A Fabulous 2014 and the Road Ahead
posted on January 19, 2015 12:04
After several tough years, 2014 brought strong growth to our industry. There is no shortage for new challenges, but looking back at 2014, it truly was fabulous. 2015’s outlook is promising and collaboration through the extended supply chain is increasingly being seen as an enabler as we look down the road towards 2020.
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Why is it Taking so Long to Ramp Interposer and 3D IC Designs?
posted on January 19, 2015 12:03
A moment ago I finished reading my predictions for 2014. I wrote them on January 11, 2014, almost exactly one year ago. After convincing myself that I was roughly on target, I am going to stick my neck out again, and, hopefully, give you some food for thought.
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AMD's chip chief departs, as do other key execs
posted on January 19, 2015 12:02
AMD chip chief John Byrne has left the company, accompanying AMD’s chief strategy officer and its chief marketing officer out the door, according to the company.
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Tablets Will Drive Healthy Mobile DRAM Growth
posted on January 19, 2015 12:01
TORONTO – Global demand for tablet DRAM will continue to rise at a modest rate between now and 2018 with revenues up 10.64% CAGR according to recently released research from TechNavio, but vendors still face some challenges.
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Globalfoundries reportedly to likely delay 14nm ramp-up
posted on January 05, 2015 16:05
Globalfoundries has stopped deliveries of tools for 14nm to its fab, which would delay the foundry's production ramp-up of the process by one to two quarters, according to an industry observer.
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Global Semiconductor Market Set for Strongest Growth in Four Years in 2014
posted on January 05, 2015 16:04
El Segundo, Calif. (Dec. 22, 2014)—Worldwide semiconductor market revenue is on track to achieve a 9.4 percent expansion this year, with broad-based growth across multiple chip segments driving the best industry performance since 2010.
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What Is Apple Inc.’s iPhone 6s FinFET Backup Plan?
posted on January 05, 2015 16:03
According to a recent note published by Semiwatch's Robert Maire (via Barron's), semiconductor equipment vendors could be set to experience a sharp uptick of orders due to a 14/16-nanometer FinFET ramp up during the first quarter of 2015 in support of Apple's (NASDAQ: AAPL ) A9 processor. That's certainly interesting, but in the note, Maire is quoted as having said the following:
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When Will We Have an Exascale Supercomputer?
posted on January 05, 2015 16:02
The global race to build more powerful supercomputers is focused on the next big milestone: a supercomputer capable of performing 1 million trillion floating-point operations per second (1 exaflops).
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Has Moore’s Law Become Moot for PCs?
posted on January 05, 2015 16:01
Desktop computers are no longer the polestar of the computing firmament, as people have embraced smartphones and tablets by the million.
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3D ASIP: “It’s Complicated”
posted on December 23, 2014 18:05
The presentations at this week’s 3D Architectures in Semiconductor Integration and Packaging conference could be summed up in a famous Facebook status: “It’s complicated.”
They also could be summed up in one word: Progress.
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