10/19/2016  POET Technologies Inc. today announced that on October 17, 2016, it entered into an Agreement with the Singapore Economic Development Board (EDB) to expand POET's research and development (R&D) operations in Singapore.

10/19/2016  SEMI Korea has hosted a SEMI member event every year for its members since 2008 to provide networking opportunities and insight on the ever-changing issues in the industry.

10/18/2016  After the project's completion, SMIC TianJin is expected to become the world's largest integrated 8-inch IC production line.

10/18/2016  NXP doubles production capacity with new innovation for UHF RFID solutions.

10/17/2016  Russian and Japanese scientists demonstrate that compact coherent plasmon sources based on van der Waals heterostructures can be designed for use in optoelectronics.

10/17/2016  A research team at Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI) has developed a revolutionary, light-activated semiconductor nanocomposite material that can be used in a variety of applications, including microscopic actuators and grippers for surgical robots, light-powered micro-mirrors for optical telecommunications systems, and more efficient solar cells and photodetectors.

10/13/2016  Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corporation, the largest and most advanced foundry in Mainland China, today held the groundbreaking ceremony of a new 12-inch wafer fab in Shanghai to meet SMIC Shanghai's increasing production and development needs.

10/13/2016  SEMI recently completed its annual silicon shipment forecast for the semiconductor industry. This forecast provides an outlook for the demand in silicon units for the period 2016–2018.

10/13/2016  McGuirk will continue to lead SEMI in his current capacity until a successor is appointed.

10/12/2016  Silvaco, Inc., a provider of electronic design automation software and semiconductor IP, today announced that Dr. Raul Camposano has joined Silvaco's Technical Advisory Board (TAB).

10/11/2016  Total wafer demand is expected to return to historical growth rates over the next five years. However, what is uncharacteristic of the past is the wide range of decline and growth that will be logged by specific product categories and technologies.

10/11/2016  Astronics Corporation announced that it has appointed three new independent directors to its Board: Jeffry D. Frisby, Warren C. Johnson and Neil Kim.

10/11/2016  Examining 200mm capacity over the years, the highest level of 200mm capacity was recorded in 2007 and the lowest following this peak in 2009.

10/10/2016  Located in Theale, this new office quadruples the working area and laboratory space to better accommodate the UK team's 90-percent growth since the Murata acquisition in Dec. 2014.

10/07/2016  Reliance on existing wafer sizes increases as near-term outlook for 450mm wafers fades.

10/06/2016  The parties decided to it was not in the best interests of their respective stakeholders to continue pursuing the merger after the U.S. Department of Justice advised KLA-Tencor and Lam Research that it would not continue with a consent decree that the parties had been negotiating.

10/05/2016  August sales up 3.5 percent compared to July, increase year-to-year for first time in more than a year.

10/05/2016  Today, SEMI announced an exceptional lineup of keynotes at SEMICON Japan's "SuperTHEATER" focusing on innovation and insights into the future of the electronics supply chain.

10/04/2016  As a provider of process solutions for a broad range of applications, Oxford Instruments announced the development and launch of the SiC via plasma etch process using its high performance PlasmaPro100Polaris etch system.

10/03/2016  Silicon Labs today announced the acquisition of Micrium, a supplier of real-time operating system (RTOS) software for the Internet of Things (IoT).