Entries for March 2018
Path to 2 nm May Not Be Worth It
posted on March 27, 2018 09:05
SANTA CLARA, Calif. — Engineers see many options to create 5-, 3- and even 2-nm semiconductor process technologies, but some are not sure that they will be able to squeeze commercial advantages from them even at 5 nm.
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Quantum Computers Strive to Break Out of the Lab
posted on March 27, 2018 09:04
Schrödinger’s cat you’ve met—the one that is both alive and dead at the same time. Now say hello to Schrödinger’s scientists, researchers who are in an eerie state of being simultaneously delighted and appalled.
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As Toshiba's $18 billion chip unit sale faces tight deadline, IPO looms
posted on March 27, 2018 09:03
TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan’s Toshiba Corp faces a Friday deadline to win Chinese antitrust approval to sell its prized $18 billion memory-chip business by end-March, raising the possibility the deadline may be missed and that it will seek alternatives such as an IPO.
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IC Insights raises 2018 IC market forecast from 8% to 15%
posted on March 27, 2018 09:02
IC Insights’ latest market, unit, and average selling price forecasts for 33 major IC product segments for 2018 through 2022 is included in the March Update to the 2018 McClean Report (MR18). The Update also includes an analysis of the major semiconductor suppliers’ capital spending plans for this year.
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EUV’s New Problem Areas
posted on March 27, 2018 09:01
Extreme ultraviolet (EUV) lithography is moving closer to production, but problematic variations—also known as stochastic effects—are resurfacing and creating more challenges for the long-overdue technology.
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EUV’s New Problem Areas
posted on March 22, 2018 09:05
Extreme ultraviolet (EUV) lithography is moving closer to production, but problematic variations—also known as stochastic effects—are resurfacing and creating more challenges for the long-overdue technology.
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Counting On Cryptocurrency
posted on March 22, 2018 09:04
While cryptocurrencies may still be in the infancy of market development and adoption, the semiconductor industry has certainly felt the potential of blockchain technologies.
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Trump Was Right to Block a Merger
posted on March 22, 2018 09:03
President Trump’s decision to block a foreign company’s proposed takeover of Qualcomm, which makes chips for smartphones and other devices, before the deal had even been signed, was extraordinary. It was also the right move, given the series of mergers that has left the semiconductor industry already dominated by a few large companies.
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The Next 5 Years Of Chip Technology
posted on March 22, 2018 09:02
Semiconductor Engineering sat down to discuss the future of scaling, the impact of variation, and the introduction of new materials and technologies
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Why All Nodes Won’t Work
posted on March 22, 2018 09:01
A flood of new nodes, half-nodes and every number in between is creating confusion among chipmakers. While most say it’s good to have choices, it’s not clear which or how many of those choices are actually good.
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