Semiconductors

Samsung Foundry Begins Partnership with Silvaco to Launch their Semiconductor IP Assets

Silvaco Inc., a supplier of EDA software and design IP, announced that the semiconductor design IP of Samsung Foundry is now marketed, licensed and supported through Silvaco Inc. The addition of Samsung production-proven design IP complements Silvaco’s existing SIPware™ IP products and solutions—embedded processors, wired interfaces, bus fabrics, peripheral controllers, cores for automotive, consumer and IoT/sensor applications. The initial offering of hard design IP is for the 14nm process node and is…

Metal nanoclusters can be used as semiconductors: Key properties observed for first time

Tiny nanoclusters of metal atoms – such as gold and silver – have properties which…

Samsung completes 5nm EUV development

Samsung Electronics makes major strides in EUV-based advanced nodes, including 7nm mass production and 6nm…

MagnaChip launches 28nm OLED DDIC for smartphone displays

MagnaChip Semiconductor Corporation, a designer and manufacturer of analog and mixed-signal semiconductor products, announced today…

Semiconductor photomask sales reach record high of $4B

Following a record-breaking 2017, worldwide semiconductor photomask sales set a new high of $4.04 billion…

NRL develops laser processing method to increase efficiency of optoelectronic devices

Scientists at the U.S. Naval Research Laboratory (NRL) discovered a new method to passivate defects…

2018 global semiconductor equipment sales jump to record $64.5B

Worldwide sales of semiconductor manufacturing equipment surged 14 percent from $56.62 billion in 2017 to…

Measurement of semiconductor material quality is now 100,000 times more sensitive

The enhanced power of the new measuring technique to characterize materials at scales much smaller…

Semiconductor industry calls for bold federal policies to sustain U.S. leadership in chip technology

As foreign governments take big steps to advance their domestic semiconductor capabilities, new blueprint lays…

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