SEMI Americas and Semiconductor Digest today announced finalists for the Best of West award to be presented at SEMICON West 2021 Hybrid, December 7-9 at the Moscone Center in San Francisco.
ULVAC Expands Process Capability of Production Proven Optima Dry Strip Systems
ULVAC Technologies, Inc. a manufacturer of semiconductor equipment as the US subsidiary of ULVAC, Inc. announces the release of expanded processing capability for the Optima line of dry strip tools.
Synopsys Announces Planned Retirement of CFO Trac Pham
Synopsys, Inc. today announced that Trac Pham, chief financial officer, intends to retire in 2022.
SiFive Raises RISC-V Performance Bar with New SiFive Performance P650 Processor
SiFive, Inc. today announced the availability of the SiFive Performance P650 processor, the new range-topping member of the SiFive Performance family, which is expected to be the fastest licensable RISC-V processor IP core in the market.
Supplyframe Adds DesignSense Models Distribution Partners Across the Globe
Supplyframe today announced that several electronic components distributors across Asia, Europe, and North America have recently adopted the company’s industry-leading DesignSense ECAD Models service.
Development of a Single-Process Platform for the Manufacture of Graphene Quantum Dots
The Korea Institute of Science and Technology (KIST, President Seok-Jin Yoon) reported that the research team led by Dr. Byung-Joon Moon and Dr. Sukang Bae of the Functional Composite Materials Research Center have developed a technique to precisely control the bonding structure of single heteroatoms in the graphene quantum dot, which is a zero-dimensional carbon nanomaterial, through simple chemical reaction control; and that they identified the relevant reaction mechanisms.
Edgewater Capital Acquires Precision Fluorocarbon
Altamira MS Holdings, a portfolio company of Edgewater Capital Partners, announced today that it is continuing its investment in building a leading engineered components platform and has acquired Precision Fluorocarbon, LLC.
Cadence Expands Collaboration with TSMC and Microsoft to Accelerate Timing Signoff for Giga-Scale Designs on the Cloud
Cadence Design Systems, Inc. today announced the results of the 2021 three-way collaboration with TSMC and Microsoft, which focused on utilizing a cloud infrastructure to accelerate digital timing signoff of 10+ billion transistor designs.
Gigaphoton Begins Mass Production of Its Latest KrF Light Source Model ‘G60K’
Gigaphoton Inc., a manufacturer of light sources used in semiconductor lithography, has announced that it has begun mass production of its new KrF light source model ‘G60K’.
Foundry Revenue Rises by 12% QoQ for 3Q21 Thanks to Peak Season, New Production Capacity, and Rising Prices, Says TrendForce
Although the demand for end products related to the stay-at-home economy slowed down as many countries saw rising vaccination rates and were partially lifting social distancing restrictions, the decline in foundry orders from this source was more than offset by the traditional peak season for smartphones, according to TrendForce’s latest investigations.
