05/01/2018  Just as the annual Cherry Blossom festival wraps up, international trade has flowered as a top concern for SEMI members, requiring immediate action as 20 SEMI member executives carried the torch for the industry in recent meetings with lawmakers at the annual SEMI Washington Forum.

04/25/2018  Top eight companies held 88% of global foundry market last year.

04/25/2018  "March 2018 monthly billings for North American equipment manufacturers remain at robust levels," said Ajit Manocha, president and CEO of SEMI.

04/24/2018  Booming memory market overshadows high growth in other segments.

04/24/2018  Gallium oxide shows high electron mobility, making it promising for better and cheaper devices.

04/20/2018  The Semiconductor Industry Association (SIA) this week presented its Congressional Leadership Awards to Senator Mike Crapo (R-Idaho) and Congressman Peter Roskam (R-Ill.) for their leadership in enacting tax reform legislation, the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017.

04/19/2018  Boston Semi Equipment today announced it is a recipient of the 2017 Texas Instruments Supplier Excellence Award (SEA).

04/18/2018  With the IC industry now worth over $400 billion in annual revenue, developing a single new chip can cost hundreds of millions of dollars.

04/17/2018  Technavio market research analysts forecast the global lithography metrology equipment market to grow at a CAGR of around 8% during the period 2018-2022, according to their latest report.

04/17/2018  UnitySC, a developer of advanced inspection and metrology solutions for the semiconductor and related industries, today announced that its board of directors has appointed Kamel Ait-Mahiout as chief executive officer.

04/13/2018  SEMI today announced postponement of SEMICON Southeast Asia from 8-10 May 2018 to 22-24 May 2018.

04/11/2018  Top 25 companies held more than three-fourths of worldwide semiconductor market.

04/09/2018  The 2018 Symposia on VLSI Technology & Circuits will deliver a unique perspective into the technological ecosystem of converging industry trends – machine learning, IoT, artificial intelligence, wearable/implantable biomedical applications, big data, and cloud computing – the emerging technologies needed for 'smart living.'

04/09/2018  GLOBALFOUNDRIES Inc. and Toppan Photomasks, Inc. today announced a multi-year extension to their Advanced Mask Technology Center joint venture in Dresden, Germany.

04/06/2018  Although many months past due, Congress on March 23 finalized the federal spending for the remainder of fiscal year (FY) 2018, only hours before a what would have been the third government shutdown of the year.

04/05/2018  SEMI today reported that worldwide sales of semiconductor manufacturing equipment totaled $56.6 billion in 2017, a year-over-year increase of 37 percent from 2016 sales of $41.24 billion.

04/03/2018  Americas market grows by nearly 40 percent compared to last year; global sales decrease slightly month-to-month.

03/30/2018  Samsung edged out Intel, to become the new semiconductor industry leader.

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.

03/28/2018  ON Semiconductor today announced it has recognized 20 companies with supplier excellence awards.