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.
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SEMI 2019 Mid-Year Total Equipment Forecast – 2019 Market Reset With 2020 Recovery
Global sales of semiconductor manufacturing equipment by original equipment manufacturers are projected to drop 18.4 percent to $52.7 billion in 2019 from last year’s historic high of $64.5 billion.
SEMICON West 2019 Opens with Smart Technologies, Workforce Development, Industry Opportunities in Spotlight
Smart technologies take center stage today as SEMICON West, the flagship U.S. event for connecting the electronics manufacturing and design supply chain, opens for three days of insights into leading technologies and applications that will power future industry expansion.
Waymo Wins SEMI Award at SEMICON West for Groundbreaking Self-Driving Technology
Waymo, a self-driving technology company with a mission to make it safe and easy for people and things to move around, has won the 2019 SEMI Americas Award.
SEMICON West 2019 Opens with Smart Technologies, Workforce Development, Industry Opportunities in Spotlight
Smart technologies take center stage today as SEMICON West, the flagship U.S. event for connecting the electronics manufacturing and design supply chain, opens for three days of insights into leading technologies and applications that will power future industry expansion.
Rare, All-Electric Chinese SUV and Newest Chevy Autonomous Test Vehicle to be Previewed This Week
China’s Xpeng Motors will display and dissect an automotive unicorn – a rare, all-electric sports utility vehicle – at SEMICON West this week.
Can Silicon Technology Help Transform Healthcare?
The semiconductor industry has delivered breakthrough innovations in computer pro- cessing power and miniaturization over the last 70 years. Could it deliver similar results in the field of healthcare? That was the question addressed by Paru Deshpande, VP Life Sciences & Imaging at imec during a talk on Monday during imec’s International Technology Forum at the Grand Hyatt in San Francisco.
‘Tsunami’ On a Silicon Chip: A World First For Light Waves
A tsunami holds its wave shape over very long distances across the ocean, retaining its…
Global Semiconductor Sales Decrease 14.6 Percent Year-to-Year in May
The Semiconductor Industry Association (SIA) today announced worldwide sales of semiconductors were $33.1 billion in May 2019, a…
EV Group Revolutionizes Lithography With New Maskless Exposure Technology
EV Group (EVG) today unveiled MLE (Maskless Exposure), a revolutionary next-generation lithography technology developed to address future back-end lithography needs for advanced packaging, MEMS, biomedical and high-density printed circuit board (PCB) applications.
