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MagnaChip to host Foundry Technology Symposium in Shenzhen, China in November 2018

09/24/2018  MagnaChip Semiconductor Corporation, a designer and manufacturer of analog and mixed-signal semiconductor products, announced today that it will hold a Foundry Technology Symposium at the Shangri-La in Shenzhen, China, on November 27, 2018.

STMicroelectronics and Leti develop GaN-on-silicon technology for power conversion applications

09/24/2018  STMicroelectronics and Leti, a research institute of CEA Tech, today announced their cooperation to industrialize GaN (Gallium Nitride)-on-Silicon technologies for power switching devices.

Lam Research names 2018 Supplier Excellence Award recipients

09/21/2018  Six companies awarded for overall supplier excellence.

RISC-V Foundation announces initial keynote speakers for inaugural RISC-V Summit

09/21/2018  First RISC-V Summit features keynotes from Antmicro, Facebook, Microchip Technology, NXP, SiFive and Western Digital.

Micron appoints Mike Bokan as Senior VP, Worldwide Sales

09/21/2018  Micron Technology, Inc. announced today that the company has appointed Mike Bokan as senior vice president of Worldwide Sales, effective Oct. 1, 2018.

SEMI FabView update: More investments in semiconductor fabs

09/21/2018  Global fab construction investment shows continuing strength, with 19 new fab projects expected to begin construction in 2019 and 2020, based on the latest data published in SEMI’s World Fab Forecast.

Toshiba Memory and Western Digital celebrate the opening of Fab 6 and Memory R&D Center at Yokkaichi, Japan

09/20/2018  Toshiba Memory Corporation and Western Digital Corporation yesterday celebrated the opening of a new semiconductor fabrication facility, Fab 6, and the Memory R&D Center, at Yokkaichi operations in Mie Prefecture, Japan.

Graphene bilayer provides efficient transport and control of spins

09/20/2018  University of Groningen physicists in collaboration with a theoretical physics group from Universität Regensburg have built an optimized bilayer graphene device which displays both long spin lifetimes and electrically controllable spin-lifetime anisotropy.

NXP Semiconductors announces $1B bridge financing

09/20/2018  NXP announced a US$1,000,000,000 senior unsecured bridge term credit facility agreement.

Commercially relevant bismuth-based thin film processing

09/19/2018  Researchers from Osaka University demonstrate a photoresponsive film processing technique that balances morphological properties with electronic performance.

How will graphene, the 2D wonder material, change the semiconductor industry?

09/19/2018  What materials innovation will the future bring?

FLEX/MSTC 2019 Call for Papers deadline is September 28, 2018

09/19/2018  Educate the industry with the latest in flexible, hybrid and printed electronic innovations OR sensor systems enabling autonomous mobility.

Seven IC products to outpace total 16% IC market growth in 2018

09/18/2018  13 IC products forecast to show double-digit growth, led by a 39% surge in DRAM sales.

Open-Silicon appoints new VP of Engineering

09/18/2018  Anand Bariya brings 25 years of engineering management experience to custom silicon solution provider.

TowerJazz annual U.S. Technical Symposium to showcase its advanced analog specialty process offerings

09/18/2018  During TGS, the company will share its vision on industry megatrends: "Wireless Everything, Smart Everything, Green Everything" - and the means by which its analog specialty portfolio helps customers to differentiate their technology solutions.

Keysight Technologies' 3D planar electromagnetic simulator certified for GLOBALFOUNDRIES 22FDX process technology

09/18/2018  Keysight Technologies, Inc. (NYSE: KEYS), a technology company that helps enterprises, service providers, and governments accelerate innovation to connect and secure the world, today announced that the company's 3D planar electromagnetic (EM) simulator, Momentum, has been certified for GLOBALFOUNDRIES (GF) 22FDX, 22nm Fully-Depleted Silicon-On-Insulator (FD-SOI) technology.

Energy Taiwan: Inaugural international event aims to speed clean energy technology innovation

09/18/2018  With Taiwan poised as a central player role in global renewable energy, the stage is set for the inaugural Energy Taiwan, Taiwan's largest green energy technology exchange platform that aims to accelerate innovation of clean energy technologies.

eBeam Initiative surveys report 27% growth in photomasks delivered, continued confidence in EUV

09/17/2018  Results of annual Perceptions and Mask Makers' Surveys to be presented at SPIE Photomask Technology Conference; TEL joins eBeam Initiative.

GOWIN Semiconductor unveils the latest embedded memory products

09/17/2018  The 2 new embedded FPGA devices were designed with low power, small package size, and low cost in mind. 

SEMI-THERM announces Call for Papers for 35th annual conference

09/17/2018  SEMI-THERM is currently accepting submissions for extended abstracts, peer-reviewed papers and presentation only abstracts. The deadline for each of these submissions types is October 12, 2018.




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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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