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Fab Models Built on AI Collaborative Knowledge Sharing
New AI knowledge sharing fab models will play a leading role in shaping the fab of the future.
Semiconductor Materials Market to Hit $50B in 2020 Up 3%
TECHCET announces that 2020 global materials revenues in semiconductor fabrication are now forecasted upward year-over-year (YoY) despite potential disruptions to manufacturing
Sensing and Computing for ADAS Vehicles: Forecasts and Expectations
ADAS sensor market will reach more than $22B in 2025 with radar and camera leading the market.
Energetic Materials in the Sub-fab: Protecting Personnel and Productivity
Most incidents with energetic materials occur in the sub-fab where material can accumulate in vacuum lines and pumps. Careless behavior can result in catastrophic failures that injure personnel, damage equipment, and halt production.
Process Power: The New Lithography
The technical challenges and advances being realized in modern RF process power systems that make sub 10 nm processing possible are reviewed.
Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning in Semiconductor Manufacturing: Inspection and Metrology
AI and ML have great potential in many areas of the semiconductor manufacturing process, ranging in scale from improving the performance of individual tools to managing an entire fab and optimizing the global supply chain
Novel Virus-Based Colorimetric Sensor Can Show True Colors of Airborne Threats
Scientists employ genetically engineered viruses to produce intuitive color-coded sensors for detecting airborne chemicals.
Wafer Level Packaging Reaches New Heights
Fan-out package revenue is expected to surpass $2B by 2025 and fan-in WLCSP revenue to peak to $3B by 2025 as TSMC continues to drive the fan-out market in 5G applications.
COVID-19 Drives Rise in Global Fab Equipment Spending, SEMI Reports
Soaring pandemic-inspired demand for chips that power everything from communications and IT infrastructures to personal computing, gaming and healthcare electronics will drive an 8% increase in global fab equipment spending in 2020 and a 13% increase in 2021, SEMI announced today in its World Fab Forecast report. Rising demand for semiconductors for datacenter infrastructures and server storage along with the buildup of safety stock as U.S.-China trade tensions intensify are also contributing to this year’s growth.
