06/03/2014  Nakamura will succeed Yoichi Nakagawa, who is retiring from SEMI.

05/28/2014  The Semiconductor Industry Association (SIA) today announced that global semiconductor industry leaders reached an agreement at the 18th annual meeting of the World Semiconductor Council (WSC) last week on a series of policy proposals to strengthen the industry through international cooperation.

05/28/2014  The 60th annual IEEE International Electron Devices Meeting (IEDM) has issued a Call for Papers seeking the world's best original work in all areas of microelectronics research and development.

05/21/2014  The global market for AC-DC and DC-DC power supplies rose by a modest 2.4 percent last year, but much of this growth was limited to specific markets, leading to some substantial shifts in the rankings of major players.

05/20/2014  ON Semiconductor has introduced a new family of six N-channel MOSFETS that have been designed and optimized to deliver efficiency.

05/20/2014  Worldwide silicon wafer area shipments increased during the first quarter 2014 when compared to fourth quarter 2013 area shipments according to the SEMI Silicon Manufacturers Group (SMG) in its quarterly analysis of the silicon wafer industry.

05/19/2014  China's, largest and most advanced semiconductor foundry, today announced that SMIC, Wuhan Xinxin, Tsinghua University, Beijing University, Fudan University and the Chinese Academy of Sciences and Microelectronics have collaborated to setup the "IC Advanced Technology Research Institute" to create the most advanced IC technology research and development institution in China.

05/16/2014  After nearly a quarter of a century, the off-shoring manufacturing trend that decimated the U.S. manufacturing sector and played a significant role in the slow pace of the current economic recovery seems to be ending.

05/15/2014  There is continued evidence that despite spending several millions on IT transformations, improving internal planning processes, maturing supply chains, and streamlining product development processes- several companies still struggle with predicting their financial and operational performance.

05/14/2014  A newly finalized Department of Defense (DoD) rule reduces the risk of counterfeit semiconductor products being used by our military by implementing needed safeguards in the procurement of semiconductors and other electronic parts.

05/14/2014  Transphorm Inc. today announced that it has obtained a sole worldwide license to Furukawa Electric Co., Ltd.'s extensive Gallium Nitride (GaN) power device portfolio that includes approximately 40 U.S. issued patents and 110 Japanese issued patents.

05/14/2014  Element Six today announced that its Gallium Nitride (GaN)-on-Diamond wafers have been proven by Raytheon Company to significantly outperform industry standard Gallium Nitride-on-Silicon Carbide (GaN-on-SiC) in RF devices.

05/13/2014  Mentor Graphics Corporation today announced the new MicReD Industrial Power Tester 1500A for power cycling and thermal testing of electronics components to simulate and measure lifetime performance.

05/13/2014  Dow Corning today introduced Dow Corning EE-3200 Low-Stress Silicone Encapsulant – the latest addition to its portfolio of advanced solutions designed to expand performance and durability of solar micro-inverters, power optimizers and other high value components.

05/12/2014  Dow Corning today established a higher industry standard for silicon carbide (SiC) crystal quality by introducing a product grading structure that specifies ground-breaking new tolerances on killer device defects, such as micropipe dislocations (MPD), threading screw dislocations (TSD) and basal plane dislocations (BPD).

05/08/2014  Given the slow economic growth in the U.S. during the first quarter, coupled with challenging geo-political developments around the world,uncertainty once again permeates the industry outlook for the year.

04/25/2014  GaN Systems, a developer of gallium nitride power switching semiconductors, has announced that Julian Styles, Director of Business Development USA, has been elected to the Board of the Power Electronics Industry Collaborative (PEIC).

04/18/2014  Following the successful inaugural event in 2013, the 2nd annual SEMI Vietnam Semiconductor Strategy Summit will be held September 16-17, 2014 at the InterContinental Asiana Saigon Hotel in Ho Chi Minh City.

04/09/2014  After the successful premier of a program to connect early-stage companies with strategic investors and venture capitalists (VCs) in the U.S., SEMI is expanding the program to Europe as part of SEMICON Europa 2014 in Grenoble, France (October 7-9).

04/07/2014  Nanoelectronics research center imec and ROHM Semiconductor Co. Ltd., a world-leading supplier of electronic components, announced today that they have entered into a strategic partnership for research collaboration on ultra-low power (ULP) radio technology for small battery-operated wireless devices.