02/16/2018  Since Apple unveiled iPhone X with face-recognition functionality in early November 2017, interest in 3D sensing technology has reached fever pitch and attracted huge investments across the related supply chains.

02/15/2018  A silicon-based quantum computing device could be closer than ever due to a new experimental device that demonstrates the potential to use light as a messenger to connect quantum bits of information -- known as qubits -- that are not immediately adjacent to each other. The feat is a step toward making quantum computing devices from silicon, the same material used in today's smartphones and computers.

02/15/2018  The latest market research report by Technavio on the global semiconductor IP market predicts a CAGR of close to 10% during the period 2018-2022.

02/15/2018  Siemens announced it has entered into an agreement to acquire Oulu, Finland-based Sarokal Test Systems Oy.

02/15/2018  SiFive, the provider of commercial RISC-V processor IP, continues to grow its executive staff with the appointment of Shiva Natarajan as chief financial officer.

02/14/2018  Yawning differences between cultures, economic systems and rules of law stand as barriers for many China- and US-based technology companies to do business on each other’s soil, making it imperative for both countries to work together to bridge the gaps that make it harder for tech businesses in each country to find partners and open markets in the other, SEMI China president Lung Chu said at a recent conference.

02/14/2018  Orbotech Ltd. (NASDAQ: ORBK) today announced that SPTS Technologies, an Orbotech company and a supplier of advanced wafer processing solutions for the global semiconductor and related industries, has received approximately $37M in orders for multiple etch and deposition systems from two GaAs foundry customers.

02/14/2018  STMicroelectronics today announced it has signed an agreement on LDMOS RF power technology from Innogration Technologies, a fabless semiconductor company headquartered in Suzhou, China.

02/13/2018  Rice University scientists create patterned graphene onto food, paper, cloth, cardboard.

02/13/2018  CEA-Leti's chief scientist today issued a forward-looking call to action for the microelectronics industry to create a radically new, digital-communication architecture for the Internet of Things in which "a great deal of analytics processing occurs at the edge and at the end devices instead of in the Cloud".

02/12/2018  MagnaChip Semiconductor Corporation announced today it now offers the 2nd generation of 0.13 micron BCD process technology integrated with high-density embedded Flash memory.

02/12/2018  NUST MISIS scientists jointly with an international group of scientists have managed to develop a composite material that has the best piezoelectric properties today. The research results were published in Scientific Reports journal.

02/12/2018  Applied Materials, Inc. announced today that it has been recognized by the Ethisphere Institute, a global leader in defining and advancing the standards of ethical business practices, on its 2018 list as one of the World's Most Ethical Companies.

02/12/2018  ASML's dominance in the semiconductor equipment market continued in 2017, according to the report "Sub-100nm Lithography: Market Analysis and Strategic Issues," recently published by The Information Network.

02/09/2018  Brooks Instrument will showcase its newly enhanced GF125 mass flow controller (MFC) with high-speed EtherCAT connectivity and embedded self-diagnostics at the China Semiconductor Technology International Conference (CSTIC) in conjunction with SEMICON China 2018 in Shanghai.

02/09/2018  Amkor Technology, Inc. today announced that Doug Alexander and MaryFrances McCourt have been appointed as new members of the Company's Board of Directors. With these appointments, Amkor's Board has been expanded to twelve members.

02/09/2018  Two Waterloo chemists have made it easier for manufacturers to produce a new class of faster and cheaper semiconductors.

02/08/2018  INFICON,a manufacturer of leak test equipment, introduced the UL3000 Fab leak detector for semiconductor manufacturing maintenance teams to easily check the tightness of vacuum chambers for wafer production.

02/08/2018  Wafer capacity growth of 8% forecast for 2018 and 2019 versus 4.8% average yearly growth from 2012-2017.

02/08/2018  SEMI President & CEO Ajit Manocha has formed a new group, Technology Communities, to better collaborate, align, and enhance all of SEMI’s technology-focused activities by operating them under one umbrella.