DRAM growth tops industry ranking in 2018; Outlook dims for 2019
IC Insights is in the process of revising its forecast and analysis of the IC industry and will present its new findings in The McClean Report 2019, which will be…
MIT team invents method to shrink objects to the nanoscale
MIT researchers have invented a way to fabricate nanoscale 3-D objects of nearly any shape. They can also pattern the objects with a variety of useful materials, including metals, quantum…
SiFive recognized as Most Respected Private Semiconductor Company
SiFive, the provider of commercial RISC-V processor IP, today announced it has been recognized as the 2018 Most Respected Private Semiconductor Company by the Global Semiconductor Alliance (GSA) at the…
FO-WLP panel production becomes a reality
Panel FO-WLP is in production at Powertech Technology, Inc. (PTI) for MediaTek’s power management integrated circuit (PMIC) for smartphone applications. The Samsung Galaxy watch uses the fan-out panel level process…
SST and SK hynix system ic partner to expand availability of embedded SuperFlash technology
IC designers are increasingly seeking ways to keep production costs down while implementing low power, high endurance embedded flash. Microchip Technology Inc. via its subsidiary Silicon Storage Technology (SST) has…
Semiconductor equipment sales forecast: $62B in 2018 a new record
Releasing its Year-End Total Equipment Forecast at the annual SEMICON Japan exposition, SEMI, the global industry association representing the electronics manufacturing supply chain, today reported that worldwide sales of new…
General industry slowing coupled with geopolitical strife
By Walt Custer Global growth by electronic sector Now that most companies in our sector analyses have reported their calendar third quarter 2018 financial results, we have final or 3Q’18/2Q’17…
New Intel architectures and technologies target expanded market opportunities
At Intel “Architecture Day,” top executives, architects and fellows revealed next-generation technologies and discussed progress on a strategy to power an expanding universe of data-intensive workloads for PCs and other…
Seoul Semiconductor wins patent litigation against Everlight in Germany
Seoul Semiconductor Co., Ltd. (KOSDAQ:046890) (“Seoul”), a developer of LED products and technology, announced that it won a patent litigation against Everlight Electronics Co., Ltd. (“Everlight”) in Germany. The patent…
HEIDENHAIN opens new office on west coast
As the Silicon Valley in California and the West Coast continue to be the hub of the semiconductor manufacturing in the U.S., HEIDENHAIN has expanded its motion systems support by…