06/16/2017  North America-based manufacturers of semiconductor equipment posted $2.27 billion in billings worldwide in May 2017 (three-month average basis)

06/14/2017  GLOBALFOUNDRIES this week announced the availability of its 7nm Leading-Performance (7LP) FinFET semiconductor technology, delivering a 40 percent generational performance boost.

06/13/2017  Silicon Integration Initiative Inc. announced today the contribution of a new integrated circuit programming language developed by Intel Corporation for the 2D pattern analysis of sub-20nm mask layouts.

06/12/2017  Cypress Semiconductor Corporation announced that Executive Chairman Ray Bingham has tendered his resignation as Executive Chairman and is stepping down from the Board of Directors.

06/08/2017  Total IoT forecast scaled back mostly because of lower revenue projections for connected cities.

06/07/2017  Double-digit annual growth projected for 2017.

06/06/2017  New program aims to progress beyond traditional scaling, catalyze next-generation semiconductor technologies.

06/06/2017  The quarter ended very strong, with March billings reaching $5.6 billion, an all-time monthly record.

06/06/2017  In 2017, over US$49 billion will be spent on equipment alone, a record for the semiconductor industry. Spending on new fab construction is projected to reach over $8 billion, the second largest year on record.

06/01/2017  SEMI’s year-to-date worldwide semiconductor equipment billings year-to-date through March show a 59.6 percent gain to the same period last year.

05/23/2017  North America-based manufacturers of semiconductor equipment posted $2.17 billion in billings worldwide in April 2017 (three-month average basis), according to the April Equipment Market Data Subscription (EMDS) Billings Report published today by SEMI.

05/22/2017  SEMI today announced its plans to deliver specialized programs at SEMICON West 2017 (July 11-13 at Moscone Center in San Francisco, Calif.) in partnership with IEEE (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers), Society of Automotive Engineers International (SAE), and imec.

05/22/2017  As China embarks on the Made in China 2025 plan with electronics and semiconductor technology as one of the Top 10 focus areas, China's semiconductor industry has an unprecedented growth opportunity.

05/15/2017  Lam Research today announced that Dr. Young Bum Koh has joined the company's board of directors effective as of May 10, 2017.

05/15/2017  Worldwide semiconductor revenue totaled $343.5 billion in 2016, a 2.6 percent increase from 2015 revenue of $334.9 billion, according to final results by Gartner, Inc.

05/10/2017  Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corporation announces the appointment of Dr. Haijun Zhao as CEO replacing Dr. Tzu-Yin Chiu, who will continue to serve as Vice Chairman and Non-Executive Director of the Board and guide the Company's future strategic direction.

05/09/2017  UnitySC today announced multiple orders from a leading integrated device manufacturer (IDM) for its modular 4See Series automated defect inspection platform.

05/09/2017  Memory market surge propels SK Hynix and Micron up two spots in the top-10 ranking.

05/01/2017  The Semiconductor Industry Association (SIA) today announced worldwide sales of semiconductors reached $30.9 billion for the month of March 2017, an increase of 18.1 percent compared to the March 2016 total of $26.2 billion and 1.6 percent more than the February 2017 total of $30.4 billion.

05/01/2017  Intel could yield the #1 position it has held since 1993.