop casting or printing: Scientists at Ludwig-Maximilians-Universitaet (LMU) in Munich and FSU Jena have developed organic semiconductor nanosheets, which can easily be removed from a growth substrate and placed on other substrates.

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.