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Purdue University Partners with Leading Global Chipmaker on Midwest’s First Semiconductor Design Center

Purdue University’s College of Engineering is partnering with MediaTek Inc., a global fabless chipmaker, to open the Midwest’s first semiconductor chip design center, to be housed on Purdue’s campus.

ALD/CVD Precursor Markets – Burgeoning Applications

Advanced Logic and Memory Applications require more deposition materials.

Intel Labs Announces Integrated Photonics Research Advancement

Intel demonstrates a tightly controlled eight-wavelength laser array on a silicon wafer with matched power and uniform spacing.

The Human Hand: Curating Good Data and Creating an Effective Deep-Learning R2R Strategy for High-Volume Manufacturing

Areas ideally suited for AI applications may be repetitive and mental labor-intensive tasks with good available data, or when analytical methods are not applicable or too difficult to find, or data interpolation.

Avoiding Unscheduled Downtimes in Semicon Fabs with Preventive Vacuum Service

The global demand of computer chips is so high now, that existing product capacities can’t keep up. Unscheduled production downtimes in semiconductor fabs must be avoided by any costs.

Top Suppliers Enjoy Big Gains in Small NOR Flash Market

NOR flash memory represented only 4% of the total flash memory market in 2021, but sales of NOR flash devices soared 63% last year to $2.9 billion.

Specialty Cleans Markets – Advanced Nodes Drive Growth

In the midst of mounting technical challenges for wet chemical suppliers.

Electronic Gases Markets – To Approach a US$9 Billion Market in 2022

New materials and increasing chip design complexity drives supply-chain problems for Specialty Gases, Rare Gases and Helium.

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Global Fab Equipment Spending Expected to Reach Record $109 Billion in 2022

Fab equipment investment in 2023 is expected to remain strong.

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