Scientists at the U.S. Naval Research Laboratory (NRL) discovered a new method to passivate defects in next generation optical materials to improve optical quality and enable the miniaturization of light emitting diodes and other optical elements. “From a chemistry standpoint, we have discovered a new photocatalytic reaction using laser light and water molecules, which is new and exciting,” said Saujan Sivaram, Ph.D., lead author of the study. “From a general…
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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 an all-time high of $64.5 billion in 2018, SEMI, reported. The data is now available in the Worldwide Semiconductor Equipment Market Statistics (WWSEMS) Report. For the second consecutive year, Korea claimed the largest market for new semiconductor equipment with $17.71 billion in sales, followed by China, rising to become the second largest equipment market for…
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…
Intel announces broadest product portfolio for moving, storing and processing data
Customers turn to Intel for processor performance, advanced AI optimization and breakthrough persistent memory capabilities…
Global semiconductor sales decrease 7.3% month-to-month in February
Year-to-year sales fall across all regions, decrease 10.6 percent overall The Semiconductor Industry Association (SIA)…
ON Semiconductor reaches key milestones in Roznov facility expansion
New operations site focuses on advancing innovations for industrial, consumer, computing and automotive market segments…
DRAM market to shrink substantially in 2019
Despite market challenges, Samsung continued to lead in unit shipment volume Recent concerns over market…
Process Watch: Baseline Yield Predicts Baseline Reliability
By David W. Price, Douglas G. Sutherland and Jay Rathert Author’s Note: The Process Watch…
EV Group partners with NSI on first wafer-level heterogeneous integration of GaAs on silicon
EV Group (EVG), a supplier of wafer bonding and lithography equipment, today announced that it…
