SEMI, the global industry association representing the electronics manufacturing and design supply chain, reported that worldwide semiconductor manufacturing equipment billings for the first quarter of 2019 dropped 8 percent from the previous quarter and 19 percent from the same quarter in 2018 to US$13.8 billion. The data are gathered jointly with the Semiconductor Equipment Association of Japan (SEAJ) from over 80 global equipment companies that provide data on a monthly…
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Ultra-Clean Fabrication Platform Produces Nearly Ideal 2D Transistors
Columbia engineers develop a clean, damage-free fabrication process that creates pristine transistors made from 2D material stacks. Testing additional content. Testing additional content. Testing additional content.
TSI Introduces New AeroTrak-Plus Remote Airborne Particle Counters
TSI (Shoreview, MN) has introduced a new range of AeroTrak®+ Remote Airborne Particle Counters (APCs)…
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MACOM Announces Stephen G. Daly as President and Chief Executive Officer
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After Three Consecutive Years of Growth, IDC Forecasts Worldwide Semiconductor Revenue to Decline by 7.2% in 2019
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AKHAN Semiconductor Appoints H. Delano Roosevelt to Board of Directors; Robert Mohr Named CFO
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Toshiba Memory and Western Digital to Jointly Invest in Flash Manufacturing Facility in Kitakami, Japan
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MACOM Announces John F. Kober as Senior Vice President and CFO
MACOM Technology Solutions Holdings, Inc. (“MACOM”) (NASDAQ: MTSI), a supplier of semiconductor solutions, today announced the…
CEA-Leti and Silvaco Team Up on Yield-Prediction Project For Ultra-Low-Power Static Memories
Leti, a research institute of CEA-Tech, and Silvaco Inc., a global provider of software, IP…
