12/23/2016  From the ground-breaking research breakthroughs to the shifting supplier landscape, these are the stories the Solid State Technology audience read the most during 2016.

12/23/2016  The Electronic System Design (ESD) Alliance Market Statistics Service (MSS) today announced that the Electronic Design Automation (EDA) industry revenue increased 7.0 percent for Q3 2016.

12/21/2016  From artificial intelligence to the Internet of Things (IoT), far-reaching innovations are unfolding in virtually every technology sector around the globe, continuing to change the way consumers, businesses and machines interact while also spurring the next revolution in tech market growth.

12/21/2016  Analysts see another chance for Silicon-on-Insulator technology, as proponents claim technical and cost advantages for fully-depleted SOI.

12/21/2016  Researchers from IBM and GlobalFoundries will report on the first use of "air-gaps" as part of the dielectric insulation around active gates of "10nm-node" finFETs at the upcoming International Electron Devices Meeting (IEDM) of the IEEE.

12/20/2016  Sample shipments start from today with mass production scheduled for the second quarter (April to June) of 2017.

12/20/2016  Andreas Weisl (38), former Vice President Europe of Korean LED manufacturer Seoul Semiconductor (SSC), has taken on the position of CEO at Seoul Semiconductor Europe GmbH based Munich, Germany, with effect from November 11, 2016.

12/20/2016  After two years of decline, firming ASPs for DRAM and NAND flash will boost overall memory sales.

12/19/2016  Data from SEMI’s recently updated World Fab Forecast report reveal that 62 new Front End facilities will begin operation between 2017 and 2020.

12/16/2016  A book-to-bill of 0.96 means that $96 worth of orders were received for every $100 of product billed for the month.

12/15/2016  SEMI this week announced that Toshio Maruyama has been selected as the 2017 recipient of the SEMI Sales and Marketing Excellence Award, inspired by Bob Graham.

12/14/2016  SEMI today announced the lineup for six forums at SEMICON China and FPD China held at the Shanghai New International Expo Centre on March 14-16, 2017.

12/14/2016  The 62 facilities and lines range from R&D to high-volume fabs. Most of the newly operating facilities will be volume fabs; only seven are R&Ds or Pilot facilities.

12/13/2016  SiFive, the first fabless provider of customized, open-source enabled RISC-V semiconductors, has been named "Startup of the Year" at the UBM Annual Creativity in Electronics (ACE) Awards held in conjunction with the Embedded Systems Conference Silicon Valley in San Jose.

12/13/2016  SEMI today reported that worldwide sales of new semiconductor manufacturing equipment are projected to increase 8.7 percent to $39.7 billion in 2016.

12/13/2016  SEMICON Japan 2016, the largest and most influential event for the electronics manufacturing supply chain in Japan, opens tomorrow at Tokyo Big Sight.

12/09/2016  The Global Semiconductor Alliance (GSA) is proud to announce the award recipients honored at the 2016 GSA Awards Dinner Celebration that took place in Santa Clara, California.

12/09/2016  Mentor Graphics Corporation today announced the winners of its second annual Don Miller Award for Excellence in System-Level Thermo-Fluid Design.

12/08/2016  The global semiconductor market has rebounded in recent months, with October marking the largest year-to-year sales increase since March 2015.

12/08/2016  In IEDM 2016 presentation, institute’s team demonstrates potential sensing advantages of integrating photodiodes below buried oxide.