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Soitec receives Best Quality Award from NXP Semiconductors

06/06/2016  Soitec's Power SOI substrates use to manufacture smart power IC's for automotive applications represent a significant and strategic market for Soitec's business, which is growing at a steady rate.

Micron introduces fast, secure, power-efficient 3D NAND flash solid state drives

05/31/2016  Micron Technology, Inc. today introduced Micron 1100 SATA and Micron 2100 PCIe NVMe, two new solid state drive (SSD) product lines designed to tackle client computing workloads from web browsing and email, to video editing and auto CAD design.

Long-term strategy pays off as TI maintains analog leadership

05/31/2016  Infineon, Skyworks Solutions move up, ST slips in shakeup of top analog suppliers of 2015.

An increasing number of healthcare applications is using bioMEMS components

05/27/2016  According to Yole Développement (Yole) analysts, this market will triple from US$2.7 billion in 2015 to US$7.6 billion in 2021.

MACOM launches new GaN power transistors

05/26/2016  MACOM Technology Solutions reported the newest entries in its MAGb series of GaN on Silicon power transistors for use in macro wireless basestations.

SEMICON West 2016 expands technical programming by nearly 50%

05/26/2016  As the opening day of SEMICON West (July 12-14) approaches, the electronics manufacturing industry is experiencing disruptive changes, making “business as usual” a thing of the past. To help technical and business professionals navigate this fast-changing landscape, SEMICON West programming has been upgraded extensively.

Communications, computer systems drive IC sales across all regions

05/25/2016  Automotive systems forecast to remain a major application in Europe and Japan.

NXP introduces new high performance GaN RF power transistors

05/25/2016  NXP Semiconductors N.V. today announced an expansion to its portfolio of 48V Gallium Nitride (GaN) RF power transistors optimized for Doherty power amplifiers for use in current and next-generation cellular base stations.

North American semiconductor equipment industry posts April 2016 book-to-bill ratio of 1.10

05/24/2016  North America-based manufacturers of semiconductor equipment posted $1.59 billion in orders worldwide in April 2016 (three-month average basis) and a book-to-bill ratio of 1.10.

Tessera files legal proceedings against Broadcom for patent infringement

05/24/2016  Tessera Technologies, Inc. announced today that it and certain of its subsidiaries filed legal proceedings for patent infringement in both domestic and international jurisdictions against Broadcom.

Imec and Holst Centre present multi-standard low-power wide-area radio chip

05/24/2016  The nanoelectronics research centers imec and Holst Centre (set up by imec and TNO), presented a low-power wide-area (LPWA) multi-standard radio chip today at imec's annual technology forum in Brussels (ITF Brussels 2016).

GLOBALFOUNDRIES releases performance-enhanced 130nm SiGe RF technology

05/23/2016  GLOBALFOUNDRIES today announced a next-generation radio-frequency (RF) silicon solution for its Silicon Germanium (SiGe) high-performance technology portfolio.

Synopsys' Custom Compiler enabled for Samsung Foundry's 14nm finFET process

05/20/2016  Synopsys, Inc. today announced that the company's Custom Compiler tool has been enabled by Samsung for 14 nanometer (nm) LPP and LPC FinFET production.

Fujitsu boosts efficiency of manufacturing processes at Shimane Fujitsu through IoT collaboration with Intel

05/19/2016  Fujitsu Limited today announced that it has with Intel Corporation carried out a field trial to visualize manufacturing processes at Shimane Fujitsu Limited.

IBM scientists achieve storage memory breakthrough

05/18/2016  For the first time, scientists at IBM Research have demonstrated reliably storing 3 bits of data per cell using a relatively new memory technology known as phase-change memory (PCM).

The CEA announces expanded collaboration with Intel

05/18/2016  The CEA (Atomic Energy Commission) and Intel are boosting their collaboration through a new R&D agreement signed in Paris on Thursday 12 May.

IBM keynoter outlines disruptive "Economy of Things" at SEMI’s ASMC 2016

05/18/2016  The 27th annual SEMI Advanced Semiconductor Manufacturing Conference (ASMC 2016), opened today (May 17) in Saratoga Springs, New York.

STMicroelectronics reveals advanced silicon-carbide power devices

05/16/2016  STMicroelectronics announced advanced high-efficiency power semiconductors for Hybrid and Electric Vehicles (EVs) with a timetable for qualification to the automotive quality standard AEC-Q101.

Seven Top-20 semiconductor suppliers show double-digit declines

05/12/2016  Qualcomm, Micron, and SK Hynix registered ?25% drops, with total top-20 sales off by 6%.

Monolithic Schottky diode in ST F7 LV MOSFET technology: Performance improvement in application

05/11/2016  Standard solutions and devices are compared to a 60 V MOSFET with monolithic Schottky diode as evaluated in SMPS and motor control environments.




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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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