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Open-Silicon appoints new VP of Engineering

09/18/2018  Anand Bariya brings 25 years of engineering management experience to custom silicon solution provider.

TowerJazz annual U.S. Technical Symposium to showcase its advanced analog specialty process offerings

09/18/2018  During TGS, the company will share its vision on industry megatrends: "Wireless Everything, Smart Everything, Green Everything" - and the means by which its analog specialty portfolio helps customers to differentiate their technology solutions.

Keysight Technologies' 3D planar electromagnetic simulator certified for GLOBALFOUNDRIES 22FDX process technology

09/18/2018  Keysight Technologies, Inc. (NYSE: KEYS), a technology company that helps enterprises, service providers, and governments accelerate innovation to connect and secure the world, today announced that the company's 3D planar electromagnetic (EM) simulator, Momentum, has been certified for GLOBALFOUNDRIES (GF) 22FDX, 22nm Fully-Depleted Silicon-On-Insulator (FD-SOI) technology.

GOWIN Semiconductor unveils the latest embedded memory products

09/17/2018  The 2 new embedded FPGA devices were designed with low power, small package size, and low cost in mind. 

New fabs invest over $220B; 2019 to mark all-time spending high

09/17/2018  Global fab equipment spending will increase 14 percent this year to US$62.8 billion and is expected to rise 7.5 percent, to US$67.5 billion, in 2019, marking the fourth consecutive year of spending growth and the highest investment year for fab equipment in the history of the industry, according to the latest World Fab Forecast Report published today by SEMI.

Adesto completes acquisition of Echelon

09/14/2018  Adesto Technologies announced the successful completion of its previously announced acquisition of Echelon Corporation.

Industry growth: Still positive but varies by region

09/14/2018  Manufacturing activity continues to expand -- but at a slowing pace.

MCUs sales to reach record-high annual revenues through 2022

09/13/2018  MCU sales and units shipments driven by the spread of embedded control in systems, more sensors, and the rush to connect end-use applications to the Internet of Things (IoT).

SUNY Poly professor awarded $500,000 National Science Foundation grant to develop next-gen memory

09/13/2018  NSF grant supports SUNY Poly research for scalable computing infrastructure that mimics the synaptic functionality of the human brain.

"Dreams Start Here" at SEMICON Japan 2018 in era of AI

09/11/2018  Japan is at the heart of the semiconductor industry as the era of artificial intelligence (AI) dawns. SEMICON Japan 2018 will highlight AI and SMART technologies in Japan's industry-leading event.

2019 ECTC abstract submission deadline is October 8

09/11/2018  This premier international conference, sponsored by the IEEE Electronics Packaging Society (IEEE EPS), covers a wide spectrum of electronic packaging technology topics, including components, materials, assembly, interconnect design, device and system packaging, wafer level packaging, Si photonics, LED and IoT, optoelectronics, 2.5D and 3D integration technology, and reliability.

Worldwide semiconductor equipment billings reach $16.7B in second quarter 2018

09/10/2018  Worldwide semiconductor manufacturing equipment billings reached US$16.7 billion in the second quarter of 2018, 1 percent lower than the previous record quarter and 19 percent higher than the same quarter a year ago.

ASMC 2019 Call for Papers deadline is October 9, 2018

09/07/2018  Educate the industry about the latest in advanced processes and materials.

Top 10 semiconductor industry innovations

09/07/2018  Over the past three decades, most of the world’s innovations have centered largely on business models and involved iterative advances of existing technologies, with none matching the global impact of the top 10 semiconductor industry discoveries and advances, Dr. Morris Chang, founder of TSMC and the IC foundry model, said at SEMICON Taiwan 2018 this week.

Global semiconductor sales increase 17.4% year-to-year in July

09/06/2018  Global industry posts highest-ever monthly sales; year-to-year growth seen across all major semiconductor product categories and regional markets.

GLOBALFOUNDRIES CTO Gary Patton to deliver opening keynote at GSA Silicon Summit

09/06/2018   Dr. Gary Patton, Chief Technology Officer and Senior Vice President of Worldwide Research and Development at GLOBALFOUNDRIES, will deliver the opening keynote address at the inaugural GSA Silicon Summit – East, being held Tuesday, October 9 in Saratoga Springs, NY. 

Lattice Semiconductor appoints Steve Douglass as Corporate VP, R&D

09/05/2018  Lattice Semiconductor Corporation, a provider of customizable smart connectivity solutions, announced the appointment of Steve Douglass as the Company's Corporate Vice President, R&D, effective immediately.

SEMI Europe and AENEAS collaborate to support European electronics industry growth

09/05/2018  SEMI Europe and AENEAS today announced that they have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to form a strategic partnership to support the European electronics industry's growth.

SEMICON Taiwan opens with AI, IoT, automotive in the spotlight

09/04/2018  Semiconductor industry growth drivers artificial intelligence (AI), Internet of Things (IoT) and automotive take center stage as more than 45,000 visitors gather at SEMICON Taiwan starting today.

China's semiconductor fab capacity to reach 20% worldwide share in 2020

09/04/2018  The China IC Ecosystem Report, a comprehensive report for the IC manufacturing supply chain, reveals that front-end fab capacity in China will grow to account for 16 percent of the world's semiconductor fab capacity this year, a share that will increase to 20 percent by the end of 2020.




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