03/22/2017  Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.today announced a successful network processor tape-out based on Samsung’s 14LPP (Low-Power Plus) process technology in close collaboration with eSilicon and Rambus.

03/17/2017  The Semiconductor Industry Association (SIA), representing U.S. leadership in semiconductor manufacturing, design, and research, this week announced its support for the House "Better Way" corporate tax reform proposal as an appropriate starting point for reform.

03/17/2017  North America-based manufacturers of semiconductor equipment posted $1.97 billion in billings worldwide in February 2017 (three-month average basis), according to the February Equipment Market Data Subscription (EMDS) Billings Report published today by SEMI.

03/16/2017  Largest fabless IC marketshare increase has come from Chinese suppliers, who now hold a 10% share.

03/16/2017  Synopsys, Inc. today announced that TSMC has certified the complete suite of products in the Synopsys Galaxy Design Platform for the most current version of 12nm FinFET process technology.

03/13/2017  Versum Materials, Inc. announced today it received the "Excellent Performance Award" by the world's largest dedicated semiconductor foundry, TSMC.

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

03/10/2017  The new Sandia metamaterials can be fabricated in multiple layers to form complex, three-dimensional meta-atoms that reflect more light than shiny gold surfaces, usually considered the ultimate in infrared reflectivity. The III-V materials also emit photons when excited -- something that silicon, which can reflect, transmit and absorb -- can't do.

03/10/2017  Now, University of Pennsylvania engineers have shown a way to make metamaterials with a single inclusion, providing easier fabrication, among other useful features.

03/10/2017  Applied Materials, Inc. today announced Thomas J. Iannotti as chairman of the Board of Directors effective immediately. Mr. Iannotti succeeds Willem P. Roelandts, who has retired from the board.

03/10/2017  Updated forecast shows total semiconductor shipments surpassing one trillion devices in 2018.

03/09/2017  Soitec has announced that the ramp up to high-volume production of 200mm silicon-on-insulator (SOI) wafers has begun at the manufacturing facility of its Chinese partner Shanghai Simgui Technology Co., Ltd.

03/08/2017  ClassOne Technology, manufacturer of wet processing equipment for 200mm and smaller wafers, announced that Scientech Corporation of Taipei, Taiwan, will become the company’s new representative for China, Taiwan and Southeast Asia, starting immediately.

03/07/2017  The Semiconductor Industry Association (SIA) today announced the addition of two leading U.S. semiconductor companies, Skyworks Solutions, Inc. and Western Digital Corporation, as SIA members.

03/07/2017  Today, SEMI announced updates to its World Fab Forecast report, revealing that fab equipment spending is expected to reach an industry all-time record ? more than US$46 billion in 2017.

03/06/2017  Cypress Semiconductor Corp. (Nasdaq: CY) today announced it has sold the subsidiary that owns its semiconductor wafer fabrication facility in Bloomington, Minnesota to SkyWater Technology Foundry for $30 million.

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

03/06/2017  Varying the thickness of crystallizing materials facilitates control over the patterns and properties of crystals.

03/02/2017  Manufacturers, suppliers and academia gather to understand the road ahead.

03/02/2017  Improved characteristics in power electronics and radio applications can be achieved by using a SOI wafer for gallium nitride growth.