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January semiconductor sales up 14% compared to last year

03/06/2017  Year-to-year growth is market's largest since November 2010; month-to-month sales decrease slightly.

Imec presents InGaAs TFET with sub-60 mV/decade sub-threshold swing

03/06/2017  Promising alternative for MOSFET in future ultralow power chips.

Advanced substrates: A key enabler of future advanced packaging solutions

03/03/2017  Yole analysts provide an overview of advanced substrate technologies, markets, and supply chain.

Renesas Electronics completes acquisition of Intersil

02/27/2017  Renesas Electronics Corporation and Intersil Corporation announced the completion of Renesas' acquisition of Intersil Corporation.

Nano 'sandwich' offers unique properties

02/27/2017  Rice University researchers simulate two-dimensional hybrids for optoelectronics.

Dream Chip Technologies presents first 22nm FD-SOI silicon of new automotive driver assistance SoC

02/27/2017  Dream Chip Technologies announced today the presentation of the industry`s first 22nm FD-SOI silicon for a new ADAS System-on-Chip (SoC) for automotive computer vision applications at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona.

New window into the nanoworld

02/21/2017  Scientists combine the ultra-fast with the ultra-small to pioneer microscopy at terahertz frequencies.

SEMI appoints Ajit Manocha as president and CEO

02/21/2017  SEMI today announced the appointment of Ajit Manocha as its president and CEO.

GlobalFoundries announces availability of 45nm RF SOI

02/21/2017  Optimized RF features deliver high-performance solutions for mmWave beam forming applications in 5G smartphones and base stations.

3D processing at Tohoku U

02/20/2017  At the recent IEEE 3DIC Conference, Koyanagi and co-workers at Tohoku Univ reported on their studies of Ti as a 3D TSV barrier layer.

Mergers & acquisitions in 2017

02/19/2017  At SEMI's Industry Strategy Syposium this year, a merger's and acquisitions panel, moderated by Robert Maire of Semiconductor Advisors, took a look at how the industry might look in the future.

Invensas announces Teledyne DALSA sign DBI technology transfer and license agreement

02/17/2017  Wafer bonding and 3D interconnect technology to enable delivery of next-generation MEMS and image sensor solutions.

GE Ventures and Samsung Electro-Mechanics announce global microelectronics packaging patent agreement

02/17/2017  With this partnership, SEMCO will license GE microelectronics packaging patent portfolio, covering the fabrication of substrates embedded with electronic circuits.

Huge growth in cloud memory changes semiconductor supply chain

02/17/2017  The explosive growth in demand for internet bandwidth and cloud computing capacity brings a new set of technology challenges and opportunities for the semiconductor supply chain.

3D and 2.5D IC packaging market expected to be worth $170B by 2022

02/14/2017  The market is expected to be worth USD 170.46 billion in 2022, at a CAGR of 38.30% between 2016 and 2022.

ON Semiconductor names 2016 Distribution Partner Award winners

02/13/2017  ON Semiconductor today announced its top distribution partners for 2016.

GlobalFoundries 12-inch wafer production line in Chengdu commences operation

02/13/2017  The company will continue investing in its wafer plants in the United States and Germany, expand its capacity in Singapore, and construct a facility to produce 12-inch wafers in Chengdu, China in order to satisfy Chinese and global demands for the company's 22FDX technology.

GlobalFoundries reveals expansion plans

02/10/2017  The company is investing in its existing leading-edge fabs in the United States and Germany, expanding its footprint in China with a fab in Chengdu, and adding capacity for mainstream technologies in Singapore.

Grant Pierce named Chairman of the ESD Alliance Board of Directors

02/09/2017  Grant A. Pierce, chief executive officer (CEO) of Sonics, Inc. was elected by the Board of Directors of the Electronic System Design Alliance (ESD Alliance) to serve as its chairman.

Intel announces $7B investment in next-gen semiconductor fab in Arizona

02/09/2017  The announcement was made by U.S. President Donald Trump and Intel CEO Brian Krzanich at the White House.




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