Cleanroom vs the Sub-fab and the 5 Key Reasons to Align

By Alan Ifould, Edwards Vacuum Edwards is uniquely positioned to understand the differences between the cleanroom and sub-fab.

Former NVIDIA Vice President Alex Lo joins Kneron as Chief Strategy Officer

Kneron, a on-device edge artificial intelligence (AI) solutions-provider based in San Diego, is today announcing it has hired Alex Lo as Chief Strategy Officer (CSO). Lo, a former Corporate Vice President of Sales at NVIDIA in Taiwan, will be responsible for driving Kneron’s objective of enabling AI for everyone.

Q3 Global Semiconductor Sales Increase 11 Percent Compared to Q2

The Semiconductor Industry Association (SIA) today announced worldwide sales of semiconductors totaled $113.6 billion during the third quarter of 2020, an increase of 11.0 percent over the previous quarter and 5.8 percent more than the third quarter of 2019.

Cadence Wins Four 2020 TSMC OIP Partner of the Year Awards

Cadence Design Systems, Inc. announced that it has received four OIP Partner of the Year awards from TSMC for IP and EDA solutions.

‘Transparent Solar Cells’ Can Take Us Towards a New Era of Personalized Energy

Today, the imminent climate change crisis demands a shift from conventionally used fossil fuels to efficient sources of green energy. This has led to researchers looking into the concept of “personalized energy,” which would make on-site energy generation possible.

300mm Fab Spending to Boom Through 2023 With Two Record Highs, SEMI Reports

300mm fab investments in 2020 will grow by 13% year-over-year (YoY) to eclipse the previous record high set in 2018 and log another banner year for the semiconductor industry in 2023, SEMI reported today in its 300mm Fab Outlook to 2024.

SEMICON Japan 2020 Goes Virtual to Highlight Electronics Innovations Powering a Smarter World

The promise of growing prosperity worldwide through digital transformation and smart technology innovations will take center stage at SEMICON Japan 2020 Virtual, December 11-18, as industry leaders and visionaries gather for the latest technologies, developments and trends across the electronics manufacturing and design supply chain.

Winning the Global Race for Semiconductor Technology with Virtual Fabrication

Semiconductor process development is no easy task, with each generation of devices more difficult and expensive to create. Traditional cycles of build-and-test development are becoming obsolete, since they are too expensive and time-consuming for the most advanced processes.

Oculi Inc Joins Silicon Catalyst Semiconductor Incubator

Silicon Catalyst, the world’s only incubator focused exclusively on accelerating solutions in silicon announces the admission of Oculi into the semiconductor industry’s highly acclaimed program.

Synopsys and Samsung Release Certified 3nm Gate-All-Around AMS Design Reference Flow for Early Design Starts

Synopsys, Inc. announced the release of the 3-nanometer (nm) gate-all-around (GAA) AMS Design Reference Flow, which provides designers a complete front-to-back design methodology for designing analog and mixed-signal circuits using the Synopsys Custom Design Platform.