$30 Million in Federal Funding to Advance Innovation and Production of Next-Generation GaN Chips at GlobalFoundries Fab in Vermont

GF’s Vermont Fab moves closer to large-scale production of next-generation gallium nitride chips.

Lam Research Pledges $10 Million to FIRST Global to Inspire Future Innovators in Semiconductor Technology and Beyond

As part of the company’s commitment to enabling transformative learning around the world, Lam Research Corp. has announced a $10 million donation to FIRST Global, a nonprofit inspiring science and technology leadership and innovation in young people from all nations through robotics.

Imec Demonstrates Flat-Panel-Display-Compatible pMUT Tech for Emerging Ultrasound Applications

This week, at the 2022 IEEE International Ultrasonics Symposium, imec presents a piezoelectric Micromachined Ultrasound Transducer (pMUT) array that is compatible with flat-panel-displays (FPD) process technologies.

How Semiconductor Fabricators are Working Through Global FFKM Shortages

The decade began with a semiconductor shortage that made the world acutely aware of how critical these tiny components are in many aspects of everyday life and for most sectors of the economy.

Micron Named Sustainability Lighthouse by the World Economic Forum

Micron Singapore among the first semiconductor manufacturers and only one with front-end fabrication to be recognized.

CHIPS for America Seeks Public Input on Financial Incentives, New Institutes for Semiconductor Manufacturing

The U.S. Department of Commerce’s National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) CHIPS for America initiative is seeking public input on two programs that aim to restore U.S. global leadership in semiconductor manufacturing

QCI Launches Project to Build and Operate New Quantum Computing Optical Chip Manufacturing and Research Facility

Quantum Computing Inc. announced plans to construct and operate a new quantum nanophotonics technology manufacturing and research center to expand its current chip development capabilities.

Analog Devices and Keysight Technologies Join Forces to Advance the Adoption of Phased Array Technology

Analog Devices, Inc. and Keysight Technologies, Inc. today announced their collaboration to advance the adoption of phased array technology.

Weebit Nano Advances its ReRAM Selector Development to Fit Embedded & Discrete Applications

Weebit Nano Limited, a developer of next-generation memory technologies for the global semiconductor industry, has made significant progress in its selector development with new results confirming its ReRAM selector is suitable for both embedded and discrete (stand-alone) applications, greatly increasing the number of possible applications for Weebit’s technology.

Aehr Receives Order from New Customer for FOX Wafer Level Burn-in System for Silicon Carbide Semiconductors

Aehr Test Systems today announced it has received purchase orders from a new customer for a FOX-NP multi-wafer test and burn-in system, multiple WaferPak Contactors and a FOX WaferPak Aligner to be used for qualification of their silicon carbide devices for electric vehicles. The order for WaferPaks from this customer was announced during Aehr’s earnings conference call last week. This company is a multibillion-dollar annual revenue global manufacturer of semiconductors that is currently supplying silicon based MOSFETs for the automotive industry.