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WIN Semiconductor increases wafer manufacturing capacity by 20%

05/11/2017  WIN Semiconductors Corp has completed phase 2 expansion at its newest wafer fab, Fab C.

SMIC transitions CEO responsibility to Dr. Haijun Zhao

05/10/2017  Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corporation announces the appointment of Dr. Haijun Zhao as CEO replacing Dr. Tzu-Yin Chiu, who will continue to serve as Vice Chairman and Non-Executive Director of the Board and guide the Company's future strategic direction.

Infineon rides automotive wave into Top-10 semi supplier ranking

05/09/2017  Memory market surge propels SK Hynix and Micron up two spots in the top-10 ranking.

Organic electronics: Semiconductors as decal stickers

05/08/2017  No more error-prone evaporation deposition, drop casting or printing: Scientists at Ludwig-Maximilians-Universitaet (LMU) in Munich and FSU Jena have developed organic semiconductor nanosheets, which can easily be removed from a growth substrate and placed on other substrates.

Global semiconductor sales in March up 18.1% year-to-year

05/01/2017  The Semiconductor Industry Association (SIA) today announced worldwide sales of semiconductors reached $30.9 billion for the month of March 2017, an increase of 18.1 percent compared to the March 2016 total of $26.2 billion and 1.6 percent more than the February 2017 total of $30.4 billion.

Samsung poised to become world’s largest semi supplier in 2Q17

05/01/2017  Intel could yield the #1 position it has held since 1993.

'Valleytronics' advancement could help extend Moore's Law

05/01/2017  The breakthrough involves controlling energy levels between electron valleys in 2-D semiconductors.

Entegris acquires MicroElectronics filtration product line from W. L. Gore & Associates

04/25/2017  The transaction expands Entegris' portfolio of filtration solutions for semiconductor, OLED and flat panel display applications.

Orbotech's SPTS Technologies honored with Queen's Award for Enterprise in International Trade 2017

04/25/2017  SPTS Technologies announced today that it has been awarded the coveted Queen's Award for Enterprise in International Trade 2017.

Conax Technologies announces the acquisition of Arizona-based Quartz Engineering

04/24/2017  Conax Technologies announced the acquisition of Quartz Engineering, a manufacturer of quartz sheaths for temperature sensors headquartered in Tempe, AZ.

March billings reached levels not seen since March 2001, reports SEMI

04/21/2017  North America-based manufacturers of semiconductor equipment posted $2.03 billion in billings worldwide in March 2017, according to the March Equipment Market Data Subscription Billings Report published today by SEMI.

New ClassOne chamber cuts copper plating costs 95%

04/20/2017  ClassOne Technology announced it's new CopperMax chamber -- a design that is demonstrating major copper plating cost reductions for users of ?200mm wafers.

Global semiconductor wafer-level equipment revenue to grow 11% in 2016

04/20/2017  Worldwide semiconductor wafer-level manufacturing equipment (WFE) revenue totaled $37.4 billion in 2016, an 11.3 percent increase from 2015, according to final results by Gartner, Inc.

Brewer Science earns GreenCircle Certification for zero waste to landfill for second consecutive year

04/19/2017  Brewer Science announced the achievement of Zero Waste to Landfill Certification for the second consecutive year.

Samsung completes qualification of its 2nd gen 10nm process technology

04/19/2017  Samsung expands 10nm capacity, to be ready for production by the fourth quarter of this year.

Graphene 'copy machine' may produce cheap semiconductor wafers

04/19/2017  Engineers use graphene as a 'copy machine' to produce cheaper semiconductor wafers.

3D-Micromac receives large volume orders from solar industry for its microCELL TLS system

04/18/2017  3D-Micromac AG today announced that the total received order volume for its microCELL TLS high-throughput half-cell cutting tools tops 1.5 GW for tool deliveries in 2017 to date.

NREL researchers capture excess photon energy to produce solar fuels

04/18/2017  Scientists at the U.S. Department of Energy's National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) have developed a proof-of-principle photoelectrochemical cell capable of capturing excess photon energy normally lost to generating heat.

SEMICON Southeast Asia 2017: Disruption and the value of digital transformation in manufacturing

04/17/2017  At SEMICON Southeast Asia 2017, Dr. Chen Fusen, CEO of Kulicke & Soffa Pte Ltd, Singapore, will give a keynote on digital transformation in the manufacturing sector.

Gartner: Worldwide semiconductor revenue forecast to increase 12.3% in 2017

04/14/2017  Worldwide semiconductor revenue is forecast to total $386 billion in 2017, an increase of 12.3 percent from 2016, according to Gartner, Inc.




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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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