Global sales of total semiconductor manufacturing equipment by original equipment manufacturers next year are forecast to bounce back from a projected contraction of 18.6% to $87.4 billion in 2023 following the industry record of $107.4 billion in 2022.
AMD Appoints Phil Guido as Chief Commercial Officer
AMD today announced that Executive Vice President and Chief Sales Officer Darren Grasby will transition into a new role as executive vice president, strategic partnerships and that Phil Guido has joined the company as executive vice president and chief commercial officer.
Nearfield Instruments’ AUDIRA is the Semiconductor Industry’s First Non-Destructive, In-Line Subsurface Metrology System
Nearfield Instruments B.V. today launched AUDIRA – the industry’s first and only in-line, non-destructive subsurface metrology system for advanced semiconductor manufacturing.
Spirit Electronics to Provide Device Analysis with Acquisition of Insight Analytical Labs
Spirit Electronics has acquired Insight Analytical Labs to add device analysis services, including destructive physical analysis (DPA), to its existing full-turnkey semiconductor supply chain services.
Westerwood Global to Rebrand as WGNSTAR Following Acquisition of NSTAR
Westerwood Global today announced its transformation and rebranding as WGNSTAR, following the acquisition of NSTAR Global Services (NSTAR), a renowned leader in facility and equipment services and workforce management.
Electronic System Design Industry Logs $4 Billion in Revenue in Q1 2023, ESD Alliance Reports
Electronic System Design (ESD) industry revenue increased 12% from $3,527.7 million in the first quarter of 2022 to $3,951.1 million in the first quarter of 2023, the ESD Alliance announced today in its latest Electronic Design Market Data (EDMD) report.
SEMI and Semiconductor Digest Announce 2023 Best of West Award Finalists
SEMI and Semiconductor Digest today announced finalists for the Best of West award to be presented at SEMICON West 2023, July 11-13 at the Moscone Center in San Francisco.
SEMICON West 2023 Opens Tomorrow to Showcase Industry Growth to $1 Trillion, Sustainability and Talent
Concurrent with SEMICON West, FLEX Conference 2023 to Spotlight Flexible Hybrid Electronics Innovations.
Applied Materials Advances Heterogeneous Chip Integration with New Technologies for Hybrid Bonding and Through-Silicon Vias
Applied Materials, Inc. today introduced materials, technologies and systems that help chipmakers integrate chiplets into advanced 2.5D and 3D packages using hybrid bonding and through-silicon vias (TSVs). The new solutions extend Applied’s industry-leading breadth of technologies for heterogeneous integration (HI).
Global Semiconductor Sales Increase 1.7% Month-to-Month in May
The Semiconductor Industry Association (SIA) today announced global semiconductor industry sales totaled $40.7 billion during the month of May 2023, an increase of 1.7% compared to the April 2023 total of $40.0 billion but 21.1% less than the May 2022 total of $51.7 billion.
