04/07/2016  SEMI, the global industry association serving the electronics manufacturing supply chain, will include programs pertinent to Vietnam’s semiconductor industry at the upcoming SEMICON SEA 2016, the region’s premier showcase for microelectronics innovation.

04/06/2016  Worldwide semiconductor wafer-level manufacturing equipment revenue totaled $33.6 billion in 2015, a 1 percent decline from 2014, according to final results by Gartner, Inc.

04/05/2016  Ms. Lee is assuming the role from Peter Walcott, who is retiring after a 35-year career with Entegris and its predecessor companies.

04/04/2016  A simple filtration process helped Rice University researchers create flexible, wafer-scale films of highly aligned and closely packed carbon nanotubes.

04/04/2016  Weakness in end-market demand will cause revenue decay to extend into 2016 and beyond.

04/01/2016  Synopsys, Inc. announced Intel Custom Foundry's certification of digital and signoff implementation tools from the Synopsys Galaxy Design Platform for Intel's 10nm tri-gate process technology.

03/31/2016  In the world of nano-scale technology, where work is conducted at the atomic level, even the smallest changes can have an enormous impact. And a new discovery by a University of Alberta materials engineering researchers has caught the attention of electronics industry leaders looking for more efficient manufacturing processes.

03/30/2016  China has become the largest and the fastest growing market in the world. 40% of the worldwide semiconductor shipments go to China and that’s expected to increase to almost 42% in 2019.

03/30/2016  Integrated sub-fab systems allow HVM fab operators to safely and efficiently implement new processes containing hazardous process chemicals.

03/30/2016  Finding a short term solution to the neon gas shortage problem will be challenging.

03/28/2016  ACM Research (Shanghai), Inc. has announced that it has solved the problem of patterned wafer cleaning.

03/28/2016  TSMC today announced that the Company and the municipal government of Nanjing, China have signed an investment agreement.

03/25/2016  A look into how the silicide process has evolved over the years, trying to cope with the progress in scaling technology and why it could no longer be of service to finFET devices.

03/25/2016  An exploration of where trace metals come from, the impact they have on the industry and what can be done to reduce the risks.

03/18/2016  IRT Nanoelec today announced the first co-integration of a III-V/silicon laser and silicon Mach Zehnder modulator demonstrating 25 Gbps transmission on a single channel.

03/18/2016  Adding process control reduces production costs and cycle time.

03/16/2016  Cadence Design Systems, Inc. today announced that its digital, signoff and custom/analog tools have achieved V1.0 Design Rule Manual (DRM) and SPICE certification from TSMC for its 10nm FinFET process.

03/15/2016  After analyzing current trends, Semico announced the semiconductor industry is repeating the pattern from 2011-2012, albeit at a muted level.

03/15/2016  SEMI today reported that worldwide sales of semiconductor manufacturing equipment totaled $36.53 billion in 2015, representing a year-over-year decrease of 3 percent.

03/11/2016  Intel Corporation this week recognized 26 companies with its 2015 Preferred Quality Supplier (PQS) award, which celebrates exceptional performance and continuous pursuit of excellence.