Entries for September 2014
Is IBM fab deal sealed?
posted on September 22, 2014 12:05
The seemingly on-again, off-again negotiations between IBM and GlobalFoundries over IBM's microchip manufacturing operations may have reached a successful conclusion this week.
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ASML on EUV: Available at 10nm
posted on September 22, 2014 12:04
Extreme-ultraviolet lithography systems will be available to pattern critical layers of semiconductors at the 10-nanometer process node, and EUV will completely take over from 193nm immersion lithography equipment at 7nm, according to Martin van den Brink, president and chief technology officer of ASML Holding.
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One-On-One: Mark Bohr
posted on September 22, 2014 11:03
Intel’s process guru on taller, thinner fins; cheap interposer alternatives; and new materials and technologies on the near and distant horizon.
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7nm EUV Could Ease 10nm Squeeze
posted on September 22, 2014 11:02
Stepper-maker ASML now concedes what most of its customers have been quietly saying for a while: Companies will make 10 nm chips mainly using traditional immersion lithography, not its long-delayed extreme ultraviolet (EUV) systems.
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Apple, Samsung in 20nm Race
posted on September 22, 2014 11:01
Samsung was expected to be the first supplier to ship a 20nm smartphone SoC with its Exynos 5430, but Apple's just-announced iPhone 6 and 6 Plus run on their own 20nm A8 processor and will be available for sale Sept. 19.
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Moore's Lag Shifts Paradigm of Semi Industry
posted on September 08, 2014 15:05
In an earlier column, 28nm – The Last Node of Moore's Law, we pointed out that the change has already happened. It is no longer a matter of forecast or prediction. In this blog, we will start by reviewing some of what has transpired since that column was published. Then we will focus on the ensuing paradigm shift in the semiconductor industry.
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Internet of Things next big thing for chipmakers
posted on September 08, 2014 15:04
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co (TSMC, 台積電), the world’s largest contract chipmaker, yesterday said the Internet of Things (IoT) would be the industry’s major growth driver in the next three to five years.
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Global Semiconductor Market Maintains Broad, Consistent Growth in July
posted on September 08, 2014 15:03
WASHINGTON—Sept. 2, 2014—The Semiconductor Industry Association (SIA), representing U.S. leadership in semiconductor manufacturing and design, today announced that worldwide sales of semiconductors reached $28.1 billion for the month of July 2014, the industry’s highest-ever monthly sales total and an increase of 9.9 percent from July 2013 when sales were $25.5 billion.
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Lithography: What are the alternatives to EUV?
posted on September 08, 2014 15:02
EUV received a recent boost with IBM reporting good results on a 40W light source upgrade to its ASML NXE3300B scanner, at the EUV Center of Excellence in Albany. The upgrade resulted in better than projected performance with 44W of EUV light being measured at intermediate focus and confirmed in resist at the wafer level.
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Samsung Funds III-V FinFETs in US Lab
posted on September 08, 2014 15:01
PORTLAND, Ore. — Samsung is funding Pennsylvania State University researchers working to fabricate III-V indium gallium arsenide FinFETs for possible use at the 7nm node.
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