Entries for November 2014
Chip equipment maker ASML sells first next-generation EUV systems
posted on November 27, 2014 08:05
Nov 24 (Reuters) - Dutch semiconductor equipment maker ASML has received its first order for next-generation extreme ultraviolet (EUV) chip etching systems in a deal with Taiwan's TSMC.
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Applied Materials Introduces New Hardmask Process, Saphira
posted on November 27, 2014 08:04
A new hardmask material and process was introduced this month by Applied Materials. Designed for advanced logic and memories, including DRAM and vertical NAND, the hardmask is transparent, which simplifies processing.
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Double-digit growth: Record sales to shake up Top 20 semi supplier ranking
posted on November 27, 2014 08:03
Later this month, IC Insights’ November Update to The 2014 McClean Report will show a forecast ranking of the 2014 top 25 semiconductor suppliers with the companies’ sales broken down on a quarterly basis.
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An Inside Look At The GlobalFoundries-IBM Deal
posted on November 27, 2014 08:02
GlobalFoundries’ proposed acquisition of IBM Microelectronics is the kind of deal that will have business schools talking for many years to come—a gargantuan combination of expertise and technology, built on the back of high-profile business successes and failures, long-running legal struggles and global politics—with far-reaching implications for all parts of the semiconductor supply chain.
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Globalfoundries' Fab 8 Has Come A Long Way, Baby
posted on November 27, 2014 08:01
Not long after Tom Caulfield, general manager of Globalfoundries’ Fab 8 — the largest silicon foundry in the United States — came into the conference room and sat down, he looked over at me and said, “You have a tick crawling on your shoulder.”
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Will Materials Derail Moore’s Law?
posted on November 17, 2014 19:05
Is Moore’s Law slowing down? Clearly, chipmakers are struggling to keep up with Moore’s Law these days. But one sometimes forgotten and critical technology could easily derail Moore’s Law–materials.
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Re-Engineering The FinFET
posted on November 17, 2014 19:04
The semiconductor industry is still in the early stages of the finFET [KC]era, but the transistor [KC] technology already is undergoing a dramatic change. The fins themselves are getting a makeover.
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Photoresist Problems Ahead
posted on November 17, 2014 19:03
As the semiconductor industry begins its ramp to manufacturing at 10nm and below, activity is heating up involving lithography modeling. The goal is to be ready when all the pieces of the puzzle are in place. That includes EUV, when it finally becomes commercially viable, as well as extending ArF lithography.
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Analysts: TSMC’s FinFET Shows 'Company Ahead of Schedule'
posted on November 17, 2014 19:02
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. (TSMC) announced Wednesday that it has entered risk production for its 16-nanometer FinFET Plus (16FF+) process.
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IoT entering peak of inflated expectations
posted on November 17, 2014 19:01
Every year, technology research and advisory firm Gartner releases a report that tracks different emerging and established technologies, and helps investors find out whether a particular technology is commercially viable or not.
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