Semiconductors

IBM Commits to Skill 30 Million People Globally by 2030

 IBM  today unveiled a groundbreaking commitment and global plan to provide 30 million people of all ages with new skills needed for the jobs of tomorrow by 2030. 

IC Industry at Heart of Possible China Takeover of Taiwan

Combined, China and Taiwan would hold about 37% of global IC capacity, almost 3x that of North America.

Rambus Advances Server Memory Performance with the Industry’s First 5600 MT/s DDR5 Registering Clock Driver

Rambus Inc. (NASDAQ: RMBS), a chip and silicon IP provider making data faster and safer, today announced it is now sampling its 5600 MT/s 2nd-generation RCD chip to the major DDR5 memory module (RDIMM) suppliers.

New Nanostructure Could Be the Key to Quantum Electronics

Using a completely new synthesis approach, nanostructures made of aluminium single crystals and the semiconductor germanium are jointly explored at TU Wien and CNRS-UGA Grenoble for future quantum technologies.

Contributing to Solve the Heat Concentration Problem in Power Semiconductors

In high-performance CPUs used in large servers and power semiconductors used in inverters for hybrid electric vehicles (HEVs), as the integration density rises and the higher the power consumption becomes, the semiconductor package is also becoming smaller.

2021 IEDM to Unveil the Latest Advances in Semiconductors and Related Technologies

The foundational elements of digital technologies – semiconductors and other micro/nanoelectronic devices – have become indispensable to modern life, and the place to learn about cutting-edge research in the field is the 67th annual IEEE International Electron Devices Meeting, to be held December 11–15, 2021 at the Hilton San Francisco Union Square hotel.

Samsung Starts Mass Production of Most Advanced 14nm EUV DDR5 DRAM

Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. today announced that it has begun mass producing the industry’s smallest, 14-nanometer (nm), DRAM based on extreme ultraviolet (EUV) technology.

Aehr Receives $1.3 Million Order for FOX-NP Test & Burn-in Systems for Photonics Device Characterization and Product Qualification

Aehr Test Systems, a worldwide supplier of semiconductor test and reliability qualification equipment, today announced it has received a $1.3 million order from a current customer for two FOX-NP systems, adding to their existing fleet to provide additional test capacity for new product engineering characterization and qualification of photonics devices.

Chip Demand Riding High but for How Long?

TECHCET warns of possible bull-whip effect from the 2020-2021 steep chip growth. A key factor that may ease any sudden inventory correction is limited materials capacity.

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