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Broadcom completes acquisition of Brocade Communications Systems

11/17/2017  Broadcom Limited, a semiconductor device supplier to the wired, wireless, enterprise storage, and industrial end markets, today announced that it has completed its acquisition of Brocade Communications Systems, Inc.

Semiconducting carbon nanotubes can reduce noise in carbon nanotube interconnects

11/17/2017  Crosstalk and noise can become a major source of reliability problems of CNT based VLSI interconnects in the near future.

A new window into electron behavior

11/17/2017  Scientists invent technique to map energy and momentum of electrons beneath a material's surface.

SkyWater significantly expands pure-play technology foundry customer base

11/16/2017  SkyWater Technology Foundry announces that it has been assigned the Specialty Foundry customer relationships from Cypress Semiconductor Corporation.

Marvell Semiconductor president and CEO Matt Murphy elected chair of SIA

11/16/2017  The Semiconductor Industry Association today announced the SIA Board of Directors has elected Matt Murphy, president and CEO of Marvell Semiconductor, Inc., as its 2018 Chair and Sanjay Mehrotra, president and CEO of Micron Technology, Inc., as its 2018 Vice Chair.

Electronics industry conference to debut in Kuala Lumpur

11/15/2017  SEMICON Southeast Asia 2018 to bolster growing semiconductor industry in the region.

Will Samsung's 2017 semi capex deliver knockout blow to competition?

11/15/2017  The company’s $26 billion in 2017 outlays expected to be more than Intel and TSMC combined.

SUNY Poly, IBM celebrates 20th anniversary of copper interconnects during Albany nanotechnology symposium

11/14/2017  SUNY Polytechnic Institute (SUNY Poly) is hosting the 11th IEEE Nanotechnology Symposium at its world-class Albany NanoTech Complex on Wednesday, November 15, from 9 a.m. to 5:30 p.m.

First SEMICON Europa opens this year in co-location with productronica

11/14/2017  Semiconductor industry back on track for growth in Europe -- major new investments.

GLOBALFOUNDRIES, Fudan team to deliver next generation dual interface smart card

11/14/2017  GF's 55LPx platform with embedded non-volatile memory and integrated RF enables Fudan to create China's most advanced CPU bank card.

Ben-Gurion University researchers achieve breakthrough in camouflaging an optical chip rendering it invisible

11/14/2017  Ben-Gurion University of the Negev (BGU) researchers have achieved a breakthrough in manipulating light to render an object, such as an optical chip, invisible.

Micron advances persistent memory with 32GB NVDIMM

11/13/2017  Micron Technology, Inc., today announced a new 32GB NVDIMM-N offering twice the capacity of existing NVDIMMs, providing system designers and original equipment manufacturers with new flexibility to work with larger data sets in fast persistent memory.

An interview with Bosch Sensortec CEO: IoT, environmental sensing and value chain

11/10/2017  SEMI interviewed one of the four keynotes presenting on November 14 during the Opening Ceremony, Dr. Stefan Finkbeiner, CEO of Bosch Sensortec, about topics about developments and trends in IoT, Environmental Sensing, and Value Chain as well as the role of Europe.

2017 Global Semiconductor Alliance Award nominees announced

11/09/2017  The Global Semiconductor Alliance (GSA) today announced the 2017 award nominees for the GSA Awards Dinner Celebration.

Alpha and Omega Semiconductor announces shield gate technology generation 2 100V 3.6mOhm MOSFET

11/09/2017  Alpha and Omega Semiconductor Limited today announced the release of AONS66916 production utilizing the latest Alpha Shield Gate Technology Generation 2 (AlphaSGT2).

Automotive electronic systems growth strongest through 2021

11/09/2017  IC Market Drivers 2018 report ranks major end-use applications and their impact on IC market growth.

The intelligence that leads to artificial intelligence

11/08/2017  Artificial intelligence (AI) may be a hot topic today, but SEMI has helped to incubate Big Data and AI since its founding.

Semiconductor super cycle: Market trends, drivers and forecasts

11/08/2017  2017 will be a record-breaking year. Semiconductor sales will exceed $400 billion for the first time and semiconductor equipment sales will finally shatter the historic high set in 2000. What is driving this growth?

Third quarter 2017 silicon wafer shipments hit another quarterly record

11/08/2017  Worldwide silicon wafer area shipments increased during the third quarter 2017 when compared to second quarter 2017 area shipments according to the SEMI Silicon Manufacturers Group (SMG) in its quarterly analysis of the silicon wafer industry.

Kyma demonstrates high quality 200mm diameter GaN on QST templates

11/07/2017  Kyma Technologies, Inc. announced it has used its new K200 hydride vapor phase epitaxy (HVPE) growth tool to produce high quality 200mm diameter HVPE GaN on QST (QROMIS Substrate Technology) templates.




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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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