As the world’s demand for electronics keeps growing, so does the impact on climate change.
Semiconductors
Renesas Donates €1 Million to Support Humanitarian Aid for Ukraine
Renesas Electronics Corporation, a supplier of advanced semiconductor solutions, considers the safety and well-being of all stakeholders worldwide, including employees, their families, and customers as an utmost priority.
Kioxia and Western Digital Jointly Invest in New Flash Memory Manufacturing Facility in Yokkaichi Plant
Kioxia Corporation and Western Digital Corp. have finalized a formal agreement to jointly invest in the first phase of the Fab7 (Y7) manufacturing facility at Kioxia’s industry-leading Yokkaichi Plant in the Mie Prefecture of Japan.
Gartner Says Worldwide Semiconductor Revenue Grew 26% in 2021
Worldwide semiconductor revenue totaled $595 billion in 2021, an increase of 26.3% from 2020, according to final results by Gartner, Inc.
PhotonDelta Lands €1.1 Billion to Usher in a New Generation of Semiconductor Technology
PhotonDelta, a cross-border ecosystem of photonic chip technology organizations, has, subject to conditions, secured €1.1 billion in public and private investment to transform the Netherlands into the leader of the next generation of semiconductors.
Covalent Metrology Expands its Electron Microscopy Capabilities
Covalent Metrology, a provider of analytical services in North America, announces the installation of two new Thermo Fisher Scientific Helios 5 UC DualBeam focused-ion-beam scanning electron microscopes (FIB-SEMs).
Keysight Enables SK hynix to Speed Semiconductor Memory Technology Development
Memory chip maker uses Keysight’s integrated PCIe test solutions to validate Compute Express Link (CXL) technology.
Graphene-hBN Breakthrough to Spur New LEDs, Quantum Computing
Study uncovers first method for producing high-quality, wafer-scale, single-layer hexagonal boron nitride.
Chinese Companies Hold Only 4% of Global IC Marketshare
U.S. companies captured 54% of the total worldwide IC market in 2021, propelled by a 47% share of IDM sales and a 68% share of fabless sales.
New Polymer Materials Make Fabricating Optical Interconnects Easier
New technology poised to make silicon photonics more practical, which could boost efficiency of Internet data centers.
