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Sensor accuracy: Critical metric in automotive, industrial, consumer markets

By sdavis February 13, 2019Blog

By Maria Vetrano As group vice president of the Analog & MEMS Group and general manager of the MEMS Sensor division at STMicroelectronics, Andrea Onetti brings nearly three decades of…

Maryam Cope joins Semiconductor Industry Association as Government Affairs Director

By sdavis February 12, 2019Blog

Maryam Cope joins SIA The Semiconductor Industry Association (SIA) announced Maryam Cope has joined the association as government affairs director. In this role, Cope will help advance the U.S. semiconductor…

STMicroelectronics to acquire majority stake in silicon carbide wafer manufacturer Norstel AB

By sdavis February 10, 2019Blog

STMicroelectronics (NYSE: STM) today announced it has signed an agreement to acquire a majority stake in Swedish silicon carbide (SiC) wafer manufacturer Norstel AB. After closing, ST will control the…

China IC production forecast to show a strong 15% 2018-2023 CAGR

By sdavis February 9, 2019Blog

China has been the largest consuming country for ICs since 2005, but large increases in IC production within China have not immediately followed, according to data presented in the new…

Record revenues for critical subsystems suppliers in 2018 despite collapse in orders

By sdavis February 9, 2019Blog

Critical subsystems for the IC equipment market continued to grow to a new record of $11 billion in 2018. While 2019 is expected to be a downturn year, the long-term…

ePaper 2.0: Color and video come to electronic paper

By sdavis February 9, 2019Blog

By Maria Vetrano With over 25 years of experience in the technology industry, Sri Peruvemba, CMO of CLEARink Displays, is a longtime advocate of electronic display technology. During his presentation…

IDT and Telink Semiconductor announce partnership on integrated sensor platforms

By sdavis February 8, 2019Blog

Leveraging respective leadership technologies in sensors and IoT connectivity, Integrated Device Technology, Inc. (IDT) and Telink Semiconductor are announcing a partnership to create connected and integrated sensor platforms for IoT applications.…

First transport measurements reveal intriguing properties of germanene

By sdavis February 8, 2019Blog

Germanene is a 2D material that derives from germanium and is related to graphene. As it is not stable outside the vacuum chambers in which is it produced, no real…

Governor Cuomo announces IBM investment to create artificial intelligence hardware center at SUNY Poly Albany campus

By sdavis February 8, 2019Blog

Governor Andrew M. Cuomo today announced that IBM (NYSE: IBM), a long-time anchor tenant at the SUNY Polytechnic Institute campus in Albany, plans to invest over $2 billion to grow…

A.I. Enabled Trace Analytics Simplifies Root Cause Analysis and Eliminates Events That Cause Yield Loss

By sdavis February 7, 2019Blog

Traditional root cause analysis in manufacturing uses summary data, which is ineffective in the face of complex issues stemming from subtle defects in a process. Full trace analytics, backed by…