The Semiconductor Industry Association announced worldwide sales of semiconductors were $41.8 billion in April 2021, an increase of 1.9% from the March 2021 total of $41.0 billion and 21.7% more than the April 2020 total of $34.4 billion.
Semiconductors
indie Semiconductor and Thunder Bridge Acquisition II, Ltd. Announce Closing of Business Combination
indie Semiconductor and Thunder Bridge Acquisition II, Ltd. today announced the completion of their previously announced business combination.
GaN Wide Bandgap Semiconductor Enabling 1200V and Beyond Power Switches, Now Commercially Available for 200mm Large Scale Manufacturing
The U.S. Naval Research Laboratory’s gallium nitride (GaN) wafers, also called large-area engineered substrates, can enable GaN to potentially be a displacement technology for silicon semiconductors used in microelectronics, particularly in power electronics.
New Study Presents Tip-Induced Nano-Engineering of Strain, Bandgap, and Exciton Funneling in 2D Semiconductors
A research team, led by Professor Kyoung-Duck Park in the Department of Physics at UNIST has succeeded in investigating and controlling the physical properties of naturally-formed nanoscale wrinkles in two-dimensional (2D) semiconductors.
FormFactor Appoints New Board Member
FormFactor, Inc. today announced the appointment of Jorge Titinger to its Board of Directors effective immediately.
Achieving UV Nonlinearity with a Wide Bandgap Semiconductor Waveguide
The field of ultrafast nonlinear photonics has now become the focus of numerous studies, as it enables a host of applications in advanced on-chip spectroscopy and information processing.
The 2021 Symposia on VLSI Technology & Circuits Presents Overview Videos for Virtual Symposia Program and Demo Sessions
The 2021 Symposia on VLSI Technology & Circuits has released a video highlighting their technical program based on the theme “VLSI Systems for Lifestyle Transformation.”
2021 Resist Revenues to Grow 6% to $2.0B and to $2.4B by 2025
TECHCET announced 2021 resist revenues are forecasted to grow 6%+ to $1.98B USD and to continue expanding to $2.37B in 2025.
SEMI Applauds Senate Passage of USICA Semiconductor Funding, Urges House Action
SEMI, the industry association serving the global electronics design and manufacturing supply chain, today applauded the Senate’s passage of $52 billion in funding for new incentives to promote U.S. semiconductor manufacturing and research.
SIAC Commends Senate Passage of Critical Semiconductor Investments in USICA
The Semiconductors in America Coalition (SIAC), a cross-sector alliance of semiconductor companies and major downstream users of semiconductors, today released the following statement commending Senate passage of funding for domestic chip technology in the United States Innovation and Competition Act.
