Semiconductors

Lattice Semiconductor Appoints Douglas Bettinger to Board of Directors

Lattice Semiconductor, the low power programmable leader, today announced the appointment of Douglas Bettinger to the Company’s Board of Directors and Audit Committee effective December 2, 2022.

The MOSIS Service of the USC Information Sciences Institute and SkyWater Collaborate on Silicon IC Design Enablement and Manufacturing Service

The MOSIS Service will provide multi-project wafer (MPW) shuttle access to SkyWater’s S90 and S130 mixed-signal CMOS technologies. 

Global Semiconductor Equipment Billings Increase 9% in Q3 2022, SEMI Reports

Global semiconductor equipment billings rose 9% from the second to the third quarter of 2022 and 7% year-over-year to US$28.75 billion, SEMI announced today.

STMicroelectronics and Soitec Cooperate on SiC Substrate Manufacturing Technology

STMicroelectronics and Soitec announce the next stage of their cooperation on Silicon Carbide (SiC) substrates, with the qualification of Soitec’s SiC substrate technology by ST planned over the next 18 months.

What’s in the November/December Issue?

Each issue of Semiconductor Digest has articles found only in the magazine. Click on the links to read the articles in the November/December issue.

Making Sense of Coercivity in Magnetic Materials with Machine Learning

Scientists develop a meaningful approach to analyze how a material’s microstructure relates to its macroscopic physical properties.

Synopsys Appoints Shelagh Glaser Chief Financial Officer

Synopsys, Inc. today announced that it has appointed Shelagh Glaser as chief financial officer, effective December 2, 2022.

After Record Sales in 2022, Semi Sales Forecast to Fall -5% in 2023

Collapsing memory prices and uncertain global economy weigh on next year’s growth.

Ixana Raises $3M with Breakthrough Wearable Silicon Chip

Ixana, the wearable hardware company developing high-speed human-computer interfaces, today announced it has closed $3 million in seed funding and is backed by Uncorrelated Ventures, Samsung Next, Evonexus, Paradigm Shift and Hack VC.

Advantest Introduces New inteXcell Series of High-Performance, Economical Test Cells for Advanced Memory ICs

Semiconductor test equipment supplier Advantest Corporation has launched inteXcell, a new line of minimal-footprint test cells designed to address demanding final-test requirements presented by the increasing bit densities, lower power consumption and faster interface speeds of future memory devices.

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