07/08/2014  Each year at SEMICON West, the largest and most influential microelectronics exposition in North America, the “Best of West” awards are presented by Solid State Technology and SEMI. The award was established to recognize contributors moving the industry forward with their technological developments in the microelectronics supply chain.

07/08/2014  The long night in solar energy may be coming to an end.

07/08/2014  With mobile devices continuing to shrink in size and wearable electronics emerging as a new market for semiconductors, advanced packaging technologies are taking on increasing importance in the global supply chain. Aside from the 3DIC package/system-in-package area, what is going on in semiconductor packaging these days?

07/08/2014  In wearable gadgets, flexible electronics may have met its dream application. And that’s no stretch of the imagination.

07/07/2014  FinScale Incorporated, the semiconductor device and process innovation company, today announced immediate availability of its qFinFETTM technology, a next generation 3D MOSFET architecture and manufacturable process readily transferable to foundries and integrated device manufacturers

07/07/2014  SEMI today announced that Martin Anstice, president and CEO, Lam Research Corporation; Kevin Crofton, president and COO, SPTS Technologies; Tien Wu, COO, ASE Group; and Guoming Zhang, executive vice president, Sevenstar Electronics, were elected as new directors to the SEMI International Board of Directors in accordance with the association's by-laws.

07/07/2014  SEMI projects back-to-back years of double-digit growth in worldwide semiconductor equipment sales according to the mid-year edition of the SEMI Capital Equipment Forecast, released here today at the annual SEMICON West exposition.

07/03/2014  Whatever forecast one uses for the future of the Internet of Things in terms of connected objects or business opportunities, the IoT will be big.

07/03/2014  Cars that can get along without drivers are coming, down the road, but they are a small part of the changes that the global transportation industries will undertake as microelectronics and the Internet of Things prompt major changes in infrastructure and logistics, as well as all type of vehicles.

06/25/2014  The core element of the semiconductor industry’s roadmap has been scaling – but Gopal Rao believes that isn’t enough anymore.

06/24/2014  Overheard @The ConFab: “I feel the best I’ve felt about semi since 2009.” –Mike Noonen, Silicon Catalyst

06/23/2014  Researchers from the USC Viterbi School of Engineering describe how they have overcome a major issue in carbon nanotube technology by developing a flexible, energy-efficient hybrid circuit combining carbon nanotube thin film transistors with other thin film transistors.

06/23/2014  Many questions were in the air on the first day of the 10th annual ConFab 2014, and certainly chief among them was raised during Dr. Roawen Chen of Qualcomm’s keynote “What’s On Our Mind” on Monday morning when he asked, “Should we pursue Moore's Law unconditionally?"

06/23/2014  JSR Corporation, Lam Research, Tokyo Electron Ltd. and SUMCO Corporation honored for outstanding collaboration, service and cost leadership.

06/22/2014  Ultrathin glass is well suited for use as interposers in semiconductor packaging applications.

06/19/2014  Storing gas on a sorbent provides an innovative, yet simple and lasting solution.

06/16/2014  In 2004/2005, shipments of 300mm wafer fab equipment (WFE) began to outpace that of 200mm platforms.

06/12/2014  The introduction of new materials, such as III-Vs, into high-volume manufacturing of semiconductors, likely will occur sometime around the 7nm and/or 5nm nodes.

06/11/2014  Worldwide shipments of flat-panel televisions rose convincingly in the first quarter of 2014 compared to the same period last year, a stronger-than-expected showing that puts the industry on firm footing for the year.

06/05/2014  As smart materials become one of the fastest growing areas of materials technology, SABIC and Cima NanoTech, a Singapore and US-based company, have announced the joint development of a plastics industry first: a transparent conductive polycarbonate film that has the potential to revolutionize the materials used in consumer electronics, household goods, automotive, architecture and healthcare.