January 24, 2012 - Industry News
Samsung's faster memory uses less power
Samsung has started producing embedded multi-chip package (eMCP) memory with lower power usage but faster chips. The new eMCP solutions come in a range ...
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December 5, 2011 - Industry News
IBM's 3D process for next generation memory devices
Micron will begin production of its Hybrid Memory Cube device using IBM's advanced through-silicon via (TSV) process. The Hybrid Memory Cube features ...
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November 29, 2011 - Industry News
TSMC sees rising interest in 28nm tech
According to Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC), there is immense interest in 28nm technology, even as the general semiconductor industry ...
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November 10, 2011 - Top Story News
Asia Pacific Semiconductor Chip Sales Improving
Ecomomic research firm e-forecasting.com announced that the Asia Pacific Semiconductor Chip Sales leading indicator edged up 0.1% in September to a 349.3, after going down ...
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November 9, 2011 - Industry News
Could implantable electronics revolutionise the healthcare industry?
Leading edge semiconductor technology is enabling the development of smaller and more powerful medical devices for use inside the human body. ...
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October 14, 2011 - Industry News
STMicroelectronics first to use tsv for high volume MEMS production
STMicroelectronics claims to be the world's first manufacturer to have implemented through silicon via technology (tsv) in high volume MEMS ...
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September 27, 2011 - Industry News
Short term variations hide the underlying growth in chip revenues
The semiconductor industry is anything but predictable, swinging between various 'boom' and 'bust' cycles, with the only differentiator being the ...
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September 27, 2011 - Industry News
RIP Silicon Valley Pioneer Julius Blank
Julius Blank, one of the founders of Fairchild Semiconductor which became the first maker of microchips, has died age 86. In 1957, Blank, along with ...
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September 19, 2011 - Industry News
Semi Market Declines as PC Production Suffers
Gartner has reported that worldwide semiconductor sales have slowed in 2011, as PC production decreases due to lessened demand. According to Gartner, ...
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September 16, 2011 - Industry News
Rare earth elements vital to electronics industry
What do ics, lasers, optical fibres, capacitors, displays and headphones have in common? Answer: they are all electronic products that depend on ...
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September 6, 2011 - Industry News
28nm Chip Process to Eliminate Border Between Desktop & Mobile Devices
GLOBALFOUNDRIES and Samsung Electronics say they will synchronise their global semiconductor fabrication facilities to produce chips based on ...
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August 31, 2011 - Industry News
Issues and solutions for variation aware custom IC design
In today's highly competitive semiconductor industry, profitability hinges largely on advantageous design performance, high yield and rapid time to ...
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August 31, 2011 - Industry News
DRAM manufacturers must transition process nodes downward warns IHS
DRAM manufacturers risk major losses if they do not transition to more efficient 3x/2x nanometre process technologies, according to IHS iSuppli ...
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July 27, 2011 - Industry News
Flip chip defies semiconductor downturn
The Information Network reports that semiconductor advanced packaging is growing at a 18% compounded annual rate. The report, titled Lithography ...
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July 7, 2011 - Industry News
Power transistor market to reach $13billion in 2011
Following a huge 44% increase in 2010, the power transistor market is expected to climb by a further 9% in 2011 and set a new record high ...
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July 1, 2011 - Industry News
Moore's Law to be Overthrown by IC Packaging Developments?
The long-held Moore's Law could be replaced by advances in IC packaging innovation as the world moves to mobile electronics, claims SEMI. The ...
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June 30, 2011 - Industry News
3d chip packaging set to enable increased integration
Market researchers are predicting it, chip makers are agreeing to it, some oems are doing it, so it must be true. The 3d chip packaging ...
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June 29, 2011 - Industry News
3d chip packaging set to enable increased integration
Previous NextMarket researchers are predicting it, chip makers are agreeing to it, some oems are doing it, so it must be true. The 3d chip ...
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June 27, 2011 - Top Story News
Japanese Develop Thinnest Memory Device
ELPIDA Memory along with its subsidiary Akita Elpida Memory, have announced they have achieved a four-layer 0.8mm mobile RAM packaging using new ultra-thin DRAM ...
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June 23, 2011 - Industry News
Tablets and Smartphone Drive Semiconductor Industry Growth
IHS iSuppli expects the global semiconductor industry to expand by 7.2% in 2011, driven mostly by popular consumer products like tablets and ...
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June 21, 2011 - Industry News
Power From the Sun
SUNENGY executive director and CTO Phil Connor knows the Liquid Solar Array technology developed by his company can change the world, but for this ...
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June 14, 2011 - Top Story News
Chip Manufacturing: Larger Wafers, Smaller Features
When Gordon Moore developed his eponymous law, he focused only on the number of transistors that could be accommodated on a given area of silicon; the size of the wafers on which ...
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June 10, 2011 - Industry News
Measurable Biological Circuits Developed
Researchers at the University of Pennsylvania have developed biological circuit components and a way to measure their electrical properties ...
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May 12, 2011 - Industry News
Intel to combat smartphone, tablet market with Tri-Gate technology
Intel's recently announced 22nm Tri-Gate transistor technology could give it the ammunition it needs to tackle the booming tablet and smartphone ...
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May 11, 2011 - Industry News
The Measures Chip Makers are Taking to Continue to Use 193nm Lithography
We have an industry that relies on using light with a wavelength close to 200nm to draw features as narrow as 30nm on chips. Conventional optics ...
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