Atomic level precision to extend Moore’s Law
posted on July 05, 2016 15:03
Looking to prolong the ability of the semiconductor industry to follow Moore’s Law, Applied Materials has announced Applied Producer Selectra, said to be an extreme selectivity etch tool that introduces new materials engineering capabilities for continued scaling of 3D logic and memory chips.
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In the space of five years, it looks like 450mm manufacturing has become surplus to current requirements
posted on July 05, 2016 15:02
Five years ago, the semiconductor industry was getting quite excited about what looked like the next step in its evolution. That step was to embrace manufacturing chips on 450mm diameter wafers – and the plans called for 450mm manufacturing to be mainstream today.
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Applied Materials Releases Selective Etch Tool
posted on July 05, 2016 15:01
Applied Materials has disclosed commercial availability of new Selectra(TM) selective etch twin-chamber hardware for the company’s high-volume manufacturing (HVM) Producer® platform.
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Samsung To Increase 3D NAND Flash Production
posted on June 27, 2016 14:05
Samsung continues to remain the largest semiconductor company in the world even with heightened competition from a number of multinational tech firms, like Intel, Toshiba, SanDisk and SK Hynix.
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The Road To 5Nm
posted on June 27, 2016 14:04
There is strong likelihood that enough companies will move to 7nm to warrant the investment. How many will move forward to 5nm is far less certain.
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Researchers Claim First 1,000-core Processor
posted on June 27, 2016 14:03
A team of engineering students from the University of California-Davis has designed a 1,000-core processor with 621 million transistors and an ultimate throughput rate.
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Samsung Develops New FoWLP Technology to Compete TSMC Chip Orders
posted on June 27, 2016 14:02
Samsung has developed a new technology called fan-out wafer level packaging platform (FoWLP) that will be valuable for future mobile chipsets and will compete with TSMC chip orders.
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Atmel Employees Sue, Protest Microchip
posted on June 27, 2016 14:01
SAN JOSE, Calif. — Microchip executives have quelled most of the dissent from its acquisitions of Atmel and Micrel. However, small pockets of discontent remain on three continents.
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1. North American Semiconductor Equipment Industry Posts April 2016 Book-to-Bill Ratio of 1.10
posted on June 13, 2016 19:05
SAN JOSE, Calif. — May 24, 2016 — North America-based manufacturers of semiconductor equipment posted $1.59 billion in orders worldwide in April 2016 (three-month average basis) and a book-to-bill ratio of 1.10, according to the April Equipment Market Data Subscription (EMDS) Book-to-Bill Report published today by SEMI. A book-to-bill of 1.10 means that $110 worth of orders were received for every $100 of product billed for the month.
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Bulk Cmos Vs. Fd-Soi
posted on June 13, 2016 19:04
The leading edge of the chip market increasingly is divided over whether to move to finFETs or whether to stay at 28nm using different materials and potentially even advanced packaging.
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