Applied Materials, Inc. today announced a definitive agreement under which Applied will acquire all outstanding shares of Kokusai Electric for $2.2 billion in cash from global investment firm KKR.
Semiconductors
AKHAN Semiconductor Appoints Vice Admiral Charles W. Moore Jr. to the Company’s Board of Directors
AKHAN Semiconductor, a technology company specializing in the fabrication and application of lab-grown, electronic-grade diamonds, announced today the appointment of Vice Admiral Charles W. Moore Jr. to its Board of Directors.
Jury Unanimously Finds Huawei Misappropriated CNEX’s Advanced Semiconductor Trade Secrets
CNEX Labs Inc., developer of a transformative architecture for solid state drive (SSD) controllers, today announced that a federal jury has found that Huawei Technologies Co. misappropriated CNEX’s trade secrets. After 18 days of testimony, argument and deliberation in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas, the eight-member jury on Wednesday unanimously found that Huawei misappropriated CNEX’s advanced, emerging and foundational semiconductor technology. The jury rejected all…
Robert H. Dennard, DRAM Inventor and Scaling Pioneer, to Receive Semiconductor Industry’s Top Honor
The Semiconductor Industry Association (SIA) today announced Dr. Robert H. Dennard, pioneer of transformational breakthroughs in semiconductor technology and IBM Fellow Emeritus, has been named the 2019 recipient of SIA’s highest honor, the Robert N. Noyce Award.
Researchers Teleport Information Within a Diamond
Researchers from the Yokohama National University have teleported quantum information securely within the confines of a diamond. The study has big implications for quantum information technology – the future of how sensitive information is shared and stored.
Emerging Semiconductor Substrates: What Will Be The Next Game-Changer?
Yole Développement (Yole) expects the emerging semiconductor substrate market to surpass US$400 million, growing at a 24% CAGR between 2018 and 2024.
IEEE Approves New Power Modeling Standard
Silicon Integration Initiative has announced that its Unified Power Model, developed with major contributions from IBM and GLOBALFOUNDRIES, has been approved as IEEE 2416-2019, a new Standard for Power Modeling to Enable System Level Analysis, which complements UPF/IEEE 1801-2018 Standard for Design and Verification of Low-Power, Energy-Aware Electronic Systems.
Applying Pressure Is Way Toward Generating More Electricity From Waste Heat
Osaka University-led researchers apply pressure to a thermoelectric material to better understand quantum phenomena and in doing so are able to increase the material’s ability to produce electricity from waste heat by 100%.
SEMI Teams with Cornell University To Accelerate Technology Development Using Machine Learning and AI
SEMI today announced a research and development (R&D) project to speed technology progress and problem-solving in microelectronics manufacturing and across the supply chain by driving new efficiencies using machine learning (ML) and artificial intelligence (AI).
Lattice Semiconductor Wins AI Breakthrough Award
Lattice Semiconductor Corporation announced the company’s popular Lattice sensAI solutions stack was named “Best AI-Based Solution for Engineering” in the 2019 AI Breakthrough Awards.
