07/05/2012 

Xilinx will invest $50 million to expand its electronics engineering operations, located at the company

07/05/2012 

Gigaphoton Inc. reached a maximum of 5.2% EUV coversion efficiency (CE), beating the semiconductor manufacturing industry’s target of 5.0% for a first-generation EUV lithography scanner. These data show an average of 4.7% CE.

07/05/2012 

Industrially proven and robust, picosecond lasers are proving their worth in cutting and patterning of delicate materials for a wide variety of industrial applications.

07/04/2012 

The Semiconductor Industry Association (SIA) presented its 2012 University Researcher Awards to Stanford University professors Krishna Saraswat and Bruce Wooley as well as its 2012 Congressional Leadership Awards to Sen. Carl Levin, Sen. John McCain, Rep. Kevin Brady and Rep. Wally Herger.

07/04/2012 

“The upward trend of global semiconductor sales is encouraging,” said Brian Toohey, SIA. “Recent sales totals are in line with industry projections of modest growth for the remainder of 2012, but a sluggish global economy continues to provide substantial headwinds, limiting more robust growth.”

07/03/2012 

Semiconductor foundry United Microelectronics Corporation (NYSE:UMC; TWSE:2303) has licensed IBM technology to expedite the development of its 20nm CMOS process with FinFET 3D transistors.

07/03/2012 

Wireless technology company Qualcomm will change its corporate structure, moving substantially all of its R&D activities, its QCT semiconductor business, and other product and services businesses into a new wholly owned subsidiary, Qualcomm Technologies Inc.

07/02/2012 

Cypress entered into a 5-year senior secured revolving credit facility with a group of lenders led by Morgan Stanley Senior Funding. The facility enables the company to borrow up to $430 million on a revolving basis.

07/02/2012 

At the recently concluded 2012 EUVL Workshop (held June 4-8 in Maui, HI), attendees shared their latest technology developments and discussed ways to address the challenges of EUVL insertion into high-volume manufacturing (HVM).

07/02/2012 

Micron Technology Inc. (Nasdaq:MU) will acquire and support bankrupt DRAM maker Elpida Memory Inc.’s assets, paying approximately US$2.5 billion total consideration, less certain reorganization proceeding expenses.

06/29/2012 

Silicon carbide (SiC) semiconductors will see 38% CAGR through 2022 thanks to power and efficiency advantages over silicon devices, according to MarketResearch.com.

06/29/2012 

The IDE Group developed the STC series of Active Vibration Isolation Systems supporting OEMs in the production of 450mm wafer equipment.

06/29/2012 

Maxim is spending $200 million to upgrade and expand its US semiconductor manufacturing facilities in San Antonio and Dallas, TX; Beaverton, OR; and San Jose, CA. Maxim manufactures about 50% of its products in the US.

06/29/2012 

Cambridge NanoTech entered a licensing agreement with Ghent University in Belgium to commercialize an ALD particle coating technology that uses thermal and plasma processes.

06/29/2012 

Microelectronics industry standards developer JEDEC Solid State Technology Association published key updates to its Universal Flash Storage (UFS) standard, specifically tailored for mobile applications and computing systems requiring high performance and low power consumption.

06/28/2012 

Semiconductor manufacturers identified key factory productivity challenges that need to be addressed and shared effective solutions they will need to stay leading-edge and competitive amid turbulent industry transitions during the recent ISMI Manufacturing Week.

06/28/2012 

Applied Materials introduced a new dielectric etch system called the Centura Avatar, which can etch holes and trenches in complex film stacks with depth to width aspect ratios of up to 80:1. It is designed to meet new requirements in creating 3D memory architectures.

06/28/2012 

Following are some of the process control, device inspection, defect detection, and other metrology and test products that will be on display at SEMICON West 2012, July 10-12 in San Francisco, CA.

06/28/2012 

Solid State Technology and SEMI today announced the finalists for the 2012 “Best of West” awards, recognizing important product and technology developments in the microelectronics supply chain.

06/28/2012 

DFMSim announced a distribution agreement with a leading US process control OEM that involves the integration of DFMSim’s SMARTlitho manufacturing software into new tools for advanced metrology.