Back To The Future
posted on February 05, 2015 11:04
The push to the next process node typically has meant that designs get simpler at existing and older nodes because the process technology is more mature and there have been so many chips developed at those nodes—many billions of them—that every possible corner case has been encountered hundreds, if not thousands, of times.
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China Market Continues to Defy Global Trends with Projected Double-Digit Growth
posted on February 05, 2015 11:03
While the days of double-digit compound annual growth rates (CAGRs) for the global semiconductor industry have largely passed, the continued growing demand for electronic products in China continues to drive investment in growing the nation’s domestic chip-making capabilities at double-digit levels.
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Changes and Challenges Abound in Multi-patterning Lithography
posted on February 05, 2015 11:02
Multi-patterning lithography is a fact of life for many chipmakers. Experts in the fields of electronic design automation and lithography address the issues associated with the technology.
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Darker Silicon
posted on February 05, 2015 11:01
For the last several decades, integrated circuit manufacturers have focused their efforts on Moore’s Law, increasing transistor density at constant cost. For much of that time, Dennard’s Law also held: As the dimensions of a device go down, so does power consumption. Smaller transistors ran faster, used less power, and cost less.
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Next Channel Materials?
posted on January 27, 2015 15:05
Chipmakers are making a giant leap from planar transistors to finFETs. Initially, Intel moved into finFET production at 22nm and is now ramping up its second-generation finFETs at 14nm. And the other foundries will enter the finFET fray at 16nm/14nm.
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North American Semiconductor Equipment Industry Posts December 2014 Book-to-Bill Ratio of 0.98
posted on January 27, 2015 15:04
SAN JOSE, Calif. — January 23, 2015 — North America-based manufacturers of semiconductor equipment posted $1.37 billion in orders worldwide in December 2014 (three-month average basis) and a book-to-bill ratio of 0.98, according to the December EMDS Book-to-Bill Report published today by SEMI. A book-to-bill of 0.98 means that $98 worth of orders were received for every $100 of product billed for the month.
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Prolonged IC industry upswing ahead, says Future Horizons
posted on January 27, 2015 15:03
It is time to prepare for one of the strongest and longest upswings in the semiconductor industry’s history, it was stated at the Future Horizons’ IFS 2015 forecast meeting in London this morning.
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Manufacturing And Packaging Changes For 2015
posted on January 27, 2015 15:02
This year more than 26 people provided predictions for 2015. Most of these came from the EDA industry, so the results may be rather biased.
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3D NAND Flash, El Capitan and Peacocks’ Tails – An Outlook for 2015
posted on January 27, 2015 15:01
2014: That was a year that was! Many of you, perhaps remembering my outlook missive from last year, must be looking forward to how I would explain my piffle given the marvelous developments over the past year. Well, piffle it ain’t. Just more nuanced. I’ll explain but first, a recap of events:
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FeFET to Extend Moore's Law
posted on January 19, 2015 12:05
PORTLAND, Ore. -- Universal memory replacing DRAM, SRAM, flash and nearly every transistor in a computer may result from their successful fabrication of a ferroelectric gate over germanium channel material, according to researchers at the University of Texas (Austin).
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