Entries for February 2014
Semiconductor Industry Posts Record Sales in 2013
posted on February 10, 2014 14:05
The Semiconductor Industry Association (SIA), representing U.S. leadership in semiconductor manufacturing and design, today announced that worldwide semiconductor sales for 2013 reached $305.6 billion, the industry’s highest-ever annual total and an increase of 4.8 percent from the 2012 total of $291.6 billion.
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3D NAND: To 10nm and beyond
posted on February 10, 2014 14:04
In launching the iPod music player, Apple bumped consumption of NAND flash – a type of non-volatile storage device – driving down cost and paving the way for the growth of the memory technology into what is now a multibillion dollar market, supplying cost-effective storage for smart phones, tablets and other consumer electronic gadgets that do not have high density requirements.
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2014 IC Market Forecast
posted on February 10, 2014 14:03
Semiconductor Packaging News attended an IC Insights seminar last week in Boston, and the meeting was upbeat. The seminar was hosted by Bill McClean of IC Insights who provided predictions on the semiconductor markets for 2014.
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Rudimentary Computer Built From Nanowires
posted on February 10, 2014 14:02
A rudimentary nanocomputer built from an array of tiny wires could point the way to skirting the limits of Moore’s Law and lead to new kinds of biosensors or microcontrollers for robots.
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Internet Of Things Hype: The Sound And The Fury
posted on February 10, 2014 14:01
A lot of what’s proposed for the IoT isn’t new, and some of it is just plain ridiculous. Check out some of these concepts.
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