01/04/2018  Rice, Swansea scientists show that decontaminating nanotubes can simplify nanoscale devices.

01/04/2018  Through three quarters of calendar year 2017, market shares of top semiconductor equipment manufacturers indicate large gains by Tokyo Electron and Lam Research.

01/03/2018  Worldwide market notches highest-ever monthly sales of $37.7 billion; sales increase 1.6 percent compared to October.

01/03/2018  The year-end update to the SEMI World Fab Forecast report reveals 2017 spending on fab equipment investments will reach an all-time high of $57 billion.

01/02/2018  Scientists at Tokyo Institute of Technology (Tokyo Tech) and their research team involving researchers of JASRI, Osaka University, Nagoya Institute of Technology, and Nara Institute of Science and Technology have just developed a novel approach to determine and visualize the three-dimensional (3D) structure of individual dopant atoms using SPring-8.

01/02/2018  eVaderis, a semiconductor IP start-up that provides design solutions to improve the functionality, power efficiency and performance of its customers' semiconductor chips, has successfully demonstrated a fully functioning design platform through an ultra-low-power microcontroller (MCU) in Beyond Semiconductor's BA2X product line.

01/02/2018  SEMI today announced the appointment of Masahiko (Jim) Hamajima as president of SEMI Japan.

12/22/2017  The global mask alignment systems market is expected to grow at a CAGR of more than 9% during the forecast period, according to Technavio’s latest market research.

12/22/2017  Qualcomm Incorporated today announced that the Qualcomm Board of Directors, following the recommendation of the Board's Governance Committee, has unanimously determined not to nominate any of the 11 candidates assembled by Broadcom Limited and Silver Lake Partners.

12/21/2017  Toshiba MCU ICs are expected to utilize the highly robust, non-volatile memory process.

12/21/2017  Researchers at the Center for Integrated Nanostructure Physics, within the Institute for Basic Science (IBS), have shown that defects in monolayer molybdenum disulfide (MoS2) exhibit electrical switching, providing new insights into the electrical properties of this material. As MoS2 is one of the most promising 2D semiconductors, it is expected that these results will contribute to its future use in opto-electronics.

12/20/2017  JEDEC Solid State Technology Association announces the successful launch of its newest committee: JC-70 Wide Bandgap Power Electronic Conversion Semiconductors.

12/20/2017  Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. announced today that it has begun mass producing the industry’s first 2nd-generation of 10-nanometer class (1y-nm), 8-gigabit (Gb) DDR4 DRAM.

12/20/2017  Electronics manufacturing executives will sharpen their competitive edge in Dublin, Ireland, on 4-6 March at Europe's SEMI Industry Strategy Symposium (ISS Europe).

12/20/2017  New embedded transducer approach allows surface acoustic wave device to transmit signals with six times the speed of most commercially used devices.

12/19/2017  EPC2049 GaN power transistor offers power systems designers a 40 V, 5 m? power transistor about 8 times smaller than equivalently rated silicon MOSFETs for point of load converters, LiDAR, and low inductance motor drive.

12/19/2017  Renesas Electronics Corporation today announced the integration of Intersil Corporation as a legal entity and a new branding policy following the acquisition of Intersil on February 24, 2017.

12/19/2017  Nova, a provider of metrology solutions for advanced process control used in semiconductor manufacturing, today announced that Ronnie (Miron) Kenneth, former CEO of Voltaire Technologies Ltd. and former CEO of Pontis Ltd., has been appointed to the company's Board of Directors.

12/19/2017  Newly opened building with advanced cleanroom technology provides additional space for final assembly of EVG process equipment and technical source inspection by the company's global customers.

12/19/2017  More than 70,000 players in the electronics manufacturing industry are expected to descend upon SEMICON China for technology and innovation insights to accelerate already strong industry growth.