While China’s share of all semiconductor production has shot up, the Americas region has declined, raising alarm bells in Washington. “We see a continuation of this trend, with the Americas dropping by one more percent point next year and China building out its lead.” – SEMI senior principal analyst Christian Dieseldorff.
DRAM Prices Move Higher as the Industry Continues to Innovate
A look at current market dynamics and the emergence of DDR5, 1-alpha process node, and CXL. Find the full article in the June/July issue of Semiconductor Digest.
What Trends Will Have the Biggest Impact on Semiconductor Design?
Semiconductor design has progressively improved over the decades, and that will continue for the foreseeable future. Here are some fascinating trends that will likely shape the future of engineering at all stages of product development.
White Paper: Semiconductor Innovation & Intellectual Property Rights
A new white paper from Aalbun, the World’s first Intellectual Property Platform as a Service (PaaS), highlights the big themes and issues dominating the semiconductor industry and how they and the events of the pandemic will impact on innovation and intellectual property rights in the sector going forward.
Graphene Solid State Devices: What Does the Future Hold?
The integration of graphene into the semiconductor industry requires a deep understanding of how this material behaves, how to manipulate it in a fabrication environment and how to employ existing processes to maximise the unique properties of graphene.
Be Smart About Smart Manufacturing
Smart Manufacturing concepts and solutions can be both an exciting opportunity and a daunting challenge.
How Chip Technology Will Decipher Brain Diseases
As part of Mission Lucidity, the brain-on-chip project tackles Parkinson’s disease. Central in this endeavor is imec’s high-density multi-electrode array (MEA) that can interface at a single-cell level. With stem cell technology that can reprogram cells, the MEA can create and tweak any relevant brain circuit to study disease mechanisms and the effects of drugs on the circuits.
5 Key Vulnerabilities in the Semiconductor Supply Chain
There’s an ongoing push to strengthen the semiconductor supply chain, but making gains in that area is not as straightforward as some people initially believed. Here are five of the top vulnerabilities for the semiconductor sector to solve.
Automating Mask SEM Analysis Using Digital Twins
Deep Learning can learn features from the SEM images generated using digital twins, then use that learning to find defects on real SEM images.
A Collaborative Approach for Automotive Electronics
Collaboration along the supply chain, focused on common issues that emerge out of the dynamic electronics market and changing automotive ecosystem, will identify and drive improvements in the interest of the whole supply chain.
