The market drivers behind the semiconductor industry’s explosive growth are well known: AI, 5G, cloud computing, super computing, the IoT, gaming, automotive, medical and smart manufacturing, and of course, the work from home trend driven by the global pandemic.
Semiconductors
Advantest Showcases Semiconductor Test Technologies at SEMICON West 2021
The theme of Advantest’s exhibit will be “Converging Technologies. Advancing the Future,” highlighting the company’s advancements in developing leading-edge test solutions for applications including AI, exascale computing, 5G communications and advanced driver-assistance systems (ADAS).
What’s in the December Issue?
Each issue of Semiconductor Digest has articles found only in the magazine! Read the December issue online here or stop by booth 244 at SEMICON West, December 7 – 9, to pick up a printed copy.
Recently Developed Novel Li-conducting Polymeric Materials Enabling Superior Lithium Metal Anodes
Lithium-ion batteries (LIBs) are everywhere in our modern society and therefore the 2019 Nobel Prize in Chemistry has been awarded to three researchers for their contributions to develop LIBs.
SEMICON West 2021 Hybrid Opens Tomorrow In Person with Livestreamed Keynotes, Virtual Program, Automated Matchmaking, Video Chats
SEMICON West, North America’s premier microelectronics exhibition and conference, opens tomorrow with more than 150 industry visionaries and leaders from the semiconductor ecosystem, academia and government gathering for on-site keynotes, fireside chats, and executive panels on the latest microelectronics developments, trends and innovations.
Micron to Open Memory Design Center in Atlanta
Micron Technology, Inc., one of the world’s largest semiconductor manufacturers and the only U.S.-based manufacturer of memory, today announced plans for its new memory design center in Midtown Atlanta, expanding the company’s reach into the Southeast.
SEMI Americas and Semiconductor Digest Announce 2021 Best of West Award Finalists: EVG, Edwards Vacuum, INFICON and Telit
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.
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.
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.
