09/28/2015  Using nanometer-scale components, researchers have demonstrated the first optical rectenna, a device that combines the functions of an antenna and a rectifier diode to convert light directly into DC current.

09/28/2015  The Full Service Foundry division of ams AG today announced a further expansion of its industry-leading 0.35µm High-Voltage CMOS specialty process platform.

09/28/2015  Transparency Market Research (TMR) projects the global organic electronics market to grow at a CAGR of 32.6% from 2012 to 2018.

09/25/2015  Samsung Electronics formally opened the doors to its new Device Solutions America headquarters in San Jose, Calif.

09/25/2015  Enhanced XH035 and XH018 CMOS transistors deliver industry-leading performance for highly noise-sensitive applications.

09/25/2015  Edwards Ltd and its subsidiaries (Edwards) reassures customers that all of its exhaust management abatement system products are designed to meet industry emission standards.

09/24/2015  Tektronix, Inc. announced the release of a major system software update for the Keithley S530 Parametric Test System that can reduce measurement speed by as much as 25 percent.

09/24/2015  The first all-optical permanent on-chip memory has been developed by scientists of Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) and the universities of Münster, Oxford, and Exeter.

09/24/2015  United Microelectronics Corporation (UMC), a global semiconductor foundry, today announced that it has entered high volume production for touch IC applications manufactured on UMC's 0.11um eFlash process.

09/23/2015  The calibrated library of compact models will enable improved accuracy and reliability in photonic integrated circuit design and fabrication.

09/23/2015  The current photovoltaic industry seems to have a lot of similarities with development of the electronic sector. This analysis investigates some lessons the industry can learn.

09/22/2015  The dramatic shift from the trend for increasingly advanced technology to a vast array and volume of application-based devices presents Europe with a huge opportunity.

09/22/2015  The market for microcontroller units (MCUs) used in Internet of things (IoT) applications is on the rise, which is having a positive effect on overall MCU market growth.

09/22/2015  Perovskite photovoltaics efficiency gains are double those of organic PV, exciting researchers from KIMM in Korea to Dyesol in Australia.

09/21/2015  The collaboration is expected to advance semiconductor manufacturing processes and lead to the creation of 50 jobs at SUNY Poly statewide facilities.

09/21/2015  North America-based manufacturers of semiconductor equipment posted $1.67 billion in orders worldwide in August 2015 (three-month average basis) and a book-to-bill ratio of 1.06, according to the SEMI's August EMDS Book-to-Bill Report.

09/21/2015  Dialog Semiconductor and Atmel Corporation announced today that Dialog has agreed to acquire Atmel in a cash and stock transaction for total consideration of approximately $4.6 billion.

09/18/2015  The global power module market is projected to comprise nearly one third (30 percent) of the power semiconductor market by 2019, growing at twice the rate of power discretes, from 2014 to 2019.

09/18/2015  This is the ninth in a series of 10 installments that explore certain fundamental truths about process control--defect inspection and metrology--for the semiconductor industry.

09/18/2015  The upcoming IEEE S3S Conference 2015 in Sonoma, CA, on October 5-8, will focus on key technologies for the IoT era.