SEMI yesterday honored five industry leaders at SEMICON West 2019 for their outstanding accomplishments in developing Standards for the electronics and related industries. The SEMI Standards awards were announced at the SEMI International Standards 1000th Standard Celebration.
CEA-Leti and UnitySC Announce Further Collaboration
Leti, a research institute of CEA Tech, and UnitySC, a wholly owned subsidiary of FOGALE Nanotech Group and a leader in inspection and metrology solutions for advanced semiconductor packaging, today announced a four-year extension of their collaboration to further advance metrology-inspection capabilities per tool, while reducing the tools’ footprint and cost of ownership.
How “Guardbanding” of Inline Wafer Defects Can Improve Chip Reliability Insurance
The semiconductor industry has long used a process known as digital guardbanding to ink-off suspect die.
CMOS Image Sensors: Expect a 10.1% Year-on-Year Growth Rate for 2019
CIS has become a key market segment in the semiconductor industry, reaching US$15.5 billion in 2018.
Maximizing EUVL System Availability
The innovative process of extreme ultraviolet lithography, known in its short form as EUVL or EUV, is the next generation lithography technology that leading semiconductor chip-makers plan to use in the manufacturing of the most advanced semiconductor components.
Live from SEMICON West 2019
Browse today’s edition of the Show Day from SEMICON West 2019.
2019 Rare Earths Rarely So Strategic
Global supply-chains are being disrupted by the U.S./China trade wars, driving increased awareness of the strategic importance of rare-earth elements (REE).
X-rays Reveal Monolayer Phase in Organic Semiconductor
A team of researchers from Russia, Germany, and France featuring materials scientists from the Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology has investigated how the electrical properties of dihexyl-quarterthiophene thin films depend on their structure.
KLA Announces New Defect Inspection and Review Portfolio
On Tuesday, KLA Corp. announced the 392x and 295x optical defect inspection systems and the eDR7380TM e-beam defect review system.
How the MEMS Market Is Holding Up in a Gloomy Economy
The semiconductor market had its best year in 2018, reaching almost US$470 billion. However, growth was slower than anticipated due to sluggish smartphone and automotive sales.
