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Toshiba releases automotive 40V N-channel power MOSFETs in new package

04/11/2018  Reduced on-resistance from use of a small low-resistance package.

Veeco wins compound semiconductor industry innovation award

04/11/2018  Flexible GENxcel™ MBE Deposition System earns Veeco its fourth Innovation Award in seven years.

Semiconductor leaders' marketshares surge over the past 10 years

04/11/2018  Top 25 companies held more than three-fourths of worldwide semiconductor market.

ON Semiconductor introduces digital image sensor with low light sensitivity and signal-noise ratio

04/10/2018  ON Semiconductor introduced the industry’s first 1/1.7-inch 2.1 megapixel CMOS image sensor featuring ON Semiconductor’s newly developed 4.2?m Back Side Illuminated (BSI) pixels.

Diamond-based circuits can take the heat for advanced applications

04/10/2018  Researchers at Japan's National Institute for Materials Science developed a hydrogenated diamond circuit operational at 300 degrees Celsius.

The 2018 Symposia on VLSI Technology & Circuits covers converging trends in machine learning, artificial intelligence & the IoT

04/09/2018  The 2018 Symposia on VLSI Technology & Circuits will deliver a unique perspective into the technological ecosystem of converging industry trends – machine learning, IoT, artificial intelligence, wearable/implantable biomedical applications, big data, and cloud computing – the emerging technologies needed for 'smart living.'

POET Technologies and SilTerra announce partnership to develop and manufacture POET's Optical Interposer Platform

04/09/2018  The partnership is expected to accelerate the path to commercial production of the Optical Interposer, which will enable optical engines for single-mode transceiver modules and other high bandwidth devices

GaN power device industry: the supply chain is acting to support market growth

04/06/2018  The GaN power business was worth about US$12 million in 2016, but at Yole, analysts project that the market will reach US$460 million by 2022, with an impressive 79% CAGR.

U.S. federal government R&D spending for 2018 finalized

04/06/2018  Although many months past due, Congress on March 23 finalized the federal spending for the remainder of fiscal year (FY) 2018, only hours before a what would have been the third government shutdown of the year.

Double perovskites in environmentally friendly solar cells

04/05/2018  Long electron-hole diffusion length in high-quality lead-free double perovskite films.

Kingston introduces entry-level PCIe NVMe SSD

04/04/2018  The M.2 drive is Kingston’s first entry-level consumer-grade PCIe NVMe SSD utilizing 3D NAND.

Fraunhofer ISE and EV group achieve 33.3% efficiency with silicon-based multi-junction solar cell

04/04/2018  The Fraunhofer researchers achieved the high conversion efficiency of the silicon-based multi-junction solar cell with extremely thin 0.002 mm semiconductor layers of III-V compound semiconductors, bonding them to a silicon solar cell.

Global semiconductor sales up 21% year-to-year in February

04/03/2018  Americas market grows by nearly 40 percent compared to last year; global sales decrease slightly month-to-month.

Toshiba Corporation welcomes Nobuaki Kurumatani as Chairman and CEO

04/02/2018  Nobuaki Kurumatani today took office as the first Chairman and CEO of Toshiba Corporation to be appointed from outside the company in over 50 years.

SiFive secures $50.6M funding to advance RISC-V based semiconductors

04/02/2018  SiFive, a provider of commercial RISC-V processor IP, today announced it raised $50.6 million in a Series C round led by existing investors.

Engineers turn plastic insulator into heat conductor

04/02/2018  Technique could prevent overheating of laptops, mobile phones, and other electronics.

With its highest growth rate in 14 years, the global semiconductor industry topped $429B in 2017

03/30/2018  Samsung edged out Intel, to become the new semiconductor industry leader.

Mobile Semiconductor introduces 40nm ULP memory compiler support

03/30/2018  Mobile Semiconductor today announced the introduction of its three new 40nm ULP memory compilers which are available immediately.

Optoelectronics, sensors/actuators, and discretes hit record-high sales

03/29/2018  Total revenues in the three O-S-D market segments climbed 11% in 2017 -- the strongest growth rate since 2010 -- and continue to be driven by high demand for sensors, actuators, CMOS imaging devices, light sensors, laser transmitters, and power discretes.

NVIDIA and Arm partner to bring deep learning to billions of IoT devices

03/28/2018  NVIDIA and Arm today announced that they are partnering to bring deep learning inferencing to the billions of mobile, consumer electronics and Internet of Things devices that will enter the global marketplace.




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