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Microsemi to offer FPGA-based RISC-V IP core

11/21/2016  Microsemi Corporation (Nasdaq: MSCC) announced it is the first field programmable gate array (FPGA) provider to offer a comprehensive software tool chain and intellectual property (IP) core for RISC-V designs.

MACOM announces definitive agreement to acquire AppliedMicro

11/21/2016  MACOM Technology Solutions Holdings, Inc., a leading supplier of high-performance analog RF, microwave, millimeterwave and photonic semiconductor products, today announced it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Applied Micro Circuits Corporation

Executives to get strategic perspectives for success at SEMI ISS 2017

11/17/2016  Electronics manufacturing executives will examine growth prospects, global industry developments and technology strategy at the SEMI Industry Strategy Symposium (ISS) 2017 to be held January 8-11 at the Ritz-Carlton, Half Moon Bay.

Qualcomm, Samsung collaborate on 10nm process tech for the latest Snapdragon 835 mobile processor

11/17/2016  Qualcomm Incorporated today announced that its subsidiary, Qualcomm Technologies, Inc., and Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., have extended their decade-long strategic foundry collaboration to manufacture Qualcomm Technologies' latest Snapdragon premium processor, Qualcomm Snapdragon 835, with Samsung's 10nm FinFET process technology.

UMC holds grand opening ceremony for new 12-inch wafer fab in China

11/16/2016  The fab, which was completed in record time, realized volume production for customer products merely 20 months after groundbreaking in March of 2015.

TriLumina appoints Brian Wong as president and CEO

11/16/2016  TriLumina Corp., a developer of semiconductor laser illuminators for solid-state LiDAR systems that enable autonomous vehicles and new automotive safety systems, announced that Brian Wong has been named as the company's new President and Chief Executive Officer and as a member of the board of directors.

Registration open for SEMICON Korea 2017's special 30-Year anniversary

11/16/2016  Celebrating its 30th anniversary, the largest-ever SEMICON Korea will be held from February 8 to 10, featuring 600 exhibiting companies and an expected 40,000 attendees at COEX, Seoul.

What a twist: Silicon nanoantennas turn light around

11/16/2016  The theoretical results will allow scientists to design nanodevices with extraordinary features for use in optoelectronics.

Five Top-20 semiconductor suppliers to show double-digit gains in 2016

11/15/2016  Nvidia and MediaTek forecast to register the fastest 2016 growth rates of 35% and 29%, respectively.

Fueling the industry with innovation at SEMICON Japan 2016

11/15/2016  Today, SEMI announced that Innovation Village at SEMICON Japan 2016 has been expanded with participation by 31 start-up companies.

Siemens announces plans to acquire Mentor Graphics in $4.5B deal

11/14/2016  Siemens and Mentor Graphics today announced that they have entered into a merger agreement under which Siemens will acquire Mentor for an enterprise value of $4.5 billion.

Maxim Integrated CEO Tunc Doluca elected chair of SIA

11/11/2016  Mark Durcan, CEO and Director of Micron Technology Inc., Elected SIA Vice Chair

Gigaphoton enters a new development stage

11/10/2016  Company targets future growth ushered in with new slogan: Challenge for NEXT Growth.

Nano-scale electronics score laboratory victory

11/10/2016  NYU Tandon researchers pioneer technique to grow monolayer tungsten disulfide for next-generation transistors, wearable electronics, and biomedical devices.

The thinnest photodetector in the world

11/10/2016  Graphene-based device could accelerate the development of 2-D photoelectronics.

Semiconductor-free microelectronics are now possible, thanks to metamaterials

11/09/2016  Engineers at the University of California San Diego have fabricated the first semiconductor-free, optically-controlled microelectronic device.

Smartphone unit shipments forecast to grow at single-digit rates through 2020

11/09/2016  IC Market Drivers 2017 analyzes end-use applications and impact on IC market growth.

Third quarter 2016 silicon wafer shipments set a new record

11/09/2016  Worldwide silicon wafer area shipments increased during the third quarter 2016 when compared to second quarter 2016 area shipments according to the SEMI Silicon Manufacturers Group (SMG) in its quarterly analysis of the silicon wafer industry.

New record for silicon-based multi-junction solar cell

11/09/2016  Researchers at the Fraunhofer Institute for Solar Energy Systems ISE together with the Austrian company EV Group (EVG) have successfully manufactured a silicon-based multi-junction solar cell with two contacts and an efficiency exceeding the theoretical limit of silicon solar cells.

The silicon photonics industry is ready for take-off

11/08/2016  Silicon photonic technologies have reached the tipping point that precedes massive growth.




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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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