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NuMat Technologies and Linde form global partnership

09/20/2016  NuMat Technologies and The Linde Group have announced a collaborative partnership focused on the development of next generation separation and storage technologies that critically depend on material performance.

Intel appoints Bob Swan Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer

09/20/2016  Intel Corporation today announced the appointment of Robert H. Swan as executive vice president and chief financial officer (CFO), effective Oct. 10, 2016.

?200mm semiconductor manufacturing is here to stay

09/20/2016  Ted Shafer of ASML reports on the highlights from the ?200mm manufacturing session during SEMICON West, organized by the SEMI Secondary Equipment and Applications Special Interest Group.

Synopsys and TSMC collaborate on development of interface and foundation IP for 7nm FinFET process

09/19/2016  Synopsys, Inc. today announced the successful tapeout of multiple customer test chips with DesignWare Logic Libraries and Embedded Memories for TSMC's 7nm FinFET process.

Moore's Law did indeed stop at 28nm

09/19/2016  As we have predicted two and a half years back, the industry is bifurcating, and just a few products pursue scaling to 7nm while the majority of designs stay on 28nm or older nodes.

GLOBALFOUNDRIES to deliver industry's leading-performance offering of 7nm FinFET technology

09/15/2016  This technology provides more processing power for data centers, networking, premium mobile processors, and deep learning applications.

Cascade Microtech introduces wafer-level electromigration test system

09/15/2016  Cascade Microtech today announced the launch of the Estrada-EM system.

GLOBALFOUNDRIES launches embedded MRAM on 22FDX platform

09/15/2016  High-performance embedded non-volatile memory solution is ideally suited for emerging applications in advanced IoT and automotive.

Actions Semiconductor enters into merger agreement for going private transaction

09/14/2016  Actions Semiconductor Co., Ltd. today announced that it has entered into a definitive merger agreement on September 12, 2016 pursuant to which the Company will be acquired by a consortium of investors.

Global semiconductor sales rebound in July

09/14/2016  The Semiconductor Industry Association announced worldwide sales of semiconductors reached $27.1 billion for the month of July 2016.

The future of Europe pitch their startups at SEMICON Europa's Innovation Village

09/14/2016  SEMI today announced that twenty-one start-ups have been selected to pitch to investors and exhibit their products at SEMICON Europa's INNOVATION VILLAGE in Grenoble, France at the Alpexpo from 25-27 October, 2016.

Asia-Pacific to top 2016 regional IC sales in major system categories

09/14/2016  Government/Military only end-use segment where Asia-Pacific does not have top IC marketshare.

Tuning materials and devices to adapt to their environment

09/13/2016  University of California, Santa Barbara researchers pursue future radio-frequency materials and devices.

UC Berkeley, University of Minnesota professors recognized at annual SRC TECHCON Conference

09/13/2016  Semiconductor Research Corporation (SRC), a university-research consortium for semiconductors and related technologies, presented its highest honors Sept. 12 to professors from University of California, Berkeley and University of Minnesota at SRC's annual TECHCON conference in Austin, Texas.

SEMI’s new interactive mobile fab forecast: SEMI FabView

09/13/2016  SEMI, a supplier of independent semiconductor market research, today announced SEMI FabView, a mobile-friendly, interactive version of its popular World Fab Forecast quarterly report for electronic supply chain players and analysts.

Silicon nanoparticles instead of expensive semiconductors

09/12/2016  Within an international collaboration, physicists of the Moscow State University replace expensive semiconductors with affordable silicon nanoparticles for display production.

One-pot synthesis towards sulfur-based organic semiconductors

09/12/2016  A short and simple synthetic route for thiophene-fused aromatic compounds.

Qualcomm Communication Technologies opens in Shanghai for semiconductor test manufacturing

09/12/2016  Qualcomm Incorporated (NASDAQ: QCOM) today announced the opening of Qualcomm Communication Technologies (Shanghai) Co. Ltd., a semiconductor test facility in the Waigaoqiao (WGQ) free-trade zone in Shanghai, and its first foray into providing manufacturing services for semiconductors.

Liquid to liquid ambient cooling systems for semiconductor tools

09/09/2016  An overview of liquid-to-liquid cooling systems and their operating principles.

Synopsys joins GLOBALFOUNDRIES' FDXcelerator partner program

09/09/2016  Synopsys, Inc. and GLOBALFOUNDRIES today announced that Synopsys has joined the foundry's FDXcelerator Partner Program, an ecosystem designed to facilitate 22FDX system-on-chip (SoC) designs.




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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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