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Printed, flexible, and organic electronics will account for 18% of wearable athletics sensors in 2024

09/26/2014  Printed, flexible and organic electronic (PFOE) sensors can offer flexible form factors, larger area, lower cost, lower power, and better disposability compared to conventional sensors, key attributes for wearable applications.

Silicon Motion elects Han-Ping Shieh to Board of Directors

09/26/2014  Mr. Shieh will replace Mr. Kenneth Kuan-Min Lin, who had chosen not to stand for reelection to the Board of Directors in order to focus more on his venture capital and other activities.

New discovery could pave the way for spin-based computing

09/26/2014  A University of Pittsburgh research team has discovered a way to fuse these two distinct properties in a single material, paving the way for new ultrahigh density storage and computing architectures.

Honeywell advanced materials help mobile devices dissipate heat

09/25/2014  Honeywell Electronic Materials announced today that its advanced materials are being integrated into the production of tablets and smartphones, helping them stay cool and perform better.

Flexible LEDs

09/24/2014  Flexible light-emitting diode (LED) displays and solar cells crafted with inorganic compound semiconductor micro-rods are moving one step closer to reality, thanks to graphene and the work of a team of researchers in Korea.

Future flexible electronics based on carbon nanotubes

09/24/2014  Study in Applied Physics Letters show how to improve nanotube transistor and circuit performance with fluoropolymers

NSF and SRC announce research awards to 10 universities

09/23/2014  The National Science Foundation (NSF) and Semiconductor Research Corporation (SRC) today announced nine research awards to 10 universities totaling nearly $4 million under a joint program focused on Secure, Trustworthy, Assured and Resilient Semiconductors and Systems (STARSS).

Physicists heat freestanding graphene to control curvature of ripples

09/22/2014  An international team of physicists, led by a research group at the University of Arkansas, has discovered that heating can be used to control the curvature of ripples in freestanding graphene.

NVIDIA unveils Maxwell GPU architecture

09/19/2014  In a major leap forward for gaming, NVIDIA today introduced the first high-end products based on its Maxwell chip architecture -- the new GeForce GTX 980 and 970 GPUs -- delivering unmatched performance, major new graphics capabilities and twice the energy efficiency of the previous generation.

ProPlus Design Solutions expands sales operations to Europe

09/18/2014  ProPlus Design Solutions, Inc. announced today it expanded its sales operations to Europe.

EMCORE Corporation announces CEO transition plan

09/18/2014  EMCORE Corporation, a provider of compound semiconductor-based components and subsystems for the fiber optic and space solar power industries, today announced a transition plan of its Chief Executive Officer position in connection with the announced sale of its Space Photovoltaics business.

For electronics beyond silicon, a new contender emerges

09/18/2014  Silicon has few serious competitors as the material of choice in the electronics industry. Yet transistors, the switchable valves that control the flow of electrons in a circuit, cannot simply keep shrinking to meet the needs of powerful, compact devices; physical limitations like energy consumption and heat dissipation are too significant.

Samsung now mass producing industry’s first 20nm 6Gb LPDDR3 mobile DRAM

09/18/2014  The new mobile memory chip will enable longer battery run-time and faster application loading on large screen mobile devices with higher resolution.

Mentor Graphics appoints Vice President for Embedded Technologies

09/18/2014  Mentor Graphics Corp. today announced the appointment of Glenn Perry to the role of vice president of the company's Embedded Systems Division.

SEMI releases second quarter 2014 worldwide PV equipment market statistics report

09/18/2014  Worldwide billings increased to $319 million in Q2 2014, an increase of 33 percent from the prior quarter but 11 percent below the same quarter a year ago.

David Bell joins Triad Semiconductor's Board of Directors

09/17/2014  Triad Semiconductor, Inc. today announced that David B. Bell former President & CEO of Intersil and former President of Linear Technology Corporation was appointed to the company's board of directors.

eBeam Initiative Survey indicates new eBeam expectations for photomask production

09/16/2014  Continued semiconductor scaling drives new mask design requirements; use of complex mask shapes predicted to increase

SEMI advocates for the industry in Washington

09/10/2014  With changes coming in Washington, SEMI has important work ahead supporting the innovators and job creators of this country.

The semiconductor industry: Out in front, but lagging behind

09/10/2014  Capital equipment suppliers must provide advanced analytical systems that leverage data generated by their tools to help their fab customers address the challenges of Big Data and advanced analytics.

Global shutter image sensors

09/09/2014  Different GS pixel architectures and technologies are presented and performances compared.




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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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Wafer Processing

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As the industry moves to 10nm and 7nm nodes, advances in wafer processing – etch, deposition, planarization, implant, cleaning, annealing, epitaxy among others – will be required. Manufacturers are looking for new solutions for sustained strain engineering, FinFETs, FDSOI and multi-gate technologies, 3D NAND, and high mobility transistors.

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