Tight supplies drive up prices and sales of many widely used parts in these market segments, but moderate growth in CMOS image sensors holds back upswing in optoelectronics, says Update.
Semiconductors
Chiplet Technology Critical to Extending Moore’s Law
James Huang, Vice President of R&D, Alchip Technologies sees a chiplet revolution as the cost-effective extender of Moore’s Law.
Electroninks Receives U.S. Air Force Contract to Provide Particle-Free Conductive Ink and Printers for Advanced Manufacturing
Electroninks today announced that it has received nearly $1.5M in Phase II Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) funding to develop advanced manufacturing hardware and particle-free conductive inks for printed circuit boards from the Air Force Rapid Sustainment Office (RSO).
BASF and Entegris Sign Agreement on the Sale of Precision Microchemicals Business
BASF and Entegris have signed an agreement on the sale of the Precision Microchemicals business to Entegris for $90 million. The transaction includes technologies, intellectual property and trademarks and is expected to be completed by the end of 2021.
Semtech Announces Intelligent Sensor Platform, PerSe
Semtech Corporation, a global supplier of high performance analog and mixed-signal semiconductors and advanced algorithms, announced itsPerSe line of sensors targeted for the personal connected consumer device market.
Micron’s New Crucial DDR5 Memory Delivers Blazing Speeds and Massive Bandwidth to Consumers for Next-Gen Desktop PCs
Micron Technology, Inc. today announced the immediate availability of Micron Crucial DDR5 desktop PC memory products that deliver up to 50% faster data transfer speeds over previous-generation DDR4 memory, providing mainstream PC users with enthusiast-level performance.
Maximizing Protection of Flip Chip Interconnects
NCP and NCF property and process optimization deliver high-reliability results.
Supplyframe CIQ Suggests Chip Supply Stabilization Will Not Begin Until 1H 2023
The number of commodity dimensions with red status grew again as the industry entered the fourth quarter of 2021, according to the latest Supplyframe Commodity IQ.
Ceramics/SiC Market Expected to Reach US $2.00B
TECHCET announced that the 2021 worldwide ceramics parts market for fabricated ceramic parts is expected to reach US$2.00B, growing 37+% from 2020, driven by semiconductor production growth and spending on new fab equipment.
Naprotek Acquires SemiGen
Naprotek, LLC, a provider of high-reliability, quick-turn electronics manufacturing, has completed the acquisition of SemiGen, Inc., a privately held company based in Londonderry, NH.
