09/07/2017  Cadence Design Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ: CDNS) today announced it is delivering a comprehensive automotive IP portfolio for the TSMC 16nm FinFET Compact (16FFC) automotive process technology.

09/07/2017  Kulicke & Soffa Industries, Inc. announced today its collaboration agreement with Kinik Company, to provide comprehensive dicing blades solutions.

09/07/2017  SiFive, the first fabless provider of customized, open-source-enabled semiconductors, today announced that UltraSoC will provide debug and trace technology for the SiFive Freedom platform, based on the RISC-V open source processor specification as part of the DesignShare initiative.

09/07/2017  Microsemi Corporation today announced the appointment of Richard M. Beyer to its board of directors.

09/06/2017  Researchers examining the flow of electricity through semiconductors have uncovered another reason these materials seem to lose their ability to carry a charge as they become more densely "doped." Their results, which may help engineers design faster semiconductors in the future, are published online in the journal ACS Nano.

09/06/2017  Slated for September 18-20 in San Jose, Calif., the 18th annual SMC “offers a unique chance to network and discover opportunities in and around the industry in a year where dramatic growth has returned to the semiconductor market,” observes SMC 2017 co-chair Mark Thirsk of Linx Consulting, who will provide opening remarks at the conference.

09/06/2017  Our industry has a significant need for additional workers and several trends are working against us.

09/01/2017  Advanced Semiconductor Engineering, Inc, a semiconductor assembly and test service provider, announced that its K7 manufacturing facility in Kaohsiung has received the Green Factory Label from the Industrial Development Bureau, Ministry of Economic Affairs, Taiwan.

09/01/2017  In 2018, 7.7 percent growth is expected, resulting in another record-breaking year—totaling $53.2 billion for the global semiconductor equipment market.

08/28/2017  Siborg Systems Inc. develops new tools for practical optical sensor prototype development using MicroTec.

08/28/2017  The ConFab – an exclusive conference and networking event for semiconductor manufacturing and design executives from leading device makers, OEMs, OSATs, fabs, suppliers and fabless/design companies – announces the 2018 event will be held at THE COSMOPOLITAN of LAS VEGAS on May 20-23.

08/28/2017  Berkeley Lab-led team also provides most precise band gap measurement yet for hotly studied monolayer moly sulfide.

08/23/2017  North America-based manufacturers of semiconductor equipment posted $2.27 billion in billings worldwide in July 2017.

08/22/2017  LTX-Credence shipped the 600th PAx test system to Skyworks Solutions, Inc.

08/22/2017  Samsung remains the “wild card” with regard to 2H17 capital expenditures.

08/21/2017  TowerJazz to gain up to 50% of the planned fab loading capacity.

08/21/2017  The SEMI Foundation today announced that it will be celebrating its 10th anniversary of partnership with New York State United Teachers (NYSUT) on August 22-23 in Latham, New York at the NYSUT headquarters.

08/21/2017  The global gallium arsenide wafer market to decline at a CAGR of 11.9% during the period 2017-2021.

08/16/2017  Chipmakers want every part of the wafer to yield good die. Advances in process technologies have just about made this a reality, even as feature dimensions continue to shrink and devices grow more complex.

08/16/2017  Electrical engineers at Stanford have identified two semiconductors that share or even exceed some of silicon’s desirable traits, starting with the fact that all three materials can "rust."