Following two years of shortages, strong unit demand, and higher prices, the power transistor market will ease back from double-digit increases to more-normal growth in 2019, says new O-S-D Report.
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First Quarter 2019 Worldwide Semiconductor Equipment Billings Drop 19% Year-Over-Year
SEMI, the global industry association representing the electronics manufacturing and design supply chain, reported that worldwide semiconductor manufacturing equipment billings for the first quarter of 2019 dropped 8 percent from the previous quarter and 19 percent from the same quarter in 2018 to US$13.8 billion. The data are gathered jointly with the Semiconductor Equipment Association of Japan (SEAJ) from over 80 global equipment companies that provide data on a monthly…
Ultra-Clean Fabrication Platform Produces Nearly Ideal 2D Transistors
Columbia engineers develop a clean, damage-free fabrication process that creates pristine transistors made from 2D material stacks. Testing additional content. Testing additional content. Testing additional content.
TSI Introduces New AeroTrak-Plus Remote Airborne Particle Counters
TSI (Shoreview, MN) has introduced a new range of AeroTrak®+ Remote Airborne Particle Counters (APCs) for monitoring manufacturing cleanrooms. TSI is so confident about the performance of the new laser technology inside, that all models are covered by an industry-exclusive standard 5 year laser warranty. AeroTrak+ Remote APCs supply uninterrupted, reliable particle counting data during the cleanroom manufacturing process. Flexible installation options reduce system complexity and cost of ownership…
DRAM Market to Shrink Substantially in 2019
Recent concerns over market conditions, coupled with a sharp downturn in average selling prices, will lead the DRAM market to reach just $77 billion in 2019 – a 22 percent year-over-year decline.
MACOM Announces Stephen G. Daly as President and Chief Executive Officer
MACOM Technology Solutions Holdings, Inc. (“MACOM”) (NASDAQ: MTSI), a supplier of semiconductor solutions, today announced the appointment of Stephen G. Daly as President and Chief Executive Officer, effective immediately. Mr. Daly succeeds John Croteau, who resigned on May 15, 2019. Mr. Croteau had served as President and Chief Executive Officer since December 2012. Mr. Croteau will be available to MACOM in an advisory capacity for the next two months to ensure…
Toshiba Memory and Western Digital to Jointly Invest in Flash Manufacturing Facility in Kitakami, Japan
Toshiba Memory Corporation and Western Digital Corp. have finalized a formal agreement to jointly invest in the “K1” manufacturing facility that Toshiba Memory is currently constructing in Kitakami, Iwate Prefecture, Japan.
CEA-Leti and Silvaco Team Up on Yield-Prediction Project For Ultra-Low-Power Static Memories
Leti, a research institute of CEA-Tech, and Silvaco Inc., a global provider of software, IP and services for designing chips and electronic systems for semiconductor companies, today announced, during the 56th Design Automation Conference (DAC) in Las Vegas, a project to estimate and model the yield of ultra-low-voltage (ULV), ultra-low-leakage (ULL) static random access memory (SRAM) used in computing applications. Accurate yield prediction in the early stage of the IC design…
Global Semiconductor Alliance Launches Initiative to Bolster Women’s Leadership
The Global Semiconductor Alliance (GSA) today unveiled its Women’s Leadership Initiative (WLI), seeking to significantly increase the number of women entering the semiconductor market, as well as elevating their participation as founders, leaders and board members. As part of this initiative, the GSA has established the WLI Council that will create and implement programs and projects towards meeting the WLI objectives. “The WLI Council is passionate about increasing the number of women in…
CyberOptics to Launch New AVLS3 with CyberSpectrum Software and New NanoResolution MRS Sensor at SEMICON West
CyberOptics® Corporation (NASDAQ: CYBE), a global developer and manufacturer of high-precision 3D sensing technology solutions, will exhibit at SEMICON West, July 9-11, 2019 in booth #5769 at the Moscone Center in San Francisco, CA. During the show, the company will launch its new WaferSense® Auto Vibration and Leveling Sensor™ (AVLS3) with CyberSpectrum software. Semiconductor fabs and OEMs value the accuracy, precision and versatility of the WaferSense AVLS3 – The most…
