Increasing Challenges At Advanced Nodes
posted on October 24, 2015 13:04
GlobalFoundries’ CTO discusses new materials, stacked die, EUV, and 10nm planar FD-SOI.
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Lam, KLA May Leapfrog Applied
posted on October 24, 2015 13:03
SAN JOSE, Calif. – Following the consolidation of semiconductor makers, two giants who make capital equipment for them -- Lam Research Corp. and KLA-Tencor Corp. -- announced plans for a $10.6B merger.
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WESTERN DIGITAL ANNOUNCES ACQUISITION OF SANDISK
posted on October 24, 2015 13:02
IRVINE, Calif. and MILPITAS, Calif. — Oct. 21, 2015 — Western Digital® Corporation (NASDAQ: WDC) and SanDisk Corporation (NASDAQ: SNDK) today announced that they have entered into a definitive agreement under which Western Digital will acquire all of the outstanding shares of SanDisk for a combination of cash and stock.
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Shanghai Seeks ‘More-than-Moore’ in Silicon Valley
posted on October 24, 2015 13:01
MADISON, Wis.—In a global quest for “More-than-Moore” innovations, the Shanghai Industrial Technology Research Institute (SITRI) has come to Silicon Valley to open a hardware accelerator in Belmont, Calif.
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Apple Seen Splitting 14/16nm Orders Among Foundries into 2016
posted on September 22, 2015 08:05
TAIPEI — Apple, the world’s largest buyer of chips made with leading process technology, is likely to divvy up its orders for 14/16nm products this year and next as part of a strategy to gain pricing power over foundry suppliers such as Samsung and Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. (TSMC), according to six analysts surveyed by EE Times.
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Superconducting Graphene Beckons
posted on September 22, 2015 08:04
PORTLAND, Ore.—Graphene has been hailed as the wonder material for the post-silicon era slated to start circa 2028 by the International Technology Roadmap for Semiconductors.
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ALD Market Heats Up
posted on September 22, 2015 08:03
Amid the shift to 3D NAND, finFETs and other device architectures, the atomic layer deposition (ALD) market is heating up on several fronts.
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Chips Slump as Drivers Falter
posted on September 22, 2015 08:02
SANTA CLARA, Calif. – Market researchers at Gartner are weeks away from lowering their forecasts for semiconductor growth in 2015 for the second time this year, this time to as little as 0.5%.
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Q&A with GloFo CEO: ‘IoT Is No Mystical Animal’
posted on September 22, 2015 08:01
SHANGHAI — PC shipments are going down all over the world. The smartphone market is losing steam. The chip industry is expecting a down year in 2016. Practically every chip vendor in the world is groping for growth drivers for the semiconductor market.
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Apple Unveils New Chips For Mobile
posted on September 14, 2015 17:05
Apple rented out a much larger venue — the 7,000-person capacity Bill Graham Civic Auditorium in downtown San Francisco — to unveil today (Sept 9) a handful of devices that are much, much smaller. The company’s new iPad and iPhone will run new processors with an updated architecture.
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