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Kateeva names Dr. Homer Antoniadis as Executive Vice President of Technology

11/17/2017  Kateeva, a developer of OLED production equipment solutions, today appointed Dr. Homer Antoniadis to the newly created role of Executive Vice President of Technology.

Flexible AMOLED panel supply capacity to exceed demand by 44% in 2018

11/16/2017  With flexible active-matrix organic light-emitting diode (AMOLED) panel fabs building at a quicker pace than global demand, supply capacity of flexible AMOLED panels is forecast to be 44 percent higher than global demand in 2018, according to IHS Markit.

Japan issues landmark diamond semiconductor patent to AKHAN

11/15/2017  AKHAN Semiconductor, a technology company specializing in the fabrication and application of lab-grown, electronics-grade diamond, announced today the issuance by the Japan Patent Office of a patent covering a method for the fabrication of diamond semiconductor materials.

Electronics industry conference to debut in Kuala Lumpur

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

Enabling the A.I. era

11/08/2017  There’s a strongly held belief now that the way in which semiconductors will be designed and manufactured in the future will be largely determined by a variety of rapidly growing applications, including artificial intelligence/deep learning, virtual and augmented reality, 5G, automotive, the IoT and many other uses, such as bioelectronics and drones. The key question for most semiconductor manufacturers is how can they benefit from these trends?

Pixelligent Technologies appoints Alain Harrus and Gene Banucci to its Board of Directors

11/07/2017  Pixelligent Technologies announced today it has named Alain Harrus, Ph.D. and Gene Banucci, Ph.D. to the Pixelligent Board of Directors.

Global shipments of oxide TFT LCD mobile PC panels to grow 200% this year

11/06/2017  Global shipments of large oxide TFT LCD panels of 9 inches or larger are expected to grow from 20 million units in 2016 to 55.6 million units in 2017.

Costs of 55-inch OLED TV display production catch up to LCD TV panels

11/03/2017  Unit cost for 55-inch UHD OLED TV panels recorded a 55 percent decline in second quarter of 2017 since its introduction in early 2015.

IPS display adoption in notebook PCs continues to increase

11/01/2017  IPS to make up 37 percent of all notebook PC panels shipped in 2017 and 42 percent in 2018, up from 27 percent in 2016.

Veeco and ALLOS demonstrate 200mm GaN-on-Si performance to enable micro-LED adoption

11/01/2017  Veeco Instruments Inc. (Nasdaq: VECO) announced today the completion of a strategic initiative with ALLOS Semiconductors (ALLOS) to demonstrate 200mm GaN-on-Si wafers for Blue/Green micro-LED production.

Quantum dots visualize tiny vibrational resonances

10/30/2017  Innovative device could lead to the development of new sensing technologies.

TowerJazz and Yuanchen Microelectronics announce partnership for BSI manufacturing

10/30/2017  This is the first time BSI will be offered by a foundry to the high-end photography market, including large formats requiring stitching.

NXP unveils breakthrough tech for payment cards

10/27/2017  NXP Semiconductors N.V. (NASDAQ:NXPI) today debuted two significant technology breakthroughs at the largest fintech innovation event, Money 20/20, October 22-25, 2017, in Las Vegas.

Global AMOLED panel production capacity set to more than quadruple over next five years

10/27/2017  Samsung Display and LG Display to remain as market leaders.

Researchers look to patterns to envision new engineering field

10/27/2017  The phenomenon that forms interference patterns on television displays when a camera focuses on a pattern like a person wearing stripes has inspired a new way to conceptualize electronic devices. Researchers at the University of Illinois are showing how the atomic-scale version of this phenomenon may hold the secrets to help advance electronics design to the limits of size and speed.

China's first Gen6 flexible AMOLED production line put into mass production

10/26/2017  On October 26, China's first Gen6 flexible AMOLED line - BOE Chengdu Gen6 flexible AMOLED production line has put into mass production in advance.

NVIDIA, Taiwan's Ministry of Science and Technology to accelerate Taiwan AI revolution with NVIDIA AI computing platform

10/26/2017  NVIDIA today announced that it is collaborating with Taiwan's Ministry of Science and Technology (MOST) to accelerate the development of artificial intelligence across Taiwan's commercial sector in support of its recently announced AI Grand Plan to help foster domestic AI-related industries.

Sussex physicists have breakthrough on brittle smart phone screens

10/25/2017  New 'potato stamp' technique combining silver and graphene may create cheaper, more flexible and eco-friendly screens.

SEMICON Japan brings smart applications and IoT

10/25/2017  Over 30,000 attendees are expected to convene at SEMICON Japan at Tokyo Big Sight in Tokyo on December 13-15.

2017 IEDM features rich technical program, focus sessions

10/17/2017  Each year at the IEDM, the world's best technologists in micro/nano/bioelectronics converge to participate in a technical program consisting of more than 220 presentations, along with other events.




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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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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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