07/25/2018  Semiconductor revenues are expected to increase 12.8% in 2018 as a result of continued strong memory prices.

07/25/2018  Global billings of North American equipment manufacturers declined for the current month by 8 percent from the historic high but is still 8 percent higher than billings for the same period last year.

07/19/2018  Semi content to surpass 30% this year, smashing the previous record high set just last year.

07/12/2018  The Mid-Year Update to the 2018 McClean Report revises IC Insights’ worldwide economic and IC industry forecasts through 2022 that were originally presented in The 2018 McClean Report issued in January.

07/11/2018  HEIDENHAIN announced the appointment of David Doyle as CEO of HEIDENHAIN CORPORATION, effective Oct. 1, 2018.  At that time, Doyle will assume full responsibility for the HEIDENHAIN CORPORATION customer-focused operations for the U.S., Canada and Mexico.

07/10/2018  To keep up with Moore's Law, the semiconductor industry continues to push the envelope in developing new device architectures containing novel materials.

07/09/2018  Market shares of semiconductor equipment manufacturers shifted significantly in Q1 2018 as Applied Materials, the top supplier dropped, according to the report “Global Semiconductor Equipment: Markets, Market Shares, Market Forecasts,” recently published by The Information Network.

07/09/2018  Smart technologies take center stage tomorrow as SEMICON West, the flagship U.S. event for connecting the electronics manufacturing supply chain, opens for three days of insights into leading technologies and applications that will power future industry expansion.

07/06/2018  Global sales in May were 3 percent higher than the April 2018 total of $37.6 billion.

07/06/2018  White House-led panel to address U.S. goal to lead in development of next-generation microelectronics.

07/02/2018  Samsung Electronics continued to lead the semiconductor market, followed by Intel and SK Hynix.

06/29/2018  New metrology and inspection technologies and new analysis approaches made possible by improving compute technology offer solutions to finding the increasingly subtle variations in materials and subsystems that meet specifications but still cause defects on the wafer. More collaboration across the supply chain is helping too.  SEMICON West programs on materials and subsystems will address these issues.   

06/29/2018  Fujitsu Semiconductor Limited and United Microelectronics Corporation, a global semiconductor foundry, today announced that UMC will acquire all of the shares of Mie Fujitsu Semiconductor Limited (MIFS), a 300mm wafer foundry joint venture between both companies.

06/27/2018  Selected from over 600 exhibitors, SEMI announced today that the following Best of West 2018 Finalists will be displaying their products on the show floor at Moscone Center from July 10-12.

06/27/2018  Chinese semi firms to spend $11.0 billion in capex this year, up from only $2.2 billion in 2015.

06/26/2018  TowerJazz, the global specialty foundry, today announced details on its 13th annual Technical Global Symposium (TGS) being held in China, Japan, and the United States.

06/21/2018  ON Semiconductor plans to invest $51 million to support expansion of the Luzerne County facility.

06/20/2018  The Semiconductor Industry Association (SIA), representing U.S. leadership in semiconductor manufacturing, design, and research, this week released the following statement regarding the Trump Administration's announcement on tariffs on products imported from China.

06/20/2018  North America-based manufacturers of semiconductor equipment posted $2.70 billion in billings worldwide in May 2018 (three-month average basis), according to the May Equipment Market Data Subscription (EMDS) Billings Report published today by SEMI.

06/15/2018  FormFactor, Inc., a electrical test and measurement supplier to the semiconductor industry, has extended its Contact Intelligence technology.