Yole Développement (Yole) expects the emerging semiconductor substrate market to surpass US$400 million, growing at a 24% CAGR between 2018 and 2024.
Semiconductors
IEEE Approves New Power Modeling Standard
Silicon Integration Initiative has announced that its Unified Power Model, developed with major contributions from IBM and GLOBALFOUNDRIES, has been approved as IEEE 2416-2019, a new Standard for Power Modeling to Enable System Level Analysis, which complements UPF/IEEE 1801-2018 Standard for Design and Verification of Low-Power, Energy-Aware Electronic Systems.
Applying Pressure Is Way Toward Generating More Electricity From Waste Heat
Osaka University-led researchers apply pressure to a thermoelectric material to better understand quantum phenomena and in doing so are able to increase the material’s ability to produce electricity from waste heat by 100%.
SEMI Teams with Cornell University To Accelerate Technology Development Using Machine Learning and AI
SEMI today announced a research and development (R&D) project to speed technology progress and problem-solving in microelectronics manufacturing and across the supply chain by driving new efficiencies using machine learning (ML) and artificial intelligence (AI).
Lattice Semiconductor Wins AI Breakthrough Award
Lattice Semiconductor Corporation announced the company’s popular Lattice sensAI solutions stack was named “Best AI-Based Solution for Engineering” in the 2019 AI Breakthrough Awards.
What to Make of the ‘Quantum Advantage’ at SEMICON West?
SEMICON West participants will gain first look at Quantum Economic Development Consortium (QED-C) roadmapping activities devoted to the pursuit of U.S. leadership in the rapidly emerging global quantum industry.
Air Products Awarded Contract to Supply MEMC Korea’s New 300mm Silicon Wafer Fab in Cheonan, South Korea
Air Products (NYSE: APD) today announced it has been awarded a contract by MEMC Korea to supply a new 300mm silicon wafer fab being built adjacent to its existing fab in Cheonan, South Korea. MEMC Korea—wholly-owned by GlobalWafers, which is the world’s third largest silicon wafer manufacturer—is a leading global wafer supplier to the semiconductor industry. Air Products will provide MEMC Korea’s new production line with its turnkey solutions, including a PRISM®…
Shell Increases Versatility of Nanowires
Laboratory experiments show that semiconductor nanowires can be tuned over wide energy ranges.
NXP Semiconductors Appoints Three New Non-Executive Directors
NXP Semiconductors N.V. (NASDAQ: NXPI) announced the results of its Annual General Meeting of Shareholders (“AGM”), held on June 17, 2019 in Amsterdam. Three new non-executive directors – Ms. Lena Olving, Ms. Jasmin Staiblin and Mr. Karl-Henrik Sundström, have been appointed. In addition to the new appointments, six current non-executive directors, Sir Peter Bonfield, Kenneth A. Goldman, Mr. Josef Kaeser, Mr. Peter Smitham, Ms. Julie Southern, Mr. Gregory L. Summe,…
Rahul Goyal of Intel Re-elected Board Chair of Silicon Integration Initiative
Rahul Goyal of Intel has been reelected to a one-year term as board chair of Silicon Integration Initiative, a research and development joint venture that provides standard interoperability solutions for integrated circuit design tools. The election was held during Si2’s board meeting at the recent Design Automation Conference. Other companies represented on the Si2 board are: ANSYS, Cadence Design Systems, GLOBALFOUNDRIES, Google, IBM, Qualcomm Technologies, Samsung, Siemens–a Mentor Business, Synopsys…
