09/08/2017  UPMEM, a fabless semiconductor startup company, announces UPMEM Processing In-Memory (PIM), the next generation hardware solution for data intensive applications in the datacenter, solving server-level efficiency and performance bottlenecks.

09/08/2017  Researchers from the National University of Singapore (NUS) have established new findings on the properties of two-dimensional molybdenum disulfide (MoS2), a widely studied semiconductor of the future.

09/08/2017  Lam Research Corporation announced that it has completed the acquisition of Coventor, Inc.

09/07/2017  Cadence Design Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ: CDNS) today announced it is delivering a comprehensive automotive IP portfolio for the TSMC 16nm FinFET Compact (16FFC) automotive process technology.

09/07/2017  Kulicke & Soffa Industries, Inc. announced today its collaboration agreement with Kinik Company, to provide comprehensive dicing blades solutions.

09/07/2017  SiFive, the first fabless provider of customized, open-source-enabled semiconductors, today announced that UltraSoC will provide debug and trace technology for the SiFive Freedom platform, based on the RISC-V open source processor specification as part of the DesignShare initiative.

09/07/2017  Microsemi Corporation today announced the appointment of Richard M. Beyer to its board of directors.

09/06/2017  Cypress Semiconductor Corp. today announced the appointment of Catherine P. Lego to its board of directors.

09/06/2017  Researchers have shown that defects in the molecular structure of perovskites - a material which could revolutionise the solar cell industry - can be "healed" by exposing it to light and just the right amount of humidity.

09/06/2017  Researchers examining the flow of electricity through semiconductors have uncovered another reason these materials seem to lose their ability to carry a charge as they become more densely "doped." Their results, which may help engineers design faster semiconductors in the future, are published online in the journal ACS Nano.

09/06/2017  Slated for September 18-20 in San Jose, Calif., the 18th annual SMC “offers a unique chance to network and discover opportunities in and around the industry in a year where dramatic growth has returned to the semiconductor market,” observes SMC 2017 co-chair Mark Thirsk of Linx Consulting, who will provide opening remarks at the conference.

09/06/2017  Our industry has a significant need for additional workers and several trends are working against us.

09/01/2017  Advanced Semiconductor Engineering, Inc, a semiconductor assembly and test service provider, announced that its K7 manufacturing facility in Kaohsiung has received the Green Factory Label from the Industrial Development Bureau, Ministry of Economic Affairs, Taiwan.

09/01/2017  There have been media reports speculating that Toshiba will make a decision on Aug 31 at Toshiba’s Board of Directors meeting.

09/01/2017  A dozen performer teams with DARPA’s CHIPS program convene to kick off an ambitious push for an era of versatile, plug-and-play "chiplets."

09/01/2017  How is the IGBT market evolving for different applications? How will the IGBT market face the adoption of high performance WBG based devices?

09/01/2017  In 2018, 7.7 percent growth is expected, resulting in another record-breaking year—totaling $53.2 billion for the global semiconductor equipment market.

09/01/2017  The ConFab 2018, to be held May 20-23 in Las Vegas at THE COSMOPOLITAN of Las Vegas, will take a close look at the new applications driving the semiconductor industry, the technology that will be required at the device and process level to meet new demands, and – perhaps most importantly – the kind of strategic collaboration that will be required.

08/31/2017  A new device being developed by Washington State University physicist Yi Gu could one day turn the heat generated by a wide array of electronics into a usable fuel source.

08/31/2017  Spending for DRAM expected to show biggest percentage gain in 2017.