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CyberOptics demonstrates Airborne Particle and Ultra High-Resolution MRS sensors at SEMICON Taiwan

By sdavis August 10, 2018Blog

CyberOptics® Corporation (NASDAQ: CYBE), a global developer and manufacturer of high precision 3D sensing technology solutions, announces it will demonstrate its next generation Airborne Particle Sensor™ technology (APS3) 300mm with…

European electronics industry CEOs call on European Commission to bolster sector’s competitiveness

By sdavis August 9, 2018Blog

By Laith Altimime In a bid to reinvigorate Europe’s electronics strategy and strengthen the region’s position in key emerging technologies, European electronics industry CEOs in June called on public and…

Multilayer chip beads with high rated currents

By sdavis August 8, 2018Blog

TDK Corporation (TSE:6762) has developed the new MPZ0603-H series of multilayer chip beads for power lines in an IEC 0603 package (EIA 0201) that feature twice the rated current and…

Average design cost for basic SoCs across all geometries was $1.7M in 2017, says Semico Research

By sdavis August 8, 2018Blog

The semiconductor industry today is faced with several substantial issues-not the least of which are the continuing rise in design costs for complex SoCs, the decrease in the incidence of…

UMC and Avalanche Technology partner for MRAM development and 28nm production

By sdavis August 7, 2018Blog

United Microelectronics Corporation (NYSE: UMC; TWSE: 2303) (“UMC”), a global semiconductor foundry, and Avalanche Technology, Inc., the next generation STT-MRAM (Spin Transfer Torque Magnetic RAM) leader, today announced that they…

Mid-year global semiconductor sales up 20.4% compared to 2017

By sdavis August 6, 2018Blog

The Semiconductor Industry Association (SIA), representing U.S. leadership in semiconductor manufacturing, design, and research, today announced worldwide sales of semiconductors reached $117.9 billion during the second quarter of 2018, an…

‘Strange metals’ just got stranger

By sdavis August 6, 2018Blog

Scientists at the Florida State University-headquartered National High Magnetic Field Laboratory have discovered a behavior in materials called cuprates that suggests they carry current in a way entirely different from…

Entegris EUV 1010 Reticle Pod receives ASML qualification

By sdavis August 5, 2018Blog

Entegris, Inc. (NASDAQ: ENTG) today released the next generation EUV 1010 Reticle Pod for high-volume IC manufacturing using extreme ultraviolet (EUV) lithography. Developed in close collaboration with ASML, one of the…

Energy harvesting semiconductor content to approach $3.4B by 2022, says Semico Research

By sdavis August 4, 2018Blog

The term energy harvesting, also known as power scavenging, is used to describe the creation of energy derived from a variety of external sources such as solar power, thermal energy,…

UCF professor discovers a first-of-its-kind material for the quantum age

By sdavis August 4, 2018Blog

A UCF physicist has discovered a new material that has the potential to become a building block in the new era of quantum materials, those that are composed of microscopically…