07/14/2017  Semiconductor content expected to reach 28.1% this year, breaking previous high of 25.9% set in 2010.

07/13/2017  ASM International introduced the Intrepid ES 300mm epitaxy (epi) tool for advanced-node CMOS logic and memory high-volume production applications.

07/13/2017  Semiconductor manufacturers use a variety of high global warming potential (GWP) gases to process wafers and to rapidly clean chemical vapor deposition (CVD) tool chambers.

07/12/2017  When it comes to defects and contamination in the semiconductor manufacturing industry, most people tend to think of small, sub-nm defects at the transistor level. As important as those are, there are plenty of things that can go wrong and be seen at the macro level.

07/12/2017  Worldwide sales of new semiconductor manufacturing equipment are projected to increase 19.8 percent to total $49.4 billion in 2017, marking the first time that the semiconductor equipment market has exceeded the market high of $47.7 billion set in 2000.

07/11/2017  In a breakthrough for the semiconductor industry, researchers demonstrate a new layer transfer technique called "controlled spalling" that creates many thin layers from a single gallium nitride wafer.

06/29/2017  Worldwide industrial semiconductor revenues grew by 3.8 percent year-over-year in 2016, to $43.5 billion, according to the latest analysis from business information provider IHS Markit.

06/29/2017  Market demand is driving development of 5G network standards, and commercial applications are expected to be introduced by 2020.

06/29/2017  At its recent Spring 2017 meeting, the North American Regional Standards Committee (NARSC) approved formation of a Taiwan chapter of the global SEMI Standards Automation Technology Committee.

06/28/2017  The SEMI Foundation and the Micron Technology Foundation announced their partnership this week to deliver the 213th SEMI High Tech U (HTU) program which kicks off in earnest today at Micron’s facilities in Milpitas.

06/28/2017  Each year at SEMICON West, the “Best of West” awards are presented by Solid State Technology and SEMI.

06/20/2017  What if the automotive industry had achieved the incredible pace of innovation as the semiconductor industry during the last 52 years?

06/20/2017  Industry experts answer questions about the new standard in a virtual roundtable.

06/20/2017  Higher memory prices accelerate sales growth in both cellphones and personal computing systems but cellular handsets will become the largest application for ICs this year.

06/19/2017  New research into the largely unstudied area of heterostructural alloys could lead to greater materials control and in turn better semiconductors, advances in nanotechnology for pharmaceuticals and improved metallic glasses for industrial applications.

06/16/2017  North America-based manufacturers of semiconductor equipment posted $2.27 billion in billings worldwide in May 2017 (three-month average basis)

06/15/2017  UMC today announced that its board of directors has appointed senior vice presidents SC Chien and Jason Wang as co-presidents of the company, following Po-Wen Yen’s retirement as UMC CEO.

06/14/2017  GLOBALFOUNDRIES this week announced the availability of its 7nm Leading-Performance (7LP) FinFET semiconductor technology, delivering a 40 percent generational performance boost.

06/13/2017  Imec announced today that it has developed 200V and 650V normally-off/enhancement mode (e-mode) on 200mm/8-inch GaN-on-Silicon wafers.

06/13/2017  A multi-institutional team led by the U.S. Department of Energy's National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) discovered a way to create new alloys that could form the basis of next-generation semiconductors.