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U.S. trade tensions with China hit fever pitch

03/21/2018  Stiff tariffs and the dismantling of longstanding trade agreements – cornerstones of these new actions – will ripple through the semiconductor industry with particularly damaging effect.

SEMICON West 2018 to spotlight smart technologies, workforce development

03/20/2018  SEMICON West has opened registration for the July 10-12, 2018, exposition at the Moscone Center in San Francisco, California.

GLOBALFOUNDRIES launches RF ecosystem program to accelerate time-to-market for wireless connectivity, radar and 5G applications

03/20/2018  GLOBALFOUNDRIES today announced a new ecosystem partner program, called RFWave, designed to simplify RF design and help customers reduce time-to-market for a new era of wireless devices and networks.

UnitySC acquires HSEB Dresden GMBH

03/20/2018  Following the acquisition, the new entity's extended line of leading-edge process control solutions will provide a unique and essential inspection and metrology capability to semiconductor manufacturers.

The ConFab 2018 announces conference agenda and speakers

03/16/2018  Browse this slideshow for a look at this year's speakers, keynotes, panel discussions, and special guests.

Chemists use abundant, low-cost and non-toxic elements to synthesize semiconductors

03/15/2018  Javier Vela of Iowa State University and the Ames Laboratory has worked with two of his graduate students to synthesize a new material for semiconductors. The chemists think the material will work well in solar cells, but without the toxicity, scarcity or costs of other semiconductors. They report their discovery in a paper recently published online by the Journal of the American Chemical Society.

IC Insights raises 2018 IC market forecast from 8% to 15%

03/15/2018  Increased expectations for the DRAM and NAND flash markets spur upward revision.

GLOBALFOUNDRIES extends silicon photonics roadmap to meet explosive demand for datacenter connectivity

03/14/2018  Integrated photonics technologies enable improved bandwidth and energy efficiency for next-generation optical interconnects.

Trump blocks Broadcom's takeover of Qualcomm

03/13/2018  Qualcomm Incorporated received a Presidential Order to immediately and permanently abandon the proposed takeover of Qualcomm by Broadcom Limited.

Silicon photonics industry is at the very beginning of a massive deployment

03/13/2018  Silicon photonics is today one of the most valuable answers to high data rate/low cost for distances beyond VCSEL's reach.

SEMI-THERM to take place March 19-23

03/13/2018  The 34th annual conference and exhibition will bring together leading industry experts to San Jose, CA to share ideas that will shape future technologies.

Fab spending poised for remarkable fourth year of growth

03/12/2018  The latest update to the SEMI World Fab Forecast report, published on February 28, 2018, reveals fab equipment spending will increase at 5 percent in 2019 for a remarkable fourth consecutive year of growth.

SCREEN Semiconductor Solutions and Axcelis Technologies announce distribution and support agreement

03/09/2018  Agreement brings Purion ion implant platform to Japan market.

Synopsys collaborates with Samsung Foundry to develop DesignWare IP for Samsung 8nm finFET process

03/08/2018  Synopsys, Inc. today announced a collaboration with Samsung Foundry to develop DesignWare Foundation IP for Samsung's 8nm Low Power Plus (8LPP) FinFET process technology.

Simulation and experiment help TU Dresden researchers study next-generation semiconductors

03/08/2018  Theoretical physicists and experimentalists collaborate to identify dopants capable of enabling new designs of semiconducting materials.

KLA-Tencor receives Intel's Preferred Quality Supplier award

03/08/2018  KLA-Tencor Corporation has been recognized by Intel as a recipient of a 2017 Preferred Quality Supplier (PQS) award.

Applied Materials receives Intel's Preferred Quality Supplier award

03/07/2018  Applied Materials, Inc. has been recognized by Intel as a recipient of a 2017 Preferred Quality Supplier (PQS) award.

Are the major DRAM suppliers stunting DRAM demand?

03/07/2018  Skyrocketing DRAM prices potentially open the door for startup Chinese competitors.

January semiconductor sales up 22.7% compared to last year

03/06/2018  Global semiconductor market grows year-to-year for the 18th consecutive month; month-to-month sales decrease slightly.




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