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MACOM and STMicroelectronics to bring GaN on silicon to mainstream RF markets and applications

02/07/2018  MACOM Technology Solutions Holdings, Inc. and STMicroelectronics announced an agreement to develop GaN (Gallium Nitride) on Silicon wafers to be manufactured by ST for MACOM's use across an array of RF applications.

First Trump State of the Union address: How it stacks up against SEMI public policy priorities

02/07/2018  SEMI evaluates the implications of the SOTU address for Trade, Taxes, Technology, Talent and other SEMI public policy priorities.

Lam Research and Tokyo Electron gained in full year 2017 semiconductor equipment market shares

02/06/2018  Market shares of top semiconductor equipment manufacturers for the full year 2017 indicate large gains by Tokyo Electron and Lam Research while top supplier Applied Materials dropped.

ON Semiconductor names 2017 Distribution Partner Award winners

02/06/2018  These awards honor the distributor in each region that led overall channel sales, grew market share, captured increased sales of products from ON Semiconductor’s acquisitions and scored highly on overall process excellence.

A new radiation detector made from graphene

02/06/2018  A new bolometer exploits the thermoelectric properties of graphene.

The dawn of gallium oxide microelectronics

02/06/2018  Gallium oxide has an advantage over silicon in producing cheaper and smaller devices.

Annual semiconductor sales increase 21.6%, top $400B for first time

02/05/2018  Global industry posts highest-ever annual, quarterly, and monthly sales.

Vanadium dioxyde: A revolutionary material for tomorrow's electronics

02/05/2018  Phase-chance switch can now be performed at higher temperatures.

Measuring the temperature of two-dimensional materials at the atomic level

02/05/2018  Researchers at the University of Illinois at Chicago describe a new technique for precisely measuring the temperature and behavior of new two-dimensional materials that will allow engineers to design smaller and faster microprocessors.

IHS Markit identifies top trends driving the Internet of Things in 2018 and beyond

02/02/2018  Driven by the need for intelligent connected devices in industrial and commercial applications, the number of connected Internet of Things (IoT) devices globally will grow to more than 31 billion in 2018, according to new analysis from business information provider IHS Markit

Air Products to supply Samsung Electronics' second 3D V-NAND fab in western China

02/02/2018  Air Products today announced it has been awarded the industrial gases supply for Samsung Electronics' second semiconductor fab in Xi'an, Shaanxi Province, western China.

UA researchers observe electrons zipping around in crystals

02/02/2018  Scientists have tracked electrons moving through exotic materials that may make up the next generation of computing hardware.

New UC Riverside research advances spintronics technology

02/01/2018  Discoveries will help realize the promise of faster, energy-efficient spintronic computers and ultra-high-capacity data storage.

Mobile system-on-chip designs, embedded processing lift MPU market

02/01/2018  Though accounting for less than half of total MPU sales, data-handling cellphones, tablets, and MPUs for embedded processing applications to keep MPU market active through 2022.

Smart manufacturing fuels digital transformation: Takeaways from SEMI Member Forum

02/01/2018  Driven by emerging technologies like Artificial Intelligence (AI), Internet of Things (IoT), machine learning and big data, the digital transformation has become an irreversible trend for the electronics manufacturing industry. The global market for smart manufacturing and smart factory technologies is expected to reach US$250 billion in 2018.

Engineers design artificial synapse for "brain-on-a-chip" hardware

02/01/2018  Design is major stepping stone toward portable artificial-intelligence devices.

Boston Semi Equipment develops custom automation modules for strip handling equipment

01/31/2018  Boston Semi Equipment (BSE) today announced that it has started shipping units of its new strip load/unload module to a top 10 semiconductor manufacturer.

Largest SEMICON Korea ever highlights smart manufacturing, automotive

01/31/2018  SEMICON Korea 2018 opens at COEX in Seoul today with its largest-ever exhibition and an expected 50,000 attendees at the premier event for the Korean semiconductor and electronics manufacturing supply chain.

Custom Silicon veteran joins SiFive executive team

01/30/2018  SiFive, a provider of commercial RISC-V processor IP, today announced Shafy Eltoukhy as vice president of operations. Eltoukhy, a veteran of Microsemi and Intel, will lead SiFive's DesignShare activities and ensure the smooth rollout of new Core IP, SoCs and services.

Mike Noonen joins efabless' Advisory Board

01/30/2018  efabless corporation, the world's first crowd sourcing platform for electronics solutions, today announced Mike Noonen joined its advisory board.




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Environment, Safety & Health

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The semiconductor industry is an acknowledged global leader in promoting environmental sustainability in the design, manufacture, and use of its products, as well as the health and safety of its operations and impacts on workers in semiconductor facilities (fabs). We will examine trends and concerns related to emissions, chemical use, energy consumption and worker safety and health.

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Wafer Processing

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As the industry moves to 10nm and 7nm nodes, advances in wafer processing – etch, deposition, planarization, implant, cleaning, annealing, epitaxy among others – will be required. Manufacturers are looking for new solutions for sustained strain engineering, FinFETs, FDSOI and multi-gate technologies, 3D NAND, and high mobility transistors.

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