Entries for July 2015
Technologies for Advanced Systems Shown at IMEC Tech Forum USA
posted on July 27, 2015 18:05
Luc Van den hove, president and CEO, imec opened the Imec Technology Forum – USA in San Francisco on July 13 by reminding us of the grand vision and motivation behind the work of our industry to empower individuals with micro- and nano-technologies in his talk, “From the happy few to the happy many.”
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SEMI ranks Taiwan world's No. 1 chip equipment spender
posted on July 27, 2015 18:04
TAIPEI--Taiwan is expected to grab the title as the largest spender on semiconductor equipment in 2015, according to an estimate released by the trade association Semiconductor Equipment and Materials International (SEMI).
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SEMI Forecasts Three Years of Growth in Chip Equipment Spending
posted on July 27, 2015 18:03
SEMI projects three consecutive years of growth in worldwide semiconductor equipment sales according to the mid-year edition of the SEMI® Capital Equipment Forecast, released today at the SEMICON West exposition
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Tsinghua Makes $23B Bid For Micron
posted on July 27, 2015 18:02
In what would be the largest takeover of a U.S. company by a Chinese firm, China’s state-owned Tsinghua has reportedly offered to buy memory giant Micron Technology for $23 billion.
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Leti reports FinFET feasibility and circuit design with CoolCube tech
posted on July 27, 2015 18:01
CEA-Leti today announced its first results towards the demonstration of CoolCube’s feasibility in FinFET technology on its 300mm production line, and new CoolCube circuit designs that improve the trade off between area, speed and power.
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GF Closes On IBM Chip Business Purchase
posted on July 06, 2015 16:05
GlobalFoundries completed its acquisition of IBM’s Microelectronics Group today, creating a behemoth that is expected to extend well beyond the combined footprint of the existing companies.
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The Big Picture: More than 850 Volume Fabs in 2017
posted on July 06, 2015 16:04
We, in the semiconductor supply chain, are constantly immersed in detailed numbers. It’s important to pull back and look at the major trends that have profoundly changed and are reshaping our industry.
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8 FD-SOI Questions You're Afraid to Ask
posted on July 06, 2015 16:03
Paul Boudre, CEO of Soitec, told us last week in Grenoble, "Evidence [for FD-SOI's advantages] is there. But some choose not to see it.".
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Microsoft might buy AMD to restore its chip design operations
posted on July 06, 2015 16:02
MICROSOFT COULD BE LOOKING to buy AMD in a bid to restore its chip design operations, according to a report citing unnamed sources familiar with the matter.
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AMD CEO talks of long-term turnaround
posted on July 06, 2015 16:01
Semiconductor maker Advanced Micro Devices Inc. is making major strategy decisions that executives don’t expect to manifest for several years.
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