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Silicon Labs joins Semiconductor Industry Association

By sdavis December 3, 2018Blog

The Semiconductor Industry Association (SIA), representing U.S. leadership in semiconductor manufacturing, design, and research, today announced the addition of Silicon Labs (NASDAQ: SLAB) as an SIA member. Silicon Labs President…

GLOBALFOUNDRIES announces industry’s first 300mm SiGe foundry technology to meet growing data center and high-speed wireless demands

By sdavis December 2, 2018Blog

GLOBALFOUNDRIES today announced its advanced silicon germanium (SiGe) offering, 9HP, is now available for prototyping on the company’s 300mm wafer manufacturing platform. The move signifies the strong growth in data center…

How microscopic machines can fail in the blink of an eye

By sdavis December 2, 2018Blog

How long can tiny gears and other microscopic moving parts last before they wear out? What are the warning signs that these components are about to fail, which can happen…

Micron President and CEO Sanjay Mehrotra elected chair of Semiconductor Industry Association

By sdavis December 1, 2018Blog

Sanjay Mehrotra, President and CEO, Micron Technology, 2019 SIA Chair The Semiconductor Industry Association (SIA), representing U.S. leadership in semiconductor manufacturing, design, and research, today announced the SIA Board of…

Covalent Metrology to partner with Rigaku to deliver new semiconductor lab resources in Silicon Valley

By sdavis December 1, 2018Blog

Covalent Metrology, a provider of analytical services to advanced materials innovation companies, is pleased to announce a new partnership with Rigaku Corporation, a global leader in X-ray analytical instrumentation. In…

Qualcomm launches $100M AI investment fund

By sdavis November 30, 2018Blog

Qualcomm Incorporated (NASDAQ: QCOM) today announced the launch of the Qualcomm Ventures AI Fund to invest up to an aggregate of $100 million in startups transforming artificial intelligence. The fund…

Samsung’s big semi capex spending keeps pressure on competition

By sdavis November 30, 2018Blog

IC Insights revised its outlook for total semiconductor industry capital spending and presented its forecast of semiconductor capex spending for individual companies in its November Update to The McClean Report…

Thermal Test Chip wafers to be available In 8″ wafer form

By sdavis November 30, 2018Blog

Thermal Engineering Associates, Inc. (TEA) announces that its Thermal Test Chip (TTC) will soon be available in 8″ (200mm) diameter wafers. This conversion is taking place because – Industry is…

Process Watch: Monitoring for excursions in automotive fabs

By sdavis November 29, 2018Blog

By David W. Price, Jay Rathert and Douglas G. Sutherland Author’s Note:The Process Watch series explores key concepts about process control—defect inspection, metrology and data analytics—for the semiconductor industry. This…

STMicroelectronics adds high-quality user-interface design software to free development ecosystem for STM32 microcontrollers

By sdavis November 29, 2018Blog

STMicroelectronics (NYSE: STM) is making its STM32* microcontrollers (MCUs) even more attractive to developers of IoT products and other smart devices by providing free software for creating rich, smooth, and…