What’s in the January/February Issue?

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Shaking Up the Future: A Breakthrough in Motion Detection Technology

MEMS accelerometers, critical in high-precision fields, have historically faced issues with temperature drift and stability, limiting their broader application.

Toppan Photomask Signs Agreement with IBM for Joint R&D on Semiconductor EUV Photomasks

Advancing development of EUV photomasks for IBM’s 2nm technology designs.

Worldwide Silicon Wafer Shipments and Revenue Fall in 2023, SEMI Reports

Worldwide silicon wafer shipments in 2023 decreased 14.3% to 12,602 million square inches while wafer revenue contracted 10.9% to $12.3 billion over the same period, the SEMI Silicon Manufacturers Group (SMG) reported in its year-end analysis of the silicon wafer industry.

DHL Industrial Project Appoints New Global Sector Head Semiconductor Fabrications

DHL Industrial Projects, a unit of DHL Global Forwarding that manages complex project logistics, deep sea chartering activity and heavy-lift cargo, has appointed industry veteran John Lu as Global Sector Head Semiconductor Fabrications.

SemiQon and CMC Microsystems Announce Collaboration

Fully tested silicon-based chips are now shipping to partners for scalable and manufacturable quantum computer projects in the UK, United States, Finland, and Germany.

Quartz, Ceramic, and Silicon Equipment Components

Semiconductor fab expansion met with pause before strong rise in 2025.

AI Semiconductors Data, New Service by Liftr Insights

Liftr data introduces a new data service for market intelligence about AI Training and AI Inference semiconductors.

DISCOVER-US Initiates New Era in EU-US Edge AI Research

Launched on 1 January 2024, the Horizon Europe DISCOVER-US project is a 30-month project set to energize EU-US collaborative research around the computing continuum, distributed computing, and swarm intelligence.

Fraunhofer IPMS and NY CREATES Strengthen Cooperation

The research institutes Fraunhofer IPMS and NY CREATES provide the framework for international understanding and collaboration.