Customers turn to Intel for processor performance, advanced AI optimization and breakthrough persistent memory capabilities Intel unveiled a new portfolio of data-centric solutions consisting of 2nd-Generation Intel Xeon Scalable processors, Intel Optane DC memory and storage solutions, and software and…
Global semiconductor sales decrease 7.3% month-to-month in February
Year-to-year sales fall across all regions, decrease 10.6 percent overall The Semiconductor Industry Association (SIA) announced worldwide sales of semiconductors reached $32.9 billion for the month of February 2019, a decrease of 7.3 percent from the January 2019 total of…
ON Semiconductor reaches key milestones in Roznov facility expansion
New operations site focuses on advancing innovations for industrial, consumer, computing and automotive market segments ON Semiconductor today announces a very important step in the evolution of the company. ON Semiconductor has completed the first of at least two expansions…
DRAM market to shrink substantially in 2019
Despite market challenges, Samsung continued to lead in unit shipment volume Recent concerns over market conditions, coupled with a sharp downturn in average selling prices, will lead the DRAM market to reach just $77 billion in 2019 – a 22…
Process Watch: Baseline Yield Predicts Baseline Reliability
By David W. Price, Douglas G. Sutherland and Jay Rathert Author’s Note: The Process Watch series explores key concepts about process control—defect inspection, metrology and data analysis—for the semiconductor industry. This article is the second in a five-part series on…
Metal nanoclusters can be used as semiconductors: Key properties observed for first time
Tiny nanoclusters of metal atoms – such as gold and silver – have properties which mean they can be used as semiconductors, a joint Swansea-Hamburg research team has discovered. The finding opens the door to a wide range of potential…
EV Group partners with NSI on first wafer-level heterogeneous integration of GaAs on silicon
EV Group (EVG), a supplier of wafer bonding and lithography equipment, today announced that it has partnered with Ningbo Semiconductor International Corporation (NSI), a specialty semiconductor foundry based in Ningbo, China, in the development of the industry’s first process technology…
Intel surpasses Samsung in semiconductor sales revenue in Q4 2018
Samsung maintains number one ranking in semiconductor sales for the total year 2018. The declining market for semiconductors used in mobile handsets and enterprise servers led to a realignment in the company market-share ranking for semiconductor manufacturers. While Samsung led…
MACOM and GLOBALFOUNDRIES collaborate to scale silicon photonics to hyperscale cloud Data Center and 5G network buildouts
Production scale of 300mm wafers is expected to enable exponential port growth in cloud Data Centers and 5G networks. MACOM Technology Solutions Inc. and GLOBALFOUNDRIES announced a strategic collaboration to ramp MACOM’s innovative Laser Photonic Integrated Circuit (L-PIC™) platform using…
AI needs memory
A new report by Forrester Consulting, commissioned by Micron, takes a look at how companies are implementing AI and the hardware they are using, with a special focus on memory and storage.
