Engineers Enlist AI to Help Scale Up Advanced Solar Cell Manufacturing

Perovskite materials would be superior to silicon in PV cells, but manufacturing such cells at scale is a huge hurdle. Machine learning can help.

TechInsights Takes Reverse Engineering into the Cloud

At last year’s ISTFA conference, Chris Pawlowicz from TechInsights presented a paper “The Role of Cloud Computing in a Modern Reverse Engineering Workflow at the 5nm Node and Beyond”.

Toppan Acquires Thai Packaging Manufacturer

Toppan entered into a share transfer agreement with Majend Makcs Co., Ltd.

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.

QuickLogic Adds GlobalFoundries 22FDX Process to its Growing List of Australis IP Generator-Based eFPGA IP

QuickLogic Corporation today announced the availability of its first customer-defined eFPGA block targeting the GlobalFoundries 22FDX process, generated via the company’s Australis IP Generator tool.

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.