09/09/2013  The eBeam Initiative, a forum dedicated to the education and promotion of new semiconductor manufacturing approaches based on electron beam (eBeam) technologies, today announced the completion of the second annual eBeam Initiative survey.

09/09/2013  Semiconductor revenue has improved in 2013 compared to 2012 and early forecasts for 2014 project revenue growth averaging about eight percent.

09/06/2013  A new method to grow germanium crystals at low temperatures may lead to next-generation large-scale integrated circuits and future flexible electronics.

09/06/2013  SPTS Technologies this week announced the launch of its Sigma fxP physical vapor deposition (PVD) system for 300mm power device manufacturing.

09/05/2013  Some unexpected underdogs spur spending spree.

09/04/2013  Chemical vapor deposition is a process used to deposit diverse thin films of crystalline or amorphous metal, inter-metallic compounds, oxides, nitrides, carbides, and inorganic polymer.

09/03/2013  Nanoelectronics research center imec of Belgium and Veeco Instruments Inc. are collaborating on a project aimed at lowering the cost of producing gallium nitride on silicon-based power devices and LEDs.

08/28/2013 

Entegris, Inc. and imec announced they are collaborating to advance the development and broaden the adoption of 3D integrated circuits.

08/26/2013 

Discovery could one day lead to electronic materials that provide both computation and data storage.

08/23/2013 

MTPV received the Top Pitch award for its breakthrough technology for converting heat to electricity using semiconductor chips as judged by several industry professionals, strategic partners and investors at SEMICON West’s Silicon Innovation Summit held in July of this year.

08/23/2013 

SunEdison Inc said it would spin off its semiconductor business in an initial public offering and use the proceeds to build solar farms.

08/19/2013 

New research shows that a class of materials being eyed for the next generation of computers behaves asymmetrically at the sub-atomic level.

08/19/2013 

Researchers at Umeå University, together with researchers at Uppsala University and Stockholm University, show in a new study how nitrogen-doped graphene can be rolled into perfect Archimedean nano scrolls by adhering magnetic iron oxide nanoparticles on the surface of the graphene sheets.

08/15/2013 

Michael R. Splinter will serve as executive chairman.

08/15/2013 

Maxim Integrated Products, Inc. announced it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Volterra Semiconductor Corp. for $23 per share, which represents a 55 percent premium to Volterra Semiconductor's closing share price on August 14, 2013.

08/15/2013 

View Inc. today announced Harold Hughes, a semiconductor industry veteran, is joining the company's board of directors.

08/15/2013 

World’s smallest process node is recognized as most innovative Flash memory technology.

08/14/2013 

Flexible thin film solar cells that can be produced by roll-to-roll manufacturing are a highly promising route to cheap solar electricity.

08/08/2013 

In an illustration of the massive power it wields in the electronics supply chain, Apple Inc.’s migration of the production of key semiconductors from Samsung to pure-play foundries will single-handedly boost the growth of the chip contract manufacturing market this year.

08/07/2013 

An international team of researchers has described a new physical effect that could be used to develop more efficient magnetic chips for information processing.