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Global GaAs wafers market to grow at a CAGR of 11.9% by 2021

08/21/2017  The global gallium arsenide wafer market to decline at a CAGR of 11.9% during the period 2017-2021.

PC DRAM contract price rose by over 10% sequentially and global DRAM revenue increase by 16.9% sequentially Q2

08/18/2017  Global DRAM revenue reached a new historical high in the second quarter of 2017, according to DRAMeXchange.

Lam Research takes uniformity control to the edge

08/16/2017  Chipmakers want every part of the wafer to yield good die. Advances in process technologies have just about made this a reality, even as feature dimensions continue to shrink and devices grow more complex.

Rice University materials scientists create 2-faced 2-D material

08/16/2017  The Rice laboratory of materials scientist Jun Lou has made a semiconducting transition-metal dichalcogenide (TMD) that starts as a monolayer of molybdenum diselenide. They then strip the top layer of the lattice and replace precisely half the selenium atoms with sulfur.

New ultrathin semiconductor materials exceed some of silicon's "secret" powers

08/16/2017  Electrical engineers at Stanford have identified two semiconductors that share or even exceed some of silicon’s desirable traits, starting with the fact that all three materials can "rust."

SIA statement regarding Trump Administration action to protect U.S. intellectual property in foreign markets

08/16/2017  The Semiconductor Industry Association (SIA) released a statement in response to the Trump Administration's decision to set in motion a process led by the United States Trade Representative to investigate China's unfair trade practices.

DRAM, NAND flash, automotive analog/logic among bestgrowing ICs

08/15/2017  Topping the chart of fastest-growing products is DRAM, which comes as no surprise given the strong rise of average selling prices in this segment throughout the first half of 2017.

Large wafers, complex IC designs among advanced packaging trends

08/15/2017  The global semiconductor advanced packaging market is expected to grow at a CAGR of 8.45% during the period 2017-2021, according to Research and Markets.

Vacuum subsystems: largest and fastest growing market segment

08/14/2017  The increase in vacuum process intensity of the semiconductor industry means that by 2022, the market for vacuum subsystems could be up to 62 percent higher than today’s value of $1.9 billion.

Industry upswing: End of cycles?

08/14/2017  Semiconductor-related companies are trading at all-time highs, and record device shipments and revenues as well as equipment revenues are expected.

Everspin Announces 1-Gigabit MRAM

08/10/2017  Everspin Technologies, Inc. has begun sampling its new 1-Gigabit Spin Torque Magnetoresistive Random Access Memory (ST-MRAM) with lead customers.

Global Memory Card Market to Exceed $9 billion by 2021

08/10/2017  The market for memory cards will reach $9.025 billion by 2021. That’s up from $8.83 billion in 2016, a CAGR of approximately 0.45%.

Samsung introduces far-reaching V-NAND memory solutions to tackle data processing and storage challenges

08/09/2017  Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. has announced new V-NAND (Vertical NAND) memory solutions and technology that will address the pressing requirements of next-generation data processing and storage systems.

NanoString and Lam Research announce strategic development collaboration

08/09/2017  NanoString Technologies, Inc. and Lam Research Corporation today announced a strategic collaboration to develop NanoString's proprietary Hyb & Seq next-generation sequencing platform.

GLOBALFOUNDRIES demonstrates 2.5D high-bandwidth memory solution

08/09/2017  GLOBALFOUNDRIES today announced that it has demonstrated silicon functionality of a 2.5D packaging solution for its high-performance 14nm FinFET FX-14 integrated design system for application-specific integrated circuits (ASICs).

IntelliProp announces Gen-Z persistent memory controller combining DRAM and NAND

08/08/2017  This controller combines DRAM and NAND and sits on the Gen-Z fabric, not the memory bus.

Microsemi collaboration enables Mellanox and other industry leaders to deliver NVMe-oF architectures

08/08/2017  Microsemi's peer-to-peer memory technology facilitates large data streams to transfer between NVMe-oF applications with better throughput, latency and quality of service.

Rinchem announces expansion of infrastructure in South Korea

08/07/2017  Rinchem recently announced the expansion of its chemical distribution center in Pyeongtaek, South Korea.

Worldwide semiconductor capital spending is forecast to grow 10.2% in 2017

08/07/2017  Worldwide semiconductor capital spending is projected to increase 10.2 percent in 2017, to $77.7 billion, according to Gartner, Inc.

NXP announces production of security chips in its US manufacturing facilities

08/04/2017  NXP Semiconductors N.V. announced a $22 million dollar program that expands its operations in the United States.




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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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