The Best of West Award winner will be announced at SEMICON West 2024 on Thursday, July 11 at 11:00 a.m. PDT in the Media Hub.
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Global Semiconductor Sales Increase 19.3% Year-to-Year in May
May sales increase on a year-to-year basis by largest percentage since April 2022; worldwide chip sales increase 4.1% month-to-month.
JST Wins New Order for 300mm Ospray Multi-Chamber Single-Wafer Wet Processing System
Highly flexible platform delivers unprecedented flexibility, precision, and repeatability during the etching and deposition process.

What’s in the July Issue?
Each issue of Semiconductor Digest has articles found only in the magazine. Click on the links to read the articles in the July issue. Pick up an issue in print at SEMICON West from the publication bins or from our booth, #248.

Flexible and Durable Bioelectrodes: The Future of Healthcare Wearables
The proposed bioelectrode can lead to comfortable and long-lasting wearables for healthcare and fitness applications.
New SEMI Governing Council for Smart MedTech Initiative to Connect Semiconductor and Life Science Communities
SEMI, the industry association serving the global electronics manufacturing and design supply chain, today announced the formation of a governing council for its Smart MedTech Initiative that will guide the initiative in its vision to revolutionize global healthcare through innovation, democratization, and pioneering advances in preventative care.

Self-Assembling, Highly Conductive Sensors Could Improve Wearable Devices
To advance soft robotics, skin-integrated electronics and biomedical devices, researchers at Penn State have developed a 3D-printed material that is soft and stretchable — traits needed for matching the properties of tissues and organs — and that self-assembles.
Rogue Valley Microdevices to Receive CHIPS Act Funds to Support the Construction of New Foundry
Today, the Biden-Harris Administration announced that the U.S. Department of Commerce and Rogue Valley Microdevices (RVM) have signed a non-binding preliminary memorandum of terms (PMT) to provide up to $6.7 million in proposed direct funding under the CHIPS and Science Act.
Keysight Streamlines and Automates Samsung Semiconductor India Research’s 5G Field-to-Lab Workflow
Keysight Technologies, Inc. announces that Samsung Semiconductor India Research (SSIR) has selected the Keysight Signaling Field-To-Lab (S-FTL) solution to streamline and automate its 5G field-to-lab workflow in its Bengaluru lab.
Primarius NanoSpice Simulator Certified for Samsung Foundry 3nm/4nm Process Technology
Primarius Technologies today announced that its NanoSpice universal parallel SPICE simulator has been validated and certified for Samsung Foundry’s 3/4nm technology