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Thailand's semiconductor sector on-track to tap $280B global automotive electronics industry

03/09/2016  SEMICON SEA 2016 to feature Thailand specific forums and discussions.

Think small

03/09/2016  Students learn huge challenges involved in making tiny devices in SEAS Microfabrication Laboratory.

Market for GaN and SiC power semiconductors to top $1B in 2020

03/09/2016  The emerging market for silicon carbide (SiC) and gallium nitride (GaN) power semiconductors is forecast to pass the $1 billion mark in five years, energized by demand from hybrid and electric vehicles, power supplies and photovoltaic (PV) inverters.

Warming up optoelectronic research

03/08/2016  A team of physicists from the University of California, San Diego and The University of Manchester is creating tailor-made materials for cutting-edge research and perhaps a new generation of optoelectronic devices.

2015 European SEMI Award honors Paul Lindner

03/08/2016  Paul Lindner, executive technology director at EV Group, is the recipient of the 2015 European SEMI Award.

Applied Materials honored as a 2016 World's Most Ethical Company

03/08/2016  Applied Materials, Inc. today announced it has been recognized as a 2016 World's Most Ethical Company by the Ethisphere Institute.

Lattice Semiconductor announces CFO's plans to step down

03/07/2016  As part of this transition, Max Downing, Lattice's vice president of Finance, has been named interim chief financial officer.

Semiconductor unit shipments to exceed one trillion devices in 2018

03/07/2016  Total yearly semiconductor unit shipments are forecast to continue their upward march and are now expected to top one trillion units for the first time in 2018.

'Bending current' opens up the way for a new type of magnetic memory

03/07/2016  Use your computer without the need to start it up: a new type of magnetic memory makes it possible. This "MRAM" is faster, more efficient and robust than other kinds of data storage. However, switching bits still requires too much electrical power to make large-scale application practicable.

The secret to 3-D graphene? Just freeze it

03/04/2016  A recent study describes how a research team used a modified 3-D printer and frozen water to create lattice-shaped cubes and a three-dimensional truss with overhangs using graphene oxide.

GLOBALFOUNDRIES adds Alain Mutricy as head of Product Management Group

03/04/2016  Mutricy succeeds Mike Cadigan, who will transition to a newly created role as senior vice president of global sales and business development.

Electricity can flow through graphene at high frequencies without energy loss

03/04/2016  Research has shown graphene out-performs any other known material, including superconductors, when carrying high-frequency electrical signals compared to direct current, essentially transmitting signals without any additional energy loss.

Global semiconductor sales off to sluggish start in 2016

03/04/2016  The Semiconductor Industry Association today announced worldwide sales of semiconductors reached $26.9 billion for the month of January 2016, 2.7 percent lower than the previous month's total of $27.6 billion and 5.8 percent down from the January 2015 total of $28.5 billion.

Toppan Printing develops EUV photomask for semiconductors

03/03/2016  Toppan Printing Co., Ltd. announced it has developed a next-generation EUV photomask for semiconductors.

Carbon nanotubes improve metal's longevity under radiation

03/03/2016  A team of researchers at MIT and elsewhere has found that, at least in some reactors, adding a tiny quantity of carbon nanotubes to the metal can dramatically slow this breakdown process.

NEC honors NXP with "Partner of the Year" Award

03/02/2016  NEC recognized NXP for its contribution to speeding time-to-market for NEC LTE-Advanced base station technology.

Spinning better electronic devices

03/02/2016  Researchers demonstrate a proof-of-concept device that could take advantage of spin of electrons to potentially create more energy efficient electronic devices.

Taiwan passes South Korea to become #1 in total IC wafer fab capacity

03/01/2016  IC Insights recently released its new Global Wafer Capacity 2016-2020 report that provides in-depth detail, analyses, and forecasts for IC industry capacity by wafer size, by process geometry, by region, and by product type through 2020.

ON Semiconductor releases new CMOS digital image sensor

02/29/2016  ON Semiconductor Corporation has expanded its portfolio of imaging solutions with the release of its new CMOS digital image sensor, the AR1337.

Nova and imec developed scatterometry approach for self-aligned quadruple patterning process control

02/26/2016  imec and Nova Measuring Instruments announced this week that they are jointly developing an innovative scatterometry approach to enable SAQP process control.




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Environment, Safety & Health

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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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Wafer Processing

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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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