04/25/2017  The new Samsung Galaxy S8 equipped with 64 gigabytes (GB) of NAND flash memory carries a bill of materials (BOM) cost that comes out to US$301.60, much higher than for previous versions of the company’s smartphones, according to a preliminary estimate from IHS Markit.

04/25/2017  SPTS Technologies announced today that it has been awarded the coveted Queen's Award for Enterprise in International Trade 2017.

04/25/2017  IBS scientists model the formation of multivalleys in semiconductor microcavities, bringing new ideas to the emerging valleytronics field

04/25/2017  Today, SEMI announced that SEMICON Southeast Asia 2017 (SEMICON SEA 2017) is reporting an increase of up to 30 percent in attendees this year.

04/24/2017  T.J. Rodgers, founder and former CEO of Cypress Semiconductor Corporation (NASDAQ: CY) and the Company's largest individual stockholder, today filed a lawsuit in the Delaware Court of Chancery seeking to compel the Cypress Board of Directors to make supplemental and corrective disclosures to address numerous material omissions and misstatements of fact in the Cypress Board's proxy materials.

04/24/2017  Chroma ATE Inc. has recently released the newest semiconductor test solution for the IoT IC market.

04/24/2017  Conax Technologies announced the acquisition of Quartz Engineering, a manufacturer of quartz sheaths for temperature sensors headquartered in Tempe, AZ.

04/21/2017  North America-based manufacturers of semiconductor equipment posted $2.03 billion in billings worldwide in March 2017, according to the March Equipment Market Data Subscription Billings Report published today by SEMI.

04/20/2017  The ConFab — an executive conference now in its 13th year — brings together influential executives from all parts of the semiconductor supply chain for three days of thought-provoking talks and panel discussions, networking events and select, pre-arranged breakout business meetings.

04/20/2017  This new series of articles highlights additional trends in process control, including successful implementation strategies and the benefits for IC manufacturing.

04/20/2017  ClassOne Technology announced it's new CopperMax chamber -- a design that is demonstrating major copper plating cost reductions for users of ?200mm wafers.

04/20/2017  Worldwide semiconductor wafer-level manufacturing equipment (WFE) revenue totaled $37.4 billion in 2016, an 11.3 percent increase from 2015, according to final results by Gartner, Inc.

04/19/2017  Worldwide PC shipments totaled 62.2 million units in the first quarter of 2017, a 2.4 percent decline from the first quarter of 2016, according to preliminary results by Gartner, Inc.

04/19/2017  Brewer Science announced the achievement of Zero Waste to Landfill Certification for the second consecutive year.

04/19/2017  Samsung expands 10nm capacity, to be ready for production by the fourth quarter of this year.

04/19/2017  Engineers use graphene as a 'copy machine' to produce cheaper semiconductor wafers.

04/18/2017  3D-Micromac AG today announced that the total received order volume for its microCELL TLS high-throughput half-cell cutting tools tops 1.5 GW for tool deliveries in 2017 to date.

04/18/2017  Scientists at the U.S. Department of Energy's National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) have developed a proof-of-principle photoelectrochemical cell capable of capturing excess photon energy normally lost to generating heat.

04/17/2017  New technique using nano-antennas to make photonic integrated devices smaller with a broader working wavelength range could transform optical communications.

04/17/2017  At SEMICON Southeast Asia 2017, Dr. Chen Fusen, CEO of Kulicke & Soffa Pte Ltd, Singapore, will give a keynote on digital transformation in the manufacturing sector.