ACM Research, Inc. today announced that a volume purchase contract has been received from a leading Chinese OSAT for 10 Ultra ECP ap high-speed plating tools, which are scheduled to be delivered later in 2022 and 2023.
Semiconductors
Industry R&D Spending To Rise 9% After Hitting Record in 2021
New update shows Intel continues to lead research and development ranking, the top 10 raised spending 18% last year, and 21 companies invested $1 billion or more on R&D in 2021.
MaxLinear to Acquire Silicon Motion
Business combination roughly doubles MaxLinear’s total addressable market opportunity to $15 billion and creates a top-ten fabless semiconductor supplier.
New Shape Memory Alloy Discovered Through Artificial Intelligence Framework
Funded by the National Science Foundation’s Designing Materials to Revolutionize Our Engineering Future (DMREF) Program, researchers from the Department of Materials Science and Engineering at Texas A&M University used an Artificial Intelligence Materials Selection framework (AIMS) to discover a new shape memory alloy.
Purdue, Ivy Tech Partner on Next-Generation Microelectronics Workforce
Purdue University and Ivy Tech Community College are partnering to help meet the future workforce needs in microelectronics, a field that is expected to add more than 100,000 workers over the next decade.
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Soitec On Track to Enlarge Silicon Carbide Product Portfolio with First 200mm SmartSiC Engineered Substrate
Soitec (Euronext Paris) has released its first 200mm silicon carbide SmartSiC wafer.
SEMI Veteran Paul Trio Takes Reins of SEMI Standards Program
SEMI today announced the promotion of 20-year SEMI veteran Paul Trio to Director of the SEMI International Standards program, effective immediately.
U.S. Department of Defense and GlobalFoundries Partner to Secure Supply of Chips Critical to National Security Systems
Public-private partnership provides strategic supply of U.S.-made and secure semiconductors for the nation’s most sensitive defense and aerospace applications, boosts supply of feature-rich chips for critical infrastructure commercial applications.
Worldwide Silicon Wafer Shipments Edge Higher to New Record in First Quarter 2022, SEMI Reports
Worldwide silicon wafer area shipments in the first quarter of 2022 surpassed the previous record high set in the third quarter of 2021, rising 1% quarter-over-quarter to 3,679 million square inches.
