TECHCET announced that the global market for quartz equipment consumable materials used in semiconductor manufacturing is forecasted to drop a mere ~3% to US$1.26 billion in 2019.
Semiconductors
New Synthesis Method Opens Up Possibilities for Organic Electronics
Scientists at Tokyo Institute of Technology (Tokyo Tech) modify a previous synthesis method to create a new semiconducting polymer with remarkable properties which could be used in organic electronic devices such as thin film transistors.
Synopsys to Acquire QTronic GmbH
Synopsys, Inc. today announced it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire QTronic GmbH.
Worldwide Semiconductor Revenue to Decline 9.6% in 2019
Worldwide semiconductor revenue is forecast to total $429 billion in 2019, a decline of 9.6% from $475 billion in 2018, according to Gartner, Inc.
Mid-Year Global Semiconductor Sales Down 14.5 Compared to 2018
Year-to-year sales down across all regions; 2019 Q2 sales up slightly compared to Q1.
Cree and ON Semiconductor Announce Multi-Year Silicon Carbide Wafer Supply Agreement
Agreement to boost commercial expansion of SiC in automotive and industrial applications.
Eta Compute Appoints Dr. Ted Tewksbury Chief Executive Officer
Eta Compute Inc., a company dedicated to delivering machine learning to mobile and edge devices based on its revolutionary new platform, announces today the appointment of Dr. Ted Tewksbury as chief executive officer effective immediately.
Synthesizing Single-Crystalline Hexagonal Graphene Quantum Dots
A KAIST team has designed a novel strategy for synthesizing single-crystalline graphene quantum dots, which emit stable blue light.
Experimental Observation of a New Class of Materials: Excitonic Insulators
Scientists make first observation of an ‘excitonic insulator’, an exotic state first predicted in 1960s.
Silvaco Appoints Babak Taheri as New Chief Executive Officer
Silvaco, Inc. today announced that its Board of Directors has appointed Babak Taheri to the position of Chief Executive Officer. He will also join Silvaco’s Board of Directors. Taheri has served as Silvaco’s Chief Technical Officer and Executive Vice-President of Products since October 2018. He succeeds David Dutton who has been CEO since 2015. Dutton remains on the Silvaco Board in the position of Vice-Chairman. “The Board of Directors determined…
