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Cybersecurity critical to success of MEMS and sensors suppliers
10/18/2018Cynthia Wright, a retired military officer with over 25 years of experience in national security and cyber strategy and policy, now Princ…
Advanced technology key to strong foundry revenue per wafer
10/15/2018Analysis shows more than a 16x difference between the average revenue generated by 0.5µ 200mm wafers ($370) and ≤20nm 300mm wafers ($6,050…
Wafer shipments forecast to set new highs through 2021
10/16/2018Total wafer shipments in 2018 year are expected to eclipse the all-time market high set in 2017 and continue to reach record levels through 2021….
Automating 200mm semiconductor fabs to meet growing demand
10/10/2018SEMI met with Heinz Martin Esser, managing director at Fabmatics GmbH, to discuss how existing 200mm semiconductor fabs can master the challen…
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STMicroelectronics and Fidesmo bring secure contactless transactions to wearables in complete payment System-on-Chip

10/19/2018  STMicroelectronics and Fidesmo, the contactless-services developer and Mastercard Approved Global Vendor, have created a turnkey active solution for secure contactless payments on smart watches and other wearable technology.

Samsung debuts semiconductor innovations at Samsung Tech Day

10/19/2018  Technologies introduced at the event include 7nm LPP EUV, SmartSSD and 256GB 3DS RDIMM.

ULVAC and the CIA: A sensing story about food and agriculture

10/19/2018  ULVAC Technologies’ David Mount is working with The CIA. Is he the Jack Reacher of the MEMS and sensors industry, jetting around the world to secret meetings, you wonder?

GaN semiconductor specialist Exagan forms Taiwan subsidiary

10/18/2018  Exagan, an innovator of gallium nitride (GaN) semiconductor technology enabling smaller and more efficient electrical converters, has established Exagan Taiwan Ltd. with a new sales and applications center in Taiwan.

Micron celebrates 40 years of leadership and innovation

10/18/2018  Micron global sites mark milestone with celebrations around the world.

Samsung Electronics starts production of EUV-based 7nm LPP process

10/18/2018  Samsung’s new 7LPP allows up to 40% increase in area efficiency with 20% higher performance or 50% lower power consumption, resulting in better yields with significantly fewer layers.

Exploring new spintronics device functionalities in graphene heterostructures

10/18/2018  Graphene Flagship researchers have shown in a paper published in Science Advances how heterostructures built from graphene and topological insulators have strong, proximity induced spin-orbit coupling which can form the basis of novel information processing technologies.

Controlling organic semiconductor band gaps by electron-acceptor fluorination

10/17/2018  Researchers from Osaka University develop a fluorinated electron-acceptor unit for high performance organic semiconductors.

Electrical enhancement: Engineers speed up electrons in semiconductors

10/17/2018  Researchers from Graduate School of Bio-Applications and Systems Engineering at Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology (TUAT) have sped up the movement of electrons in organic semiconductor films by two to three orders of magnitude. The speedier electronics could lead to improved solar power and transistor use across the world, according to the scientists.

Mary Pat McCarthy and Steve Gomo appointed to Micron's Board of Directors

10/17/2018  Micron Technology, Inc. today announced it has appointed two distinguished  finance and technology industry leaders, Mary Pat McCarthy and Steve Gomo, to its board of directors and audit committee.

Communications rise to represent largest portion of foundry sales

10/17/2018  Communications apps expected to account for 3x more than computer in 2018 pure-play foundry sales.

New memristor boosts accuracy and efficiency for neural networks on an atomic scale

10/16/2018  A new parallel processing approach for building resistance-based artificial synapses promises to ramp up efficiency and accuracy by making memristors as thin as a single atom.

New reservoir computer marks first-ever microelectromechanical neural network application

10/16/2018  Researchers used oscillations from a microscopic beam of silicon to enable the nonlinear dynamics that allow neural networks to complete tasks ranging from processing image patterns to recognizing words.

Perovskites: Materials of the future in optical communication

10/16/2018  High performance and stable all? Inorganic metal halide perovskite-based photodetectors for optical communication applications.

SEMI reaffirms support for industry cooperation on RoHS review

10/16/2018  SEMI today confirmed its support for a Joint-Industry Cooperation on an RoHS Review aimed at urging the European Commission to, at a minimum, consider dedicating more resources to a targeted outreach programme with third countries.

Gartner identifies the Top 10 strategic technology trends for 2019

10/15/2018  Analysts explore top industry trends at Gartner Symposium/ITxpo 2018, October 14-18 in Orlando.

MagnaChip introduces high-voltage super junction MOSFET

10/15/2018  MagnaChip Semiconductor Corporation, a designer and manufacturer of analog and mixed-signal semiconductor platform solutions, today announced the introduction of a new High-Voltage Super Junction MOSFET with a 900V breakdown voltage and low total gate charge.

Dynamic Fault Detection: Utilizing AI and IoT to revolutionize manufacturing

10/15/2018  A new approach in Fault Detection and Classification (FDC) allows engineers to uncover issues more thoroughly and accurately by taking advantage of full sensor traces.

Hidden gapless states on the path to semiconductor nanocrystals

10/12/2018  When chemists from the Institute of Physical Chemistry of the Polish Academy of Sciences in Warsaw were starting work on yet another material designed for the efficient production of nanocrystalline zinc oxide, they didn't expect any surprises. They were greatly astonished when the electrical properties of the changing material turned out to be extremely exotic.

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Kinetics acquires Mega Fluid Systems

03/30/2018  According to the details of the agreement, Mega Fluid Systems will operate as a Kinetics company, but will maintain its brand and product line.



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Keysight's Parametric Measurement Handbook (Rev 4)

Keysight Technologies' popular 276-page Parametric Measurement Handbook is an invaluable reference tool for anyone performing device or process characterization. It is filled with tips to help both novice and advanced users, and the latest edition (Rev 4) includes an entirely new section devoted to power device test.September 13, 2018
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Jumpstart Your Reliability Verification with Foundry-Supported Rule Decks

For many, formal reliability verification is a new process. Foundry-qualified and foundry-maintained reliability rule decks enable design and IP companies alike to establish baseline robustness and reliability criteria without committing extensive time and resources to the creation and support of proprietary verification solutions. In addition, as reliability verification needs expand, customer demand drives the development and qualification of new and augmented reliability rules.August 30, 2018
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Maximize uptime and optimize maintenance with AMS

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Advanced Packaging

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Back-end packaging is increasingly important to semiconductor device form factor, thermal and power performance, and costs. Compounded by the demand for lead-free processing and the soaring cost of gold, the industry is developing new approaches to packaging, including redistribution layers (RDL), through silicon vias (TSV), copper pillars, wafer-level packaging (WLP) and copper wire bonding. Experts will discuss these and other approaches in this webcast.

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Lithography

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EUV lithography has been under intense development for years and appears to be close to production. Yet its delay has the industry searching for alternatives, including double, triple and even quadruple patterning, directed self-assembly, multi-e-beam and nanoimprint. In this webcast, experts will detail various options, future scenarios and challenges that must still be overcome.

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Environment, Safety & Health

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The semiconductor industry is an acknowledged global leader in promoting environmental sustainability in the design, manufacture, and use of its products, as well as the health and safety of its operations and impacts on workers in semiconductor facilities (fabs). We will examine trends and concerns related to emissions, chemical use, energy consumption and worker safety and health.

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Electronica
Munich, Germany
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November 13, 2018 - November 16, 2018
EPTC 2018
Singapore
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December 04, 2018 - December 07, 2018
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December 05, 2018 - December 05, 2018


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