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Wafer-Level Chip Scale Packages: Reliability and Validation Testing Using Simulation Methodology
SEMI spoke with Balaji Nandhivaram Muthuraman, Package and Material Simulation engineer at Dialog Semiconductor, about the state of reliability testing for wafer-level chip scale packages ahead of...
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Part 1 of 2: The End of the Memory Growth Rally? Where Are We in the Memory Inventory Cycle?
Micron, one of the top three memory semiconductor companies, reported solid results for the fourth quarter of fiscal 2018 (June to August) to extend a multi-quarter string of strong growth. However,...
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Japan – A Thriving, Highly Versatile Chip Manufacturing Region
On June 1st, 2018, Toshiba sold Toshiba Memory, Toshiba’s memory business, to an investment group led by Bain Capital. Toshiba Memory was then owned by a consortium of American, Japanese and Korean...
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3D Heterogeneous Integration Drives Demand for New Materials and Integration Solutions
SEMI met with Gerald Beyer, program manager at imec, to discuss the co-existence of various 3D interconnect technologies and their need for new materials and integration solutions. The two...
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SEMI Calls for Exclusion Process for Products in New China Tariff List
Last week, SEMI joined a coalition of business groups in calling for Ambassador Robert Lighthizer, U.S. Trade Representative, to enact an exclusion process for the most recent tranche of tariffs...
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Power Subsystems: Surging on a Wave of Vacuum Processing Equipment
Process power and reactive gas subsystems for semiconductor manufacturing equipment have grown at a CAGR of 21% since 2013. The segment growth is considerably above the critical subsystems industry...
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SEMI Korea Members Day: Takeaways and Tech Trends as Korea Leads in Fab Investment
Korea is on track to top all other regions in fab investment, spending $63 billion between 2017 and 2020, with powerhouses Samsung Electronics Co. and SK Hynix leading the way, according to latest...
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Amid U.S.-China Trade War, SEMI Urges International Cooperation in Shanghai Press Conference
Tensions between the U.S. and China have reached fever pitch as the Trump administration imposed higher tariffs on $200 billion of Chinese goods last Monday, adding to the $50 billion in goods hit...
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QuickLogic ultra-low power eFPGA on GF's 22FDX FD-SOI and in PULP/RISC-V SoC
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Some great pieces of FD-SOI news from QuickLogic. The company recently...
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1st Highlights from Shanghai FD-SOI/RF-SOI Events – Amazon/Blink, Intellifusion, Foundries, China Mobile, Nokia, Qorvo and More
Excellent news and exciting applications made headlines at the recent FD-SOI and RF-SOI events in Shanghai. During the FD-SOI day, Amazon/Blink and Intellifusion shared news about their new chips,...
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Tracking the Changing OSAT Market
Outsourced Semiconductor Assembly and Test (OSAT) service providers experienced strong growth in 2017, but will this growth continue? In the last few years, OSAT growth has been driven by...
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Evolving STEM Education for an Electronics Industry Workforce
With one of the oldest and largest public education systems in the developed world, how well does the US public education system serve the global electronics industry? Public education in the US has...