10/30/2016  I’m delighted to announce that The ConFab, our premier semiconductor manufacturing conference and networking event, will be held at the iconic Hotel del Coronado in San Diego on May 14-17, 2017. For more than 12 years, The ConFab, an invitation-only executive conference, has been the destination for key industry influencers and decision-makers to connect and collab- orate on critical issues.

10/30/2016  Equipment vendors have a lot on their plates now, with memory customers pushing 3D NAND, foundries advancing to the 7 nm node, and 200mm fabs clamoring to come up with hard-to-find tools.

10/28/2016  Solid particles in the abatement exhaust must be properly managed, and in some cases, substantially reduced from the gas stream before it is released into the environment.

10/27/2016  Analog Devices, Inc. today announced the acquisition of Innovasic Inc., a provider of Deterministic Ethernet semiconductor and software solutions.

10/27/2016  Picosun Oy, a supplier of advanced industrial ALD (Atomic Layer Deposition) technology, now provides its customers production-scale aluminum nitride batch process with superior film thickness uniformity and fast speed.

10/27/2016  He will be presented with this achievement award during the GSA Awards Dinner Celebration on Thursday, December 8, 2016, at the Santa Clara Convention Center in Santa Clara, Calif.

10/27/2016  Qualcomm Incorporated and NXP Semiconductors N.V. today announced a definitive agreement, unanimously approved by the boards of directors of both companies, under which Qualcomm will acquire NXP.

10/26/2016  Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corporation and Synopsys, Inc. today announced that it has adopted Synopsys' StarRC product as the standard solution for signoff parasitic extraction for its 28nm process technology.

10/26/2016  One of the mainstays of the System-on-a-Chip (SoC) market is the continued growth of the 3rd Party Semiconductor Intellectual Property (SIP) market.

10/25/2016  Aura Semiconductor, a provider of high performance analog mixed signal solutions, today announced that it has completed Series A round of equity investment from Bay Area based WRV Capital.

10/25/2016  Reference flow enables system and semiconductor companies to accelerate delivery of designs on Samsung's second-generation 10nm process (10LPP).

10/25/2016  Synopsys, Inc. today announced that its Custom Compiler tool has been certified by Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. to support their 10-nanometer (nm) LPP (Low Power Plus) process.

10/24/2016  SEMICON Europa will open its doors tomorrow, showcasing the latest product, tools, and technologies for advanced microelectronics manufacturing.

10/24/2016  180nm CMOS and HV-CMOS MPW runs are now manufactured in ams' 200mm fabrication facility in Austria.

10/24/2016  SEMICON Europa co-locating with productronica and electronica, expanding electronics focus.

10/21/2016  A new design for transistors which operate on 'scavenged' energy from their environment could form the basis for devices which function for months or years without a battery, and could be used for wearable or implantable electronics.

10/21/2016  Stanford, Oxford team creates high-efficiency tandem cells.

10/21/2016  Researchers have found an unexpected way to control the thermal conductivity of two-dimensional (2-D) materials, which will allow electronics designers to dissipate heat in electronic devices that use these materials.

10/21/2016  A book-to-bill of 1.05 means that $105 worth of orders were received for every $100 of product billed for the month.

10/20/2016  Gigaphoton Inc., a manufacturer of light sources used in lithography, has announced success in achieving a world record 5% conversion efficiency with 100W of average output in stable operation and a high duty rate of 95%.