11/01/2005 Recently an acquaintance of mine sent me a series of spectacular photographs of hurricane Katrina as it edged along its somewhat indiscriminate yet determined route, making landfall at several locations along the way.
11/01/2005 Semiconductor manufacturing and cleanroom use have been tightly coupled since the earliest days; today, semiconductor cleanrooms continue to drive trends and technology.
11/01/2005 There are times when we get so caught up in the news, natural emergencies, and keeping up with the latest technological whiz-bangs that we lose perspective.
11/01/2005 With advances in semiconductor fabrication driving into the nanometer range comes more pressure on IC packaging technologies to meet the needs of new devices.
11/01/2005 With the July 2006 date for implementation of the EU’s RoHS and WEEE Directives looming, most, if not all producers of electronic products are studying prospective technologies and looking for potential solutions for assembling products using lead-free solders.
10/31/2005 Pete Hulbert, Keithley Instruments Inc., Cleveland, Ohio
New semiconductor materials and shrinking device dimensions have made reliability testing increasingly important because the gate dielectric behavior of modern devices isn't well understood, requiring the development of new device lifetime models. However, traditional test methods are time consuming and not suitable for new materials and shorter development cycles. A new approach...
10/31/2005 October 31, 2005 - Oki Electric Industry Co. has developed a technique to fabricate transistors of gallium nitride (GaN) on silicon wafers instead of expensive silicon carbide, reports the Nikkei English News. Using this technique, Oki said it can manufacture chips with an output of around 100W for less than half the conventional cost.
10/31/2005 San Jose, Calif. — Worldwide semiconductor sales increased to $19.6 billion in September, a 5.2% increase from the $18.6 billion reported in August, reports the Semiconductor Industry Association (SIA).
