With advanced materials a critical enabler of semiconductor growth applications, the stage is set for Strategic Materials Conference (SMC 2020), the premier event offering the latest market insights into drivers of advanced materials in the microelectronics supply chain.
Semiconductors
pSemi Expands Portfolio with Two High-Performance Digital Step Attenuators
pSemi Corporation, a Murata company focused on semiconductor integration, announces the expansion of its digital step attenuator (DSA) portfolio with two new high-performance DSAs, PE43610 and PE43614.
Tachyum Shows Prodigy Running Existing x86, ARM, and RISC-V Software
Tachyum Inc. today announced that its Prodigy Universal Processor has successfully completed software emulation testing across x86, ARM and RISC-V binary environments.
Lam Research and VELO3D Strike Strategic Agreement to Use Metal Additive Manufacturing Applications for Production of Semiconductor Capital Equipment
Digital manufacturing innovator VELO3D and Lam Research Corporation(Nasdaq: LRCX) today announced a joint development agreement that includes collaboration on novel materials and designs in metal additive manufacturing (AM) or 3D printing applications for the semiconductor industry. Lam plans to significantly increase the volume of parts produced by AM over the next five years.
Sale of ZEISS iTrap
Atlas Copco Group, a Sweden-based provider of industrial productivity solutions has acquired iTrap mass spectrometry technology from ZEISS. The business will become part of the Semiconductor Chamber Solutions Division in Atlas Copco‘s Business Area Vacuum Technique.
Onto Innovation Announces Multiple Orders for JetStep Panel Lithography System
Onto Innovation Inc. today announced it has received multiple purchase orders for its JetStep projection lithography stepper from three leading manufacturers.
SEMI and EDA Industry Leaders Unite to Combat Software Piracy
SEMI, Cadence, Mentor, a Siemens Business, and Synopsys today announced plans to jointly develop an industry-standard protocol to combat electronic design automation (EDA) software piracy, a growing and costly problem for software vendors and their users.
Renesas Collaborates with Novatek Microelectronics on Surveillance Camera Reference Design
Renesas Electronics Corporation (TSE:6723), a premier supplier of advanced semiconductor solutions, today introduced an ultra-high-definition (UHD) surveillance camera reference design to address today’s high-accuracy object detection and recognition needs for video security and surveillance systems.
Scientists Discover New Class of Semiconducting Entropy-Stabilized Materials
Semiconductors are important materials in numerous functional applications such as digital and analog electronics, solar cells, LEDs, and lasers. Semiconducting alloys are particularly useful for these applications since their properties can be engineered by tuning the mixing ratio or the alloy ingredients.
GLOBALFOUNDRIES Appoints David Reeder as Chief Financial Officer
David will draw on his more than 20 years of global financial and executive management experience with public and private companies to support GF’s growth and continued success as the world’s leading specialty foundry as well as accelerate the company’s journey to IPO.
