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New computing system takes its cues from the human brain

06/12/2017  The new system employs a network of electronic oscillators to solve graph coloring tasks – a type of problem that tends to choke modern computers.

SiTime enables industrial IoT applications with smallest, lowest-power, precision MEMS reference clocks

06/12/2017  These timing solutions, available in a tiny CSP (chip-scale package), enable coin-cell battery operated IoT sensors to run up to 10 years.

The first nanometrically-sized superelastic alloy

06/09/2017  UPV/EHU-University of the Basque Country's researchers have explored superelasticity properties on a nanometric scale based on shearing an alloy's pillars down to nanometric size.

Imec achieves record-low source/drain contact resistivity for PMOS transistors

06/08/2017  Imec is wrapping up at the Symposia on VLSI Technology this week with two announcements: the reporting of record breaking values below 10^-9 Ohm.cm² for PMOS source/drain contact resistivity and new process improvements for next generation devices.

The audio world has stepped into another dimension

06/07/2017  Market for MEMS microphones and ECMs, micro-speakers and audio ICs will be worth US$20 billion in 2022.

Imec demonstrates breakthrough in CMOS-compatible ferroelectric memory

06/07/2017  Imec has proved the validity of ferroelectric memory as a promising technology at various points in the memory hierarchy, and as a new technology for storage class memory -- today, it demonstrated the world's first a vertically stacked ferroelectric Al doped HfO2 device for NAND applications.

Volatility in electronic equipment supply chain

06/01/2017  SEMI’s year-to-date worldwide semiconductor equipment billings year-to-date through March show a 59.6 percent gain to the same period last year.

2017 automotive IC market on pace for record year

05/31/2017  22% forecast increase driven by system growth, rising ASPs for memory and logic devices.

SEMICON West preview: MEMS

05/23/2017  Autonomous automobiles, smart manufacturing, smart buildings, mobile human health monitoring, and 4G+ communications hardware for connecting all these devices will drive strong 24 percent growth in units and 14 percent in value for the MEMS sector.

IEEE International Electron Devices Meeting announces 2017 Call for Papers

05/23/2017  The 63rd annual IEEE International Electron Devices Meeting (IEDM), to be held at the Hilton San Francisco Union Square hotel December 2-6, 2017, has issued a Call for Papers seeking the world's best original work in all areas of microelectronics research and development.

North American semiconductor equipment industry posts April 2017 billings

05/23/2017  North America-based manufacturers of semiconductor equipment posted $2.17 billion in billings worldwide in April 2017 (three-month average basis), according to the April Equipment Market Data Subscription (EMDS) Billings Report published today by SEMI.

Sensor/actuator sales take off as price erosion eases

05/22/2017  Strong unit growth continues to be driven by the spread of automated embedded controls, wearable systems, and the Internet of Things, says new O-S-D Report.

China's semiconductor industry and "win-win" growth

05/22/2017  As China embarks on the Made in China 2025 plan with electronics and semiconductor technology as one of the Top 10 focus areas, China's semiconductor industry has an unprecedented growth opportunity.

Racyics launches 'makeChip' design service platform for GLOBALFOUNDRIES’ 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.

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.

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.

Apple dips as global smartphone shipments hit 353M in Q1 2017

05/03/2017  According to the latest research from Strategy Analytics, global smartphone shipments grew 6 percent annually to reach 353 million units in Q1 2017.

Sigenics, Inc. receives $1M NIH grant to engineer technology for visual prosthesis system

05/02/2017  Sigenics, Inc. has received a $1M award from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to develop electronics technology that is key to a brain-based visual prosthesis system.

STMicroelectronics appoints Jean-Marc Chery as Deputy CEO and names new executive team

04/27/2017  STMicroelectronics announced today the appointment of Jean-Marc Chery as Deputy CEO, effective July 1, 2017.




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The semiconductor industry is an acknowledged global leader in promoting environmental sustainability in the design, manufacture, and use of its products, as well as the health and safety of its operations and impacts on workers in semiconductor facilities (fabs). We will examine trends and concerns related to emissions, chemical use, energy consumption and worker safety and health.

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