China’s Xpeng Motors will display and dissect an automotive unicorn – a rare, all-electric sports utility vehicle – at SEMICON West this week.
Nova Extends Its Dimensional Metrology Portfolio With New Optical CD Platform
Nova announced today the launch of Nova PRIZM, its newest standalone Optical CD system targeted at the most complex device manufacturing across the frontend semiconductor segments.
Advanced Packaging: A Wonderful World
The semiconductor industry is at a turning point. The slowdown in CMOS scaling, coupled with escalating costs, has prompted the industry to rely on IC packaging to extend the benefits of the More-than-Moore era. Thus, advanced packaging has entered its most successful period, boosted by widespread needs for better integration; the slowdown of Moore’s law; and megatrends in transportation, 5G, consumer, memory & computing, IoT (and IIoT ), AI , and HPC.
Tuning the Energy Levels of Organic Semiconductors
A diverse set of experiments supported by simulations were able to rationalize the effect of specific electrostatic forces exerted by the molecular building blocks on charge carriers.
Researchers Discover Semiconducting Nanotubes That Form Spontaneously
Researchers at the Laboratory of Microsystems, in EPFL’s School of Engineering, have taken an important step towards that goal with their discovery of semiconducting nanotubes that assemble automatically in solutions of metallic nanocrystals and certain ligands.
Women Leaders in Spotlight at SEMICON West Welcome Reception, Panel Discussion
Underscoring the importance of women in semiconductor industry leadership positions, SEMI will celebrate Spotlight on SEMI Women honorees at a welcome reception today at 6:00 p.m. at SEMICON West.
Semiconductor Sensors Market Size Worth $8.23 Billion by 2023
The global semiconductor sensors market size is poised to reach USD 8.23 billion by 2023, according to a new report by Technavio.
Cadence Digital Full Flow Achieves Certification for Samsung Foundry 5LPE Process Technology
Cadence Design Systems, Inc. today announced that the Cadence digital full flow has achieved certification for the Samsung Foundry 5nm Low-Power Early (5LPE) process with Extreme Ultraviolet (EUV) lithography technology.
Jim Cable Tapped by Murata for Semiconductor Expansion Evaluation
pSemi Corporation today announced that its parent company, Murata, has selected chairman and chief technology officer Jim Cable to spearhead its semiconductor research and development (R&D) growth plans.
Samsung Accelerates New Product Ramp for 7nm Technology Node Using Synopsys’ Yield Explorer
Synopsys, Inc. announced successful deployment of Synopsys’ Yield Explorer yield learning platform for fast ramp-up of new products on Samsung’s advanced FinFET technology nodes.