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VLSI Research: Critical Subsystems Service and Support
John West, Managing Director at VLSI Research, projects the annual revenues for service and support of critical subsystems out to 2022, citing many figures and percentages to support. A breakdown by...
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Being "Idle" to Make Money - How Powering Down Pays Off
Large semiconductor fabs can devour electricity at clip of 100 megawatts per hour -- enough to power 50,000 homes1 and, according to a McKinsey study, more than automobile plants and oil...
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SEMI Honors RF-SOI Innovators Raskin & Aspar
RF-SOI innovators Jean-Pierre Raskin of UCL and Bernard Aspar of Soitec changed the course for key RF chips. The industry has long recognized their contributions: their solution for “trap-rich”...
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Does China Mobile Care About RF-SOI for 5G? Oh Yes.
China Mobile is the world's largest* telco. So when Danni Song, one of the company's high-level project managers presented at the SOI Consortium's 5th International RF-SOI Workshop in Shanghai, you...
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China/Taiwan Markets February Chill
After a record January, Taiwan-listed electronics companies, many of which manufacture in China, reported significant drops in February sales. A number of events likely contributed: Far fewer working...
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U.S. Trade Tensions with China Hit Fever Pitch
Following through on his 2016 campaign promise, President Trump is implementing trade policies that buck conventional wisdom in Washington, D.C. and among U.S. businesses. Stiff tariffs and the...
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Automotive Chip Manufacturing in Japan Drives Innovation
In Tokyo, Shanghai, Moscow, London, Paris or New York – wherever you are in the world –Japanese vehicles passing by on the roadways are a common sight. Three big reasons are their high quality,...
Event Presentation
SEMICON Europa 2017 Collection
This collection contains presentations by Dirk Drescher, GM at XFAB, Florian Hilpert, Group Leader of Aviation Electronics at Fraunhofer, Florin Udrea, Ph.D., Professor of Semiconductor Engineering...
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Outstanding 28nm FD-SOI Chips Taped Out Through CMP
ST Fellow Dr. Andreia Cathelin gave a terrific presentation at the recent CMP Annual Meeting. Now posted and freely available, Performance of Recent Outstanding 28nm FD-SOI Circuits Taped Out Through...
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Silicon! Dream Chips' ADAS SoC in 22FDX Posts Record Power Efficiency
They've got initial silicon of Dream Chips' ADAS SoC fabbed in GlobalFoundries' 22FDX (FD-SOI) technology, and it's got record power efficiency (read the full press release here). The chip offers...
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Renewable Energy's Drive Toward Zero Emissions: Key Takeaways from SEMI Taiwan Member Forum
The solar energy sector shined in a global renewable energy market that maintained steady growth last year despite the United States’ stunning withdrawal from the Paris Agreement. Solar panel costs...
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What’s Next for Smart Speakers? Smarter Microphones
Smart speakers and voice assistants are already a big part of everyday life for many of us. Improvement in speech recognition accuracy obtained from advancements in natural language processing,...