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Cat-like 'hearing' with device tens of trillions times smaller than human eardrum

04/02/2018  Developing atomically thin 'drumheads' for ultra-low power communications and sensory devices.

Engineers turn plastic insulator into heat conductor

04/02/2018  Technique could prevent overheating of laptops, mobile phones, and other electronics.

More than Moore’s overall wafer demand is driven by the megatrends

03/29/2018  The wafer demand is expected to reach more than 66 million 8-inch eq. wafers by 2023, with an almost 10% CAGR between 2017 and 2023.

NUS scientists develop novel chip for fast and accurate disease detection at low cost

03/29/2018  Innovative microfluidic chip uses only standard lab microscope to spot nano-biomolecules without any fluorescent labels.

Optoelectronics, sensors/actuators, and discretes hit record-high sales

03/29/2018  Total revenues in the three O-S-D market segments climbed 11% in 2017 -- the strongest growth rate since 2010 -- and continue to be driven by high demand for sensors, actuators, CMOS imaging devices, light sensors, laser transmitters, and power discretes.

Smaller and faster: The terahertz computer chip is now within reach

03/28/2018  Hebrew university researcher shows proof of concept for nanotechnology that will make computers run 100 times faster.

Synopsys acquires Silicon and Beyond Private Limited

03/22/2018  Synopsys, Inc. today announced it has acquired Silicon and Beyond Private Limited, a provider of high-speed SerDes technology used in data intensive applications such as machine learning, cloud computing, and networking.

Golden touch: Next-gen optical disk to solve data storage challenge

03/22/2018  New technology offer cost-efficient and sustainable solution to global data storage challenge, while enabling the pivot from Big Data to Long Data and opening new realms of scientific discovery.

High-performance, cost-effective, thin-film solar cell technology provides an attractive source of portable and mobile power

03/22/2018  Magnolia Optical Technology, Inc. announced that it is working with the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) under the Phase II SBIR Program for Development of High-Performance Thin-Film Solar Cells for Portable Power Applications.

U.S. trade tensions with China hit fever pitch

03/21/2018  Stiff tariffs and the dismantling of longstanding trade agreements – cornerstones of these new actions – will ripple through the semiconductor industry with particularly damaging effect.

SEMICON West 2018 to spotlight smart technologies, workforce development

03/20/2018  SEMICON West has opened registration for the July 10-12, 2018, exposition at the Moscone Center in San Francisco, California.

CEA shows path to creating building blocks of quantum processors

03/20/2018  CEA-Leti, a French technology research institute of the CEA and Inac, a joint fundamental research institute between the CEA and the University Grenoble Alpes, today announced a breakthrough towards large-scale fabrication of quantum bits, or qubits, the elementary bricks of future quantum processors.

GLOBALFOUNDRIES launches RF ecosystem program to accelerate time-to-market for wireless connectivity, radar and 5G applications

03/20/2018  GLOBALFOUNDRIES today announced a new ecosystem partner program, called RFWave, designed to simplify RF design and help customers reduce time-to-market for a new era of wireless devices and networks.

The ConFab 2018 announces conference agenda and speakers

03/16/2018  Browse this slideshow for a look at this year's speakers, keynotes, panel discussions, and special guests.

Synopsys and industry technologists to address the path to 2nm SoC design

03/16/2018  Synopsys, Inc. today announced it is hosting an advanced-technology panel on "EUV, High-NA, Metallurgy and FinFET++ - Where We Go from Here for Next-Generation Design" at the Synopsys Users Group (SNUG) Silicon Valley event on Thursday, March 22.

Imec honors Qualcomm founder Irwin M. Jacobs with Lifetime of Innovation Award

03/14/2018  Imec, a research and innovation hub in nanoelectronics and digital technologies, today presented its annual Lifetime of Innovation Award to Dr. Irwin Jacobs, Founding Chairman and CEO Emeritus of Qualcomm.

EV Group and IBM sign license agreement on laser debonding technology

03/14/2018  IBM's Hybrid Laser Release Process technology complements EV Group's low-temperature laser debonding equipment and process portfolio designed to enable highly flexible, high-throughput solution.

Researchers develop spectroscopic thermometer for nanomaterials

03/13/2018  A scientific team led by the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory has found a new way to take the local temperature of a material from an area about a billionth of a meter wide, or approximately 100,000 times thinner than a human hair.

Micron appoints Raj Talluri as senior vice president and general manager of Mobile Business Unit

03/13/2018  Micron Technology Inc. announced today that the company has appointed Raj Talluri as senior vice president and general manager of the Mobile Business Unit.

Flat gallium joins roster of new 2-D materials

03/12/2018  Scientists at Rice University and the Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, have discovered a method to make atomically flat gallium that shows promise for nanoscale electronics.




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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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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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