Global sales of semiconductor manufacturing equipment by original equipment manufacturers are projected to drop 18.4 percent to $52.7 billion in 2019 from last year’s historic high of $64.5 billion.
Semiconductors
Nanoscale Visualization of the Distribution and Optical Behavior of Dopant in GaN
Significant advances in the understanding of P-Type GaN semiconductor formation mechanisms and techniques enabling mass production of GaN devices.
UK Researchers Develop Ultrafast Semiconductors
UK researchers have developed world-leading Compound Semiconductor (CS) technology that can drive future high-speed data communications.
SEMICON West 2019 Opens with Smart Technologies, Workforce Development, Industry Opportunities in Spotlight
Smart technologies take center stage today as SEMICON West, the flagship U.S. event for connecting the electronics manufacturing and design supply chain, opens for three days of insights into leading technologies and applications that will power future industry expansion.
SEMICON West 2019 Opens with Smart Technologies, Workforce Development, Industry Opportunities in Spotlight
Smart technologies take center stage today as SEMICON West, the flagship U.S. event for connecting the electronics manufacturing and design supply chain, opens for three days of insights into leading technologies and applications that will power future industry expansion.
Applied Materials Introduces Two New Systems for Emerging Memories
Applied Materials, Inc. today unveiled innovative, high-volume manufacturing solutions aimed at accelerating industry adoption of new memory technologies targeting the Internet of Things (IoT) and cloud computing.
More Stringent IPCC Guidelines Impact Semiconductor Manufacturing
The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), the United Nations’ body for assessing the science related to climate change, recently released the latest refinement to its 2006 Guidelines.
Can Silicon Technology Help Transform Healthcare?
The semiconductor industry has delivered breakthrough innovations in computer pro- cessing power and miniaturization over the last 70 years. Could it deliver similar results in the field of healthcare? That was the question addressed by Paru Deshpande, VP Life Sciences & Imaging at imec during a talk on Monday during imec’s International Technology Forum at the Grand Hyatt in San Francisco.
Nova Extends Its Dimensional Metrology Portfolio With New Optical CD Platform
Nova announced today the launch of Nova PRIZM, its newest standalone Optical CD system targeted at the most complex device manufacturing across the frontend semiconductor segments.
Tuning the Energy Levels of Organic Semiconductors
A diverse set of experiments supported by simulations were able to rationalize the effect of specific electrostatic forces exerted by the molecular building blocks on charge carriers.
