At SEMI’s 2020 Industry Strategy Symposium (ISS), held January 12-15th at Half Moon Bay in California, Marco Pieters, Vice President, EUV Product Marketing, ASML provided a status report on EUV’s acceptance in high volume manufacturing and an update on progress toward the company’s next-gen high NA tool.
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ISS: 2020 Outlook on Automotive Electronics
At SEMI’s 2020 Industry Strategy Symposium (ISS), held January 12-15th at Half Moon Bay in California, Ken Washington, CTO, Ford Motor Company, who described a vision for cars of the future and their requirements when it comes to connectivity and compute power.
ISS: The 2020 Outlook for Consumer Electronics
At SEMI’s 2020 Industry Strategy Symposium (ISS), held January 12-15th at Half Moon Bay in California, Shawn DuBravac, CEO, Avrio Institute, gave his insights on major trends in consumer electronics, with specific examples from the recent Consumer Electronics Show (CES).
ISS: The 2020 China Outlook
At SEMI’s 2020 Industry Strategy Symposium (ISS), held January 12-15th at Half Moon Bay in California, Handel Jones, CEO, International Business Strategies (IBS), spoke on the opportunities and threats in the China market.
ISS: The 2020 Market Outlook
At SEMI’s 2020 Industry Strategy Symposium (ISS), held January 12-15th at Half Moon Bay in California, Bob Johnson, vice president, Gartner, talked about the challenges ahead in the semiconductor market.
Littelfuse Appoints Maria C. Green to Board of Directors
Littelfuse, Inc. (NASDAQ: LFUS), a global manufacturer of leading technologies in circuit protection, power control and sensing, announced today the appointment of Maria C. Green, retired Senior Vice President and General Counsel of Ingersoll-Rand plc (NYSE: IR), to the company’s board of directors, effective February 1, 2020.
Detection of Very High Frequency Magnetic Resonance Could Revolutionize Electronics
A team of physicists has discovered an electrical detection method for terahertz electromagnetic waves, which are extremely difficult to detect. The discovery could help miniaturize the detection equipment on microchips and enhance sensitivity. The researchers, led by physicist Jing Shi of the University of California, Riverside, generated a spin current, an important physical quantity in spintronics, in an antiferromagnet and were able to detect it electrically. To accomplish this feat, they used terahertz radiation to pump up magnetic resonance in chromia to facilitate its detection.
Rice Lab Turns Trash Into Valuable Graphene in a Flash
That banana peel, turned into graphene, can help facilitate a massive reduction of the environmental impact of concrete and other building materials. While you’re at it, toss in those plastic empties. A new process introduced by the Rice University lab of chemist James Tour can turn bulk quantities of just about any carbon source into valuable graphene flakes. The process is quick and cheap; Tour said the “flash graphene” technique can convert a ton of coal, food waste or plastic into graphene for a fraction of the cost used by other bulk graphene-producing methods.
Researchers Expand Microchip Capability with New 3D Inductor Technology
Smaller is better when it comes to microchips, researchers said, and by using 3D components on a standardized 2D microchip manufacturing platform, developers can use up to 100 times less chip space. A team of engineers has boosted the performance of its previously developed 3D inductor technology by adding as much as three orders of magnitudes more induction to meet the performance demands of modern electronic devices.
North American Semiconductor Equipment Industry Posts December 2019 Billings
North America-based manufacturers of semiconductor equipment posted $2.49 billion in billings worldwide in December 2019 (three-month average basis), according to the December Equipment Market Data Subscription (EMDS) Billings Report published today by SEMI. The billings figure is 17.5 percent higher than the final November 2019 level of $2.12 billion, and is 17.8 percent higher than the December 2018 billings level of $2.11 billion.
