Semiconductor Sales Decrease Continues
posted on June 10, 2019 13:05
WASHINGTON—June 4, 2019—The Semiconductor Industry Association (SIA) today announced worldwide sales of semiconductors were $32.1 billion in April 2019, a decrease of 14.6 percent from the April 2018 total of $37.6 billion and 0.4 percent less than the March 2019 total of $32.3 billion.
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‘Quantum computers will soon outperform classical machines’
posted on June 10, 2019 13:04
European scientists have spent 100 years developing the field of quantum mechanics – a branch of physics dealing with the atomic and subatomic scale – and we need to reap the profits now that quantum computers and other technologies are becoming a reality, according to Dr Thomas Monz from the University of Innsbruck, Austria.
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Taiwan now No.1 biggest semiconductor equipment spender in world
posted on June 10, 2019 13:03
TAIPEI (Taiwan News) -- Taiwan was the biggest spender on semiconductor equipment in the first quarter of this year, bucking a worldwide downtrend in the industry, announced SEMI on Tuesday (May 4).
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U.S.-China Trade War Portends Painful Times for U.S. Semiconductor Industry
posted on June 10, 2019 13:02
TAIPEI (Taiwan News) -- Taiwan was the biggest spender on semiconductor equipment in the first quarter of this year, bucking a worldwide downtrend in the industry, announced SEMI on Tuesday (May 4)
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Intel Says EUV Ready, Challenging
posted on June 10, 2019 13:01
SAN JOSE, Calif. — Extreme ultraviolet (EUV) lithography is “ready for introduction … and running in volume for technology development,” said the head of Intel’s EUV program. But engineers still face several challenges harnessing the complex and costly systems to make leading-edge chips in high volume, she said.
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Judge Bans Q’comm’s Cellular Deals
posted on May 28, 2019 15:05
LONDON — Qualcomm must end its “no license, no chips” policy and renegotiate all of its existing licenses for cellular patents, a San Jose judge ruled. The 233-page decision will impact virtually all cellular chip and systems vendors on the cusp of a transition to 5G.
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Controlling Variability And Cost At 3nm And Beyond
posted on May 28, 2019 15:04
Lam’s CTO talks about how more data, technology advances and new materials and manufacturing techniques will extend scaling in multiple directions.
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Marvell to Buy Former IBM Chip-Design Unit for $650 Million Cash
posted on May 28, 2019 15:03
Marvell Technology Group Ltd. will acquire the Avera Semiconductor chip-design unit from Globalfoundries Inc. for $650 million in cash, adding the ability to produce more specialized semiconductors needed for 5G phone networks and cloud-data centers.
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Samsung beats chip rivals with 'gate all around' speed-boosting tech
posted on May 28, 2019 15:02
Chip design is a series of tradeoffs. Some are technical, others are related to cost, competitive features or legal restrictions. But with the nascent ‘chiplet’ market, many of the established balance points are significantly altered, depending on market segments and ecosystem readiness.
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Next-gen Core Semiconductor Technology Based on Graphene
posted on May 28, 2019 15:01
The DGIST (Daegu Gyeongbuk Institute of Science and Technology) Department of Information and Communication Engineering has developed a graphene-based high-performance transmission line with an improved operating speed of electrons than using the existing metal in high-frequency.
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