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ASE, Amkor and JCET expected to top TrendForce's revenue ranking of OSAT providers for 2017

10/18/2017  The annual revenue from the global IC testing and packaging industry for 2017 is estimated to grow by 2.2% to reach US$51.73 billion, according to the latest research from TrendForce.

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.

Toshiba Memory Corp to invest in production equipment for Fab 6 at Yokkaichi operations

10/11/2017  TMC will invest approximately 110 billion yen as a second investment in Fab 6 for the installation of additional manufacturing equipment in the Phase-1 clean room.

CMOS image sensor market to witness growth owing to high adoption of innovative technologies

10/10/2017  The global CMOS image sensor market is expected to grow at a CAGR of more than 12% during the forecast period, according to Technavio’s latest market research.

SEMICON Europa moves to Munich: Empowering innovation and shaping the value chain

09/20/2017  New programs on Materials, Automotive, and Flexible Electronics expand SEMICON Europa's impact.

Stay ahead of the curve with SMC 2017 - Materials accelerating innovation

09/06/2017  Slated for September 18-20 in San Jose, Calif., the 18th annual SMC “offers a unique chance to network and discover opportunities in and around the industry in a year where dramatic growth has returned to the semiconductor market,” observes SMC 2017 co-chair Mark Thirsk of Linx Consulting, who will provide opening remarks at the conference.

DARPA's drive to keep the microelectronics revolution at full speed builds its own momentum

09/01/2017  A dozen performer teams with DARPA’s CHIPS program convene to kick off an ambitious push for an era of versatile, plug-and-play "chiplets."

Dow Corning receives Global Supplier Award from Bosch

07/26/2017  Issued every two years, Bosch’s coveted awards recognize companies that have demonstrated outstanding performance in the manufacture and supply of products or services to Bosch.

North American semiconductor equipment industry posts June 2017 billings

07/26/2017  Through the first half of the year, 2017 equipment billings are 50 percent above the same period last year.

Multitest Atlas contactor demonstrates advanced electrical and mechanical performance in WLCSP testing

07/21/2017  Atlas 0.3 mm pitch spring probe validated at customer site.

PLAT4M matures three silicon photonic platforms

07/14/2017  Leti today announced that the European FP7 project PLAT4M has now been completed with results that exceeded expectations.

Digital revolution: The path to innovation is opened by disruption

07/13/2017  Digital disruption begets innovation. Challenges equal opportunities.

Meniscus-assisted technique produces high efficiency perovskite PV films

07/10/2017  A new low-temperature solution printing technique allows fabrication of high-efficiency perovskite solar cells with large crystals intended to minimize current-robbing grain boundaries.

Busch COBRA BC achieves 12 year milestone at GlobalFoundries Fab 1

06/29/2017  Twelve years of continuous operation amounts to over 18.9 billion rotations.

How SEMI Standard E175 is saving energy and cutting costs

06/20/2017  Industry experts answer questions about the new standard in a virtual roundtable.

The automotive electronics market: A view from a material supplier

06/16/2017  With the increasing sophistication of future vehicles, new and more advanced semiconductor technologies will be used and vehicles will become technology centers.

HPC, chiplets and interposers

06/15/2017  The need for ever more computational power continues to grow and exaflop (1018 ) capabilities may soon become necessary.

Advanced packaging brings more value and cost reduction to future semiconductor products

06/15/2017  Yole Developpement (Yole) confirms the consolidation of the advanced packaging industry, that is showing a steady growth between 2016 and 2022: +7% in revenue.

Artificial intelligence: A new era of the advanced packaging industry

06/08/2017  AI is driving the development of 3D TSV and heterogeneous integration technologies.

Mentor OSAT Alliance program streamlines IC high-density advanced packaging design and manufacturing

06/05/2017  Mentor, a Siemens business, today announced that it has launched the Mentor OSAT (outsourced assembly and test) Alliance program to help drive ecosystem capabilities in support of new high-density advanced packaging (HDAP) technologies like 2.5D IC, 3D IC and fan-out wafer-level packaging (FOWLP) for customer integrated circuit (IC) designs.




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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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