Entries for June 2016
Samsung To Increase 3D NAND Flash Production
posted on June 27, 2016 14:05
Samsung continues to remain the largest semiconductor company in the world even with heightened competition from a number of multinational tech firms, like Intel, Toshiba, SanDisk and SK Hynix.
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The Road To 5Nm
posted on June 27, 2016 14:04
There is strong likelihood that enough companies will move to 7nm to warrant the investment. How many will move forward to 5nm is far less certain.
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Researchers Claim First 1,000-core Processor
posted on June 27, 2016 14:03
A team of engineering students from the University of California-Davis has designed a 1,000-core processor with 621 million transistors and an ultimate throughput rate.
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Samsung Develops New FoWLP Technology to Compete TSMC Chip Orders
posted on June 27, 2016 14:02
Samsung has developed a new technology called fan-out wafer level packaging platform (FoWLP) that will be valuable for future mobile chipsets and will compete with TSMC chip orders.
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Atmel Employees Sue, Protest Microchip
posted on June 27, 2016 14:01
SAN JOSE, Calif. — Microchip executives have quelled most of the dissent from its acquisitions of Atmel and Micrel. However, small pockets of discontent remain on three continents.
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1. North American Semiconductor Equipment Industry Posts April 2016 Book-to-Bill Ratio of 1.10
posted on June 13, 2016 19:05
SAN JOSE, Calif. — May 24, 2016 — North America-based manufacturers of semiconductor equipment posted $1.59 billion in orders worldwide in April 2016 (three-month average basis) and a book-to-bill ratio of 1.10, according to the April Equipment Market Data Subscription (EMDS) Book-to-Bill Report published today by SEMI. A book-to-bill of 1.10 means that $110 worth of orders were received for every $100 of product billed for the month.
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Bulk Cmos Vs. Fd-Soi
posted on June 13, 2016 19:04
The leading edge of the chip market increasingly is divided over whether to move to finFETs or whether to stay at 28nm using different materials and potentially even advanced packaging.
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What Happened To DSA?
posted on June 13, 2016 19:03
Directed self-assembly (DSA) was until recently a rising star in the next-generation lithography (NGL) landscape, but the technology has recently lost some of its luster, if not its momentum.
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The Other Side Of Device Scaling
posted on June 13, 2016 19:02
The push to 10nm and 7nm is a relatively straightforward path in PowerPoint. In multiple presentations across the semiconductor industry, in fact, it has been portrayed as a straight line progression spanning decades.
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Rethinking Processor Architectures
posted on June 13, 2016 19:01
The semiconductor industry’s obsession with clock speeds, cores and how many transistors fit on a piece of silicon may be nearing an end for real this time.
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