2020 Global Silicon Revenue Remains Stable as Wafer Area Shipments Edge Up Despite Covid-19 Disruption

Worldwide silicon wafer area shipments in 2020 increased while revenue remained unchanged from 2019 at $11,170 million, the SEMI Silicon Manufacturers Group (SMG) reported in its year-end analysis of the silicon wafer industry.

CyberOptics to Showcase High-Precision Inspection and Metrology Solutions at SEMI Technology Unites Global Summit

CyberOptics Corporation will feature the WX3000 metrology and inspection system with Multi-Reflection Suppression™ (MRS) sensor technology, and high-precision sensors for semiconductor tool set-up and diagnostics at the Virtual SEMI Technology Unites Global Summit from February 15-19th.

Machine-Learning to Predict the Performance of Organic Solar Cells

Researchers from Universitat Rovira i Virgili and Institute of Materials Science of Barcelona have combined experimental data with algorithms and enable an unprecedent predicting capability of the performance of organic solar cells.

Synopsys Demonstrates Silicon Proof of DesignWare 112G Ethernet PHY IP in 5nm Process for High-Performance Computing SoCs

Synopsys, Inc. today announced the silicon proof of DesignWare 112G Ethernet PHY IP in 5nm FinFET process, delivering significant performance, power and area advantages.

Top-10 IC Growth Categories Target Emerging Applications in 2021

IC Insights recently released its 2021 edition of The McClean Report. The new analysis and forecast of the IC industry includes IC Insights’ ranking of IC categories based on sales growth rate.

Scientists Develop Perovskite Solar Modules with Greater Size, Power and Stability

Researchers from the Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology Graduate University (OIST) have created perovskite solar modules with improved stability and efficiency by using a new fabrication technique that reduced defects.

A Benchmark for Single-Electron Circuits

A new methodology for an abstract and universal description of the fidelity of quantum circuits.

Lam Research Advances Next Generation 3D Memory Manufacturing with Revolutionary New Etch Technology

Lam Research Corp. today announced Vantex, the latest in dielectric etch technology designed specifically for Sense.i, the most intelligent etch platform available today.

Global Capacitive Sensor Market to Reach US$ 41.3 Billion by 2027

The global capacitive sensor market was valued at US$ 28.6 Billion in 2019 and is expected to surpass US$ 41.3 Billion by 2027, registering a CAGR of 4.3% during the forecast period (2019-2027), as highlighted in a report published by Coherent Market Insights.

D2S Unleashes the Petaflops Computing Era for Semiconductor Manufacturing

D2S, a supplier of GPU-accelerated solutions for semiconductor manufacturing, today introduced the seventh generation of its computational design platform (CDP), a scalable processing solution for simulation-based semiconductor design and manufacturing applications.