08/06/2013 

New technology represents a breakthrough in overcoming NAND scaling limit and ushers in a new 3D memory era.

08/06/2013 

STI Certified Electronics announced the appointment of Jim Panfil as Vice President of Business Development.

08/05/2013 

Ultratech, Inc. announced last week that it has moved Ultratech/Cambridge NanoTech to Waltham, Mass.

08/05/2013 

Graphene has moved swiftly from the research laboratory to the marketplace, driven by demand from markets where advanced materials are required.

08/05/2013 

Crossbar, Inc., a start-up company, unveiled a new Resistive RAM (RRAM) technology that will be capable of storing up to one terabyte (TB) of data on a single 200mm² chip.

08/05/2013 

Researchers from North Carolina State University and the University of Texas have revealed more about graphene's mechanical properties and demonstrated a technique to improve the stretchability of graphene – developments that should help engineers and designers come up with new technologies that make use of the material.

08/05/2013 

The U.S. image sensors market was worth USD 2.0 billion in 2011 and is forecasted to reach USD 3.7 billion in 2017 at a CAGR of 11.1 percent from 2011 to 2017.

08/02/2013 

Spansion Inc., a developer of Flash memory-based embedded systems solutions, and XMC, China's fastest growing 300mm semiconductor foundry, today announced an agreement for XMC to license Spansion's floating gate NOR Flash technology.

08/01/2013 

Spansion Inc., a provider of Flash memory-based embedded systems solutions, today announced that it has closed the acquisition of the microcontroller and analog business of Fujitsu Semiconductor Limited.

08/01/2013 

Apple recently acquired Silicon Valley-based wireless chip developer Passif Semiconductor, though the terms of the acquisition have yet to be disclosed.

08/01/2013 

Micron Technology, Inc. and Elpida Memory, Inc. trustees announced today the closing of Micron’s acquisition of 100 percent of Elpida’s equity, pursuant to a Sponsor Agreement entered into on July 2, 2012 in connection with Elpida's corporate reorganization.

07/31/2013 

Israel Beinglass, CTO of MonolithIC 3D Inc., blogs about roadmap misses and the relationship between two seemingly unrelated technologies. 

07/30/2013 

Semiconductor revenue worldwide will see improved growth this year of 6.9 percent and reaching $320 billion according to the mid-year 2013 update of the Semiconductor Applications Forecaster (SAF) from International Data Corporation (IDC).

07/26/2013 

Spansion Inc. today announced production of a new family of 16 Mb, 32 Mb and 64 Mb Spansion FL-1K Serial Flash memory devices.

07/26/2013 

Samsung announced today that it is mass producing the world’s fastest embedded memory – the industry’s first eMMC 5.0 devices – in 16 gigabyte (GB), 32GB and 64GB densities for next-generation smartphones and tablets.

07/24/2013 

Rudolph Technologies, Inc., a provider of process characterization, photolithography equipment and software for the semiconductor, FPD, LED and solar industries, today released three new application-specific configurations of its industry-leading NSX 320 Automated Macro Defect Inspection System.

07/24/2013 

China’s total IC production is forecast to represent only 6% of the worldwide IC market in 2017.

07/24/2013 

Who knew that mask process correction (MPC) would again become necessary for the manufacturing of deep ultraviolet (DUV) photomasks?

07/23/2013 

Dialog Semiconductor plc, a provider of highly integrated power management, audio, AC/DC and short-range wireless technologies today announced that Richard Beyer, appointed to the board in February this year, as an independent non-executive director, will succeed Gregorio Reyes as chairman of the board. Greg will continue to serve as a board member.

07/22/2013 

After a flat year in 2012, global purchasing of semiconductors by the world’s top electronic brands is set to return to growth in 2013, as Apple Inc. and Samsung Electronics contend to claim the title of biggest spender.