Lam Research to Open New Semiconductor Equipment Manufacturing Facility in Oregon

Lam Research Corp. today announced the expansion of its manufacturing footprint in Oregon with a new 45,000 square foot facility in the city of Sherwood, planned to open in December 2021.

Interfacing Stretchable Circuits for Deformable Devices and Displays

POSTECH professor Unyong Jeong’s research team develops a stretchable anisotropic conductive film (S-ACF) for electrical interfacing in high-resolution stretchable circuits.

Applied Materials Introduces New Technologies and Capabilities for Accelerating the Semiconductor Industry’s Heterogeneous Integration Roadmap

Applied Materials, Inc. today introduced new technologies and capabilities designed to help its customers accelerate their technology roadmaps for heterogeneous chip design and integration.

Helping Semiconductors Find a Cooler Way to Relax

Extending the lifetime of hot electrons could help make solar cells more efficient.

Second Quarter 2021 Global Semiconductor Equipment Billings Surge 48% Year-Over-Year to Record High of $24 Billion

Global semiconductor equipment billings surged 48% year-over-year to a record high of US$24.9 billion in the second quarter of 2021, a 5% increase from the prior quarter, SEMI announced.

Aehr Receives $19.4 Million Order for Multiple FOX-XP Test and Burn-in Systems from Major Automotive Semiconductor Supplier

Aehr Test Systems, a worldwide supplier of semiconductor test and reliability qualification equipment, today announced it has received a $19.4 million order from its lead silicon carbide test and burn-in customer for multiple FOX-XP systems to meet their increased production capacity needs.

NUS Researchers Develop Brain-Inspired Memory Device

Many electronic devices today are dependent on semiconductor logic circuits based on switches hard-wired to perform predefined logic functions. Physicists from the National University of Singapore (NUS), together with an international team of researchers, have developed a novel molecular memristor, or an electronic memory device, that has exceptional memory reconfigurability. 

DOE Awards $30M to Secure Domestic Supply Chain of Critical Materials

The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) today announced $30 million in funding for 13 national lab and university-led research projects to develop new technologies that will help secure the supply of critical materials that build clean energy technologies.

Synopsys Completes the Acquisition of the Semiconductor and Flat Panel Display Solutions from BISTel

Synopsys, Inc. today announced that it has completed the acquisition of the semiconductor and flat panel display solutions from BISTel

Silvaco Announces Resignation of CEO

Silvaco Group, Inc., a supplier of TCAD, EDA software and design IP, today announced the resignation of Babak Taheri as chief executive officer and member of the board after two years in the role.