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IC Insights more than doubles its 2017 IC market growth forecast

03/30/2017  Huge spike in DRAM and NAND flash ASPs prompts market forecast revision to 11% increase.

Silego announces GFET3 integrated power switches in wafer level chip scale packaging

03/27/2017  Silego Technology, a developer of Configurable Mixed-signal Integrated Circuits (CMICs), announced today an extension of its performance-driven GFET3 Integrated Power Switch (IPS) portfolio.

European SEMI Award honors advanced packaging technologists

03/23/2017  At the SEMI Industry Strategy Symposium in Munich, SEMI announced recipients of the European SEMI Award for 2016.

STATS ChipPAC achieves 1.5B unit milestone in fan-out wafer level packaging shipments

03/15/2017  STATS ChipPAC Pte. Ltd., a provider of advanced semiconductor packaging and test services, announced today that it has shipped 1.5 billion fan-out wafer level packages (FOWLP), also known in the industry as embedded Wafer Level Ball Grid Array (eWLB).

Walker discusses emergence of new business models in semiconductor industry

03/14/2017  Jim Walker, who retired from Gartner and is now consulting as World Level Packaging Concepts, gave a plenary talk at the recent IMAPS Device Packaging Conference in Scottsdale on the state of the semiconductor industry which contained some interesting perspectives on emerging new business models.

SEMICON China 2017 opens tomorrow in Shanghai

03/13/2017  Over 60,000 attendees are expected at SEMICON China opening tomorrow at Shanghai New International Expo Centre (SNIEC).

January semiconductor sales up 14% compared to last year

03/06/2017  Year-to-year growth is market's largest since November 2010; month-to-month sales decrease slightly.

Advanced substrates: A key enabler of future advanced packaging solutions

03/03/2017  Yole analysts provide an overview of advanced substrate technologies, markets, and supply chain.

SEMI appoints Ajit Manocha as president and CEO

02/21/2017  SEMI today announced the appointment of Ajit Manocha as its president and CEO.

Invensas announces Teledyne DALSA sign DBI technology transfer and license agreement

02/17/2017  Wafer bonding and 3D interconnect technology to enable delivery of next-generation MEMS and image sensor solutions.

GE Ventures and Samsung Electro-Mechanics announce global microelectronics packaging patent agreement

02/17/2017  With this partnership, SEMCO will license GE microelectronics packaging patent portfolio, covering the fabrication of substrates embedded with electronic circuits.

Huge growth in cloud memory changes semiconductor supply chain

02/17/2017  The explosive growth in demand for internet bandwidth and cloud computing capacity brings a new set of technology challenges and opportunities for the semiconductor supply chain.

3D and 2.5D IC packaging market expected to be worth $170B by 2022

02/14/2017  The market is expected to be worth USD 170.46 billion in 2022, at a CAGR of 38.30% between 2016 and 2022.

GlobalFoundries 12-inch wafer production line in Chengdu commences operation

02/13/2017  The company will continue investing in its wafer plants in the United States and Germany, expand its capacity in Singapore, and construct a facility to produce 12-inch wafers in Chengdu, China in order to satisfy Chinese and global demands for the company's 22FDX technology.

GlobalFoundries reveals expansion plans

02/10/2017  The company is investing in its existing leading-edge fabs in the United States and Germany, expanding its footprint in China with a fab in Chengdu, and adding capacity for mainstream technologies in Singapore.

Intel announces $7B investment in next-gen semiconductor fab in Arizona

02/09/2017  The announcement was made by U.S. President Donald Trump and Intel CEO Brian Krzanich at the White House.

IC market growth limited by narrow window of global GDP expansion

02/09/2017  Significant and noticeable IC market growth closely tied to significant worldwide GDP growth.

Nexperia emerges as dynamic new force in discretes, logic and MOSFETs

02/07/2017  Former Standard Products Division of NXP combines experience, product and operational excellence with customer focus and ambition.

Global semiconductor sales reach $339B in 2016

02/03/2017  Worldwide industry posts highest-ever annual sales; year-to-year sales increase 12 percent in December.

Amkor Technology to acquire NANIUM

02/02/2017  Amkor Technology, Inc. and NANIUM S.A. today announced that they have entered into a definitive agreement for Amkor to acquire NANIUM, a provider of wafer-level fan-out (WLFO) semiconductor packaging solutions.




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