02/26/2014  MIT researchers sponsored by Semiconductor Research Corporation have introduced new directed self-assembly (DSA) techniques that promise to help semiconductor manufacturers develop more advanced and less expensive components.

02/24/2014  International Rectifier, IR, today announced that the company has commenced initial production at its new ultra-thin wafer processing facility in Singapore (IRSG).

02/21/2014  A book-to-bill of 1.04 means that $104 worth of orders were received for every $100 of product billed for the month.

02/20/2014  The Semiconductor Industry Association announced that worldwide semiconductor sales for 2013 reached $305.6 billion, the industry’s highest-ever annual total and an increase of 4.8 percent from the 2012 total of $291.6 billion.

02/20/2014  Plasma-Therm announced today that it has entered into a new cross licensing agreement with ON Semiconductor to enable wafer singulation processes.

02/19/2014  Avantor Performance Materials, a global manufacturer and supplier of high-performance chemistries, announces the appointment of Jean-Paul Mangeolle to its Board of Directors.

02/18/2014  GaN Systems Inc, a developer of gallium nitride power switching semiconductors, has announced the appointment of Tony Astley as Director of European Operations.

02/18/2014  M/A-COM Technology Solutions Inc., a supplier of high performance analog, RF, microwave and millimeter wave products, last week announced that it has acquired Nitronex, LLC.

02/14/2014  Dow Electronic Materials, a business unit of The Dow Chemical Company, today introduced the IKONIC 4000 series of chemical mechanical planarization (CMP) polishing pads.

02/11/2014  Worldwide silicon wafer revenues declined by 13 percent in 2013 compared to 2012 according to the SEMI Silicon Manufacturers Group (SMG) in its year-end analysis of the silicon wafer industry.

02/07/2014  The Financial Times (FT) is reporting that IBM Corp is exploring the sale of its semiconductor business and has hired Goldman Sachs to find potential buyers.

02/07/2014  Moving from round wafers to rectangular panels saves corner space, delivering a roughly 10% improvement in surface utilization.

02/07/2014  EUV’s off-axis mask illumination introduces a special problem in EUV OPC – the shadowing effect.

02/06/2014  Intel Corporation today announced that its board of directors elected five new corporate vice presidents.

02/04/2014  A new theoretical model developed by professors at the University of Houston (UH) and Université de Montréal may hold the key to methods for developing better materials for solar cells.

02/04/2014  New research shows that a remarkable defect in synthetic diamond produced by chemical vapor deposition allows researchers to measure, witness, and potentially manipulate electrons in a manner that could lead to new "quantum technology" for information processing.

02/04/2014  Entegris, Inc. and ATMI today announced Entegris will acquire ATMI for approximately $1.15 billion, or approximately $850 million net of cash acquired, including the net cash proceeds from the sale of ATMI’s LifeSciences business of $170 million.

01/31/2014  Achievements prove diamond’s viability as a material for solid-state laser engineering, even in the most demanding intracavity applications.

01/27/2014  Apple and Samsung remained the world’s largest buyers of semiconductor chips in 2013, but the intensifying battle between the two for the hearts and minds of consumers in their product offerings could presage another mighty showdown this year for the top ranking, according to a new report from IHS Technology.

01/27/2014  Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corporation, China's largest and most advanced semiconductor foundry, announced today that its 28nm technology has been process frozen and the company has successfully entered Multi Project Wafer stage to support customer's requirements on both 28nm PolySiON (PS) and 28nm high-k dielectrics metal gate processes.