Global Semiconductor Sales Increase 22.6 Percent Year-to-Year in May
posted on July 10, 2017 15:02
WASHINGTON—July 3, 2017—The Semiconductor Industry Association (SIA), representing U.S. leadership in semiconductor manufacturing, design, and research, today announced worldwide sales of semiconductors reached $31.9 billion for the month of May 2017, an increase of 22.6 percent compared to the May 2016 total of $26.0 billion and 1.9 percent more than the April 2017 total of $31.4 billion
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What’s Wrong With 3D NAND?
posted on July 10, 2017 15:01
3D NAND has successfully been in the market since August 2013 with expectation that it will rapidly reduce the cost of NAND and replace planar NAND, despite 3D NAND still being more expensive than planar NAND, as shown below.
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DRAM Prices Expected to Climb
posted on July 01, 2017 13:04
SAN FRANCISCO —The average selling price (ASP) of DRAM chips is projected to increase by 5 percent from the second quarter to the end of the third quarter as tight supply persists, according to market watcher DRAMeXchange.
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Moore’s Law’s End Reboots Industry
posted on July 01, 2017 13:03
SAN JOSE, Calif. – The expected death of Moore’s Law will transform the semiconductor and computer industries, said a panel of experts at an event marking the 50th anniversary of the Alan Turing award.
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Is the emerging non-volatile memory (NVM) market ready for take-off?
posted on July 01, 2017 13:02
The “More than Moore” market research & strategy consulting company, Yole releases this week the Emerging Non-Volatile Memory report, 2017 edition. Under this update, the company presents an overview of the semiconductor memory market and a deep understanding of the emerging NVM applications.
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Warpage Issues in Fan-Out Wafer Level Packaging
posted on July 01, 2017 13:01
As you all know, warpage is a critical issue for fan-out wafer/panel level packaging. Many people like to talk about it, however, most of them don’t know what they are talking about. Let’s use the chips first, face-up fan-out wafer level packaging (FOWLP) approach as an example
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Qudits: The Real Future of Quantum Computing
posted on July 01, 2017 03:05
Scientists have built a microchip that can generate two entangled qudits each with 10 states, for 100 dimensions total, more than what six entangled qubits could generate.
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Nvidia CEO Says Moore’s Law Is Dead
posted on June 05, 2017 11:45
TAIPEI — Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang has become the first head of a major semiconductor company to say what academics have been suggesting for some time: Moore’s Law is dead.
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S.Korea chip firms keep upper hand
posted on June 05, 2017 11:44
Electronic device manufacturers in the Chinese mainland see growing demand for semiconductors and displays from South Korea, as local supplies still fall short of demand, industry insiders told the Global Times on Thursday.
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GlobalFoundries aims to double Japan revenue, attack TSMC's market lead
posted on June 05, 2017 11:43
GlobalFoundries, the world's second largest contract chipmaker, aims to double its revenue from Japan over the next few years by launching cheaper chips for newer uses that will help it claw market share from a dominant Taiwanese rival, a senior executive said.
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