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Helix Semiconductors adds new board member

01/30/2019  Fabless power semiconductor company Helix Semiconductors today announced that Rudi De Winter has joined its board of directors.

Micron EOL 8G DDR3L SDRAMs now available direct From Alliance Memory

01/25/2019  Alliance Memory today announced that it is offering several end-of-life 8G DDR3L SDRAMs for which Micron Technology Inc.

North American semiconductor equipment industry posts December 2018 billings

01/25/2019  December billings of North American equipment manufacturers ended 2018 on a positive note.

ULVAC introduces high performance, low cost, compact LS series of dry screw pumps

01/24/2019  ULVAC Technologies, Inc. has introduced the LS series of dry screw pumps as a high performance, more compact and lower cost replacement to multi-stage dry Roots pumps for a wide range of vacuum applications.

Breakthrough reported in fabricating nanochips

01/24/2019  In the quest for smaller, faster 2D processors, NYU Tandon-led research team invents thermal lithography process for higher quality, lower cost, and mass production potential.

Semiconductor unit shipments exceeded 1 trillion devices in 2018

01/24/2019  Semiconductor units forecast to increase 7% in 2019 with IC units rising 8%, O-S-D units growing 7%.

ZEISS launches new high-resolution 3D X-ray imaging solutions

01/23/2019  ZEISS today unveiled a new suite of high-resolution 3D X-ray imaging solutions for failure analysis (FA) of advanced semiconductor packages, including 2.5/3D and fan-out wafer-level packages.

Nikon, ASML and Carl Zeiss sign agreement to settle all litigation

01/23/2019  Nikon Corporation, ASML Holding N.V., and Carl Zeiss SMT GmbH have signed a Memorandum of Understanding relating to a comprehensive settlement of all legal proceedings over patents for lithography equipment and digital cameras.

SEMICON Korea highlights smart tech, industry growth and workforce development

01/22/2019  SEMICON Korea 2019 opens tomorrow with electronics industry growth drivers artificial intelligence (AI), Smart manufacturing, and MEMS and sensors in the spotlight.

A year of transformation and execution: Focus on creating member value

01/22/2019  Last year the industry posted another remarkable double-digit revenue growth year. IC shipments eclipsed one trillion units for the first time and continued to enable an ever-expanding array of silicon intensive-applications.

Soitec expands collaboration with Samsung Foundry on FD-SOI wafer supply

01/22/2019  Soitec (Euronext Paris), a designer and manufacturer of innovative semiconductor materials, announced today an expanded collaboration with Samsung Foundry to ensure the volume supply of fully depleted silicon-on-insulator (FD-SOI) wafers.

Global GDP growth increasingly important driver of IC market growth

01/22/2019  IC Insights is in the process of completing its forecast and analysis of the IC industry and will present its new findings in The McClean Report 2019, which will be published later this month.

IDT stockholders approve merger

01/18/2019  Integrated Device Technology, Inc. a supplier of high-performance system-level analog/mixed-signal semiconductors, today announced that, at the Company's special meeting of stockholders held on January 15, 2019

How to add machine intelligence or AI to EDA tools

01/18/2019  Constant coverage of an invigorating topic like machine intelligence in the media often urges us to consider its use in EDA technology.

Value of semiconductor mergers and acquisitions falls considerably

01/17/2019  2018 semiconductor M&A valued at $23.2 billion, down from the record $107.3 billion in 2015.

Gartner reports worldwide PC shipments declined 4.3% in 4Q18 and 1.3% for the year

01/17/2019  Worldwide PC shipments totaled 68.6 million units in the fourth quarter of 2018, a 4.3 percent decline from the fourth quarter of 2017, according to preliminary results by Gartner, Inc.

Rambus acquires memory technology assets of Diablo Technologies

01/17/2019  Rambus Inc. today announced it has acquired the assets of Diablo Technologies to broaden its portfolio in the hybrid DRAM and Flash memory markets.

5,000 times faster than a computer

01/17/2019  Interatomic light rectifier generates directed electric currents.

Brooks Instrument licenses DLI vaporizer technology to Ceres Technologies

01/16/2019  Brooks Instrument, a developer of advanced flow, pressure, vacuum and vapor delivery solutions, has licensed its direct liquid injection (DLI) vaporizer technology to Ceres Technologies, Inc., headquartered in Saugerties, NY.




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