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The ConFab 2015: Time for collaboration

12/23/2014  The future of the semiconductor industry continues to shine brightly.

Internet of Things stimulates MEMS market

12/23/2014  The explosive expansion of the Internet of things (IoT) is driving rapid demand growth for microelectromechanical systems (MEMS) devices in areas including asset-tracking systems, smart grids and building automation.

LED chipset demand growth primarily led by LED lighting industry

12/23/2014  The demand for LED chipsets, primarily for the LED lighting market, is forecast to increase substantially through 2018.

Global semiconductor market set for strongest growth in four years in 2014

12/23/2014  Worldwide semiconductor market revenue is on track to achieve a 9.4 percent expansion this year, with broad-based growth across multiple chip segments driving the best industry performance since 2010.

Delivering new liquid metalorganic precursors to epi and CVD

12/23/2014  The case is made for delivering liquid precursors from a central delivery system to the epi/dep tool as a vapor of precisely-controlled composition.

Hands on: Crafting ultrathin color coatings

12/22/2014  In Harvard's high-tech cleanroom, applied physicists produce vivid optical effects on paper.

IoT's divergent needs will drive different types of technologies

12/19/2014  Given the current buzz around the Internet of Things (IoT), it is easy to lose sight of the challenges – both economic and technical.

LED manufacturing with NMP-free resist stripping

12/19/2014  The use of a semi-aqueous organic film stripper and residue remover that does not contain N-Methyl-2 pyrrolidone (NMP) is compared with current NMP-based chemistry.

The most expensive defect

12/18/2014  Defects that aren’t detected inline cost fabs the most.

Book-to-bill climbs above parity in November

12/18/2014  North America-based manufacturers of semiconductor equipment posted $1.22 billion in orders worldwide in November 2014 (three-month average basis) and a book-to-bill ratio of 1.02, according to the November EMDS Book-to-Bill Report published today by SEMI.

Daintree Networks named to "50 Most Promising IoT Companies of 2014"

12/17/2014  Daintree Networks has been named by CIO Review Magazine as one of the '50 Most Promising Internet of Things (IoT) Companies 2014.'

What’s next for MEMS?

12/16/2014  The proliferation of sensors into high volume consumer markets, and into the emerging Internet of Things, is driving the MEMS market to maturity, with a developed ecosystem to ease use and grow applications. But it is also bringing plenty of demands for new technologies, and changes in how companies will compete.

Stacking 2-dimensional materials may lower cost of semiconductor devices

12/12/2014  A team of researchers led by North Carolina State University has found that stacking materials that are only one atom thick can create semiconductor junctions that transfer charge efficiently, regardless of whether the crystalline structure of the materials is mismatched - lowering the manufacturing cost for a wide variety of semiconductor devices such as solar cells, lasers and LEDs.

Pixelligent closes $5.5M in funding

12/11/2014  Pixelligent Technologies, producer of PixClear, nanocrystal dispersions for demanding applications in the Solid State Lighting and Optical Coatings & Films markets, announced today that it closed $5.5 million in new equity funding.

Intel announces IoT platform

12/11/2014  Intel Corporation today announced the Intel IoT Platform, an end-to-end reference model designed to unify and simplify connectivity and security for the Internet of Things (IoT).

OCEASOFT harnesses SIGFOX IoT network in Cobalt S3 sensor family for cloud connectivity

12/09/2014  Industrial Internet of Things sensor-monitoring solution opens new vistas in pollution and environmental applications, other remote-sensing sectors.

Finding the Achilles' heel of GaN-based LEDs in harsh radiation environments

12/08/2014  Gallium nitride (GaN) based devices are attractive for harsh environment electronics because of their high chemical and the mechanical stability of GaN itself that has a higher atomic displacement energy than other semiconductor materials.

Silicon Image launches new subsidiary to focus on Internet of Everything services

12/04/2014  Silicon Image, a provider of multimedia connectivity solutions and services, announced that Qualcomm Technologies, Inc. has made a $7 million strategic investment in Silicon Image’s new subsidiary, Qterics, for a 7% ownership interest.

Global semiconductor sales increase in October; Substantial growth projected for 2014

12/03/2014  The Semiconductor Industry Association (SIA) today announced that worldwide sales of semiconductors reached $29.7 billion for the month of October 2014, an increase of 9.6 percent from the October 2013 total.

Cypress and Spansion to merge in $4B all-stock transaction

12/03/2014  Cypress Semiconductor Corp. and Spansion, Inc. this week announced a definitive agreement to merge in an all-stock, tax-free transaction valued at approximately $4 billion.




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Environment, Safety & Health

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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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