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SIA applauds new DoD research partnerships to advance transformative semiconductor technologies

By sdavis July 26, 2018Blog

The Semiconductor Industry Association (SIA), representing U.S. leadership in semiconductor manufacturing, design, and research, today welcomed newly announced research partnerships between the Defense Department’s Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA)…

Toshiba Memory Corporation starts construction of the first fabrication facility in Kitakami City, Iwate Prefecture

By sdavis July 25, 2018Blog

Toshiba Memory Corporation today held a groundbreaking ceremony for the first semiconductor fabrication facility (fab), called K1, in Kitakami, Iwate prefecture, in northeastern Japan. On its completion in autumn 2019, the…

Park Systems announces Park Nanoscience Lab at Indian Institute of Science in India

By sdavis July 24, 2018Blog

Park Systems announced the opening of the Park Nanoscience Lab at the prestigious Indian Institute of Science (IISC) Bangalore India, which has been upgraded to the status of Institute of…

SEMI China Equipment & Materials Committee meeting targets region’s semiconductor industry growth

By sdavis July 23, 2018Blog

By Cherry Sun Storage and memory chipmaker and SEMI China member Tsinghua Unigroup is gearing up to meet burgeoning product demand with huge investments in its manufacturing plants. But the…

IBM, Nissan and Toshiba talk computing and smart car innovations: Key takeaways from SEMI Japan Members Day

By sdavis July 22, 2018Blog

By Yoichiro Ando The Japan semiconductor manufacturing supply chain is a global semiconductor industry workhorse, producing about one third of world’s chip equipment and more than half of its semiconductor…

Researchers move closer to completely optical artificial neural network

By sdavis July 21, 2018Blog

Researchers have shown that it is possible to train artificial neural networks directly on an optical chip. The significant breakthrough demonstrates that an optical circuit can perform a critical function…

Future electronic components to be printed like newspapers

By sdavis July 20, 2018Blog

A new manufacturing technique uses a process similar to newspaper printing to form smoother and more flexible metals for making ultrafast electronic devices. The low-cost process, developed by Purdue University…

Rahul Goyal of Intel elected Board Chair of Silicon Integration Initiative

By sdavis July 20, 2018Blog

Rahul Goyal of Intel has been elected to a one-year term as board chair of Silicon Integration Initiative, a research and development joint venture that provides standard interoperability solutions for…

Texas Instruments CEO resigns | Solid State Technology

By sdavis July 19, 2018Blog

Texas Instruments Incorporated (TI) (NASDAQ: TXN) today announced the resignation of Brian Crutcher as president, CEO and a member of the TI board. The board has named Rich Templeton, the…

Smartphone displays set to move rapidly to 18:9 and wider aspect ratios in second half of 2018

By sdavis July 18, 2018Blog

With every smartphone brand applying the 18:9 and wider aspect ratio screens to its newer models, the rate of adoption is expected to quicken in the second half of 2018.…