05/06/2014  New research in phonon scattering sheds more light on graphene as a replacement for silicon.

05/06/2014  Avago Technologies Limited and LSI Corporation today announced Avago has completed its acquisition of LSI Corporation for $11.15 per share in an all-cash transaction valued at approximately $6.6 billion.

05/06/2014  SEMATECH announced today that researchers have reached a significant milestone in reducing tool-generated defects from the multi-layer deposition of mask blanks used for extreme ultraviolet (EUV) lithography, pushing the technology another significant step toward readiness for high-volume manufacturing (HVM).

05/06/2014  Microchip Technology Inc., a provider of microcontroller, mixed-signal, analog and Flash-IP solutions, today introduced a new parallel Flash memory device.

05/06/2014  With partner GLOBALFOUNDRIES, the company also announces the completion of product and process qualification for the advanced RF SOI technology.

05/06/2014  Intel Corporation and other companies today introduced a new lineup of Chrome devices, including the first designs using Intel Celeron processors based on the Bay Trail-M system-on-chip (SoC).

05/05/2014  Finding by Berkeley Lab Researchers at the Molecular Foundry opens the door to better doping of semiconductor nanocrystals.

05/05/2014  Intel Corporation today announced it has named Steven Fund, a senior industry executive with extensive brand and marketing experience, to the post of corporate vice president and Chief Marketing Officer reporting directly to Intel CEO Brian Krzanich.

05/05/2014  Qualcomm today announced the election of Harish Manwani to its Board of Directors. Manwani brings more than 35 years of consumer product and global management experience, and currently serves as the Chief Operating Officer at Unilever PLC.

05/05/2014  The Semiconductor Industry Association (SIA) today announced that worldwide sales of semiconductors reached $78.47 billion during the first quarter of 2014, marking the industry's highest-ever first quarter sales.

05/05/2014  The newly revamped International Technology Roadmap for Semiconductors was released in early April. It’s actually called the 2013 ITRS, which makes it seem already out of date, but that’s the way the numbering has always been.

05/01/2014  Berkeley Lab researchers observe 1D edge states critical to nanoelectronic and photonic applications.

05/01/2014  Researchers at University of California, Santa Barbara, in collaboration with Rice University, have recently demonstrated a rapid synthesis technique for large-area Bernal (or AB) stacked bilayer graphene films that can open up new pathways for digital electronics and transparent conductor applications.

04/30/2014  Zeta Instruments, Inc., an optical profiling and inspection company providing solutions for high-tech manufacturing, has announced that Jeff Donnelly has joined the company as its chief operating officer.

04/30/2014  The cash purchase price is approximately $31 million, subject to an adjustment for working capital at closing. The acquisition is expected to close within the next two weeks upon satisfaction of customary closing conditions.

04/30/2014  Entegris, Inc. today announced that it has completed its acquisition of ATMI, Inc., creating a supplier of products and materials for semiconductor and other advanced manufacturing.

04/30/2014  Quantum Global Technologies LLC today announced it joined SEMATECH in Albany NY, to advance process tool chamber parts cleanliness and analytical methods to meet sub-20nm wafer fabrication process requirements.

04/30/2014  M/A-COM Technology Solutions Inc., a supplier of high performance RF, microwave and millimeter wave products, today announced the availability and full technical support for 17 high-performance gallium nitride on silicon (GaN on Si) RF power transistors and amplifiers recently added to the MACOM product portfolio as a result of its acquisition of Nitronex, LLC.

04/29/2014  Micron Technology, Inc. this week announced a new enterprise-class solid state drive (SSD) designed specifically for data center storage platforms.

04/29/2014  There is no disputing graphene is strong. But new research by Rice University and the Georgia Institute of Technology should prompt manufacturers to look a little deeper as they consider the miracle material for applications.