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New report from IHS Markit names top four trends driving the IoT in 2017 and beyond

01/24/2017  Fueled by lightning-fast demand for ubiquitous connectivity, the number of connected Internet of Things (IoT) devices globally will jump by 15 percent year-over-year to 20 billion in 2017, according to new analysis from IHS Markit.

Dow Corning expands LED packaging design options with launch of new silicone coatings

01/17/2017  Dow Corning significantly expanded the design flexibilities for LED packaging manufacturers today with the addition of three new highly reflective silicone coatings to its fast-growing portfolio of advanced LED solutions.

Wolfspeed introduces new SiC MOSFET for EV drive trains

01/11/2017  New 900V, 10m? chip enables new improvements in range, battery usage and vehicle design.

Miniscule amounts of impurities in vacuum greatly affecting OLED lifetime

01/03/2017  Reproducibility is a necessity for science but has often eluded researchers studying the lifetime of organic light-emitting diodes (OLEDs).

A year in review: Top 10 stories of 2016

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.

Seoul Semiconductor Europe GmbH announces new CEO

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.

62 new facilities start operation 2017 and beyond

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.

LEDs and power electronic innovations are converging to handle module-level thermal management

12/15/2016  In 2015, all economic indicators pointed to continued market growth for both industries, power electronics and LED, especially with IGBT modules boosted by EV/HEV industry and general lighting applications, a killer application for LEDs since 2012.

Cree announces the next generation of extreme high power LEDs

12/14/2016  The new XHP50.2 LED enables lighting manufacturers to quickly improve the performance of existing XHP50 lighting designs.

LED packaging: New relays of growth are required for LED companies to survive

12/02/2016  According to Yole’s analysts, the packaged LED market represented a revenue of nearly US$15.7 billion in 2015. This industry should grow to a size of nearly US$18.2 billion by 2020.

New LEDs may offer better way to clean water in remote areas

11/15/2016  Nanotech enables powerful and portable sterilization equipment.

Trace metal recombination centers kill LED efficiency

11/04/2016  UCSB researchers warn that trace amounts of transition metal impurities act as recombination centers in gallium nitride semiconductors.

What is your China strategy?

10/30/2016  Equipment vendors have a lot on their plates now, with memory customers pushing 3D NAND, foundries advancing to the 7 nm node, and 200mm fabs clamoring to come up with hard-to-find tools.

Sapphire industry: More than just LEDs

10/14/2016  LED remains the dominant sapphire application in 2016. Overall, rates of usage in smartwatches have been disappointing and have decreased below 2015 levels.

Samsung introduces LED modules based on chip scale packaging for spotlights and downlights

10/13/2016  Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. today announced a new line-up of chip scale package (CSP) LED modules for spotlights and downlights that features color tunability and increased design compatibility.

Light and sound: LEDs seen acoustically

09/21/2016  Many LED failures are the result of voids or other gap-type anomalies that block heat flow from the die.

Solid State Technology announces expanded conference for The ConFab 2017

09/21/2016  The conference and networking event, will be held at the iconic Hotel del Coronado in San Diego on May 14-17, 2017.

Moore's Law did indeed stop at 28nm

09/19/2016  As we have predicted two and a half years back, the industry is bifurcating, and just a few products pursue scaling to 7nm while the majority of designs stay on 28nm or older nodes.

New perovskite research discoveries may lead to solar cell, LED advances

09/09/2016  "Promising" and "remarkable" are two words U.S. Department of Energy's Ames Laboratory scientist Javier Vela uses to describe recent research results on organolead mixed-halide perovskites.

IC Insights updates semiconductor outlook for Internet of Things

09/07/2016  Lower sales projections for connected cities leads to reduced semiconductor IoT market forecast.




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