Samsung maintains number one ranking in semiconductor sales for the total year 2018. The declining market for semiconductors used in mobile handsets and enterprise servers led to a realignment in the company market-share ranking for semiconductor manufacturers. While Samsung led…
MACOM and GLOBALFOUNDRIES collaborate to scale silicon photonics to hyperscale cloud Data Center and 5G network buildouts
Production scale of 300mm wafers is expected to enable exponential port growth in cloud Data Centers and 5G networks. MACOM Technology Solutions Inc. and GLOBALFOUNDRIES announced a strategic collaboration to ramp MACOM’s innovative Laser Photonic Integrated Circuit (L-PIC™) platform using…
AI needs memory
A new report by Forrester Consulting, commissioned by Micron, takes a look at how companies are implementing AI and the hardware they are using, with a special focus on memory and storage.
Intel announces tweaks to 22FFL process for RF, MRAM at IEDM18
Part 2 – MRAM in 22FFL The second 22FFL paper at IEDM18 [1] describes the integration of Magnetic Tunnel Junction (MTJ)-based MRAM (magnetic random-access memory) into the back-end of the process. MTJ technology is attractive for embedded non-volatile memory because…
Intel announces tweaks to 22FFL process for RF, MRAM at IEDM18
At IEDM last year, Intel gave a half-dozen papers on various topics, including two on their 22FFL SoC process aimed at low power IoT and mobile products. The first (14.1) was an invited presentation on “Intel 22nm FinFET (22FFL) Process…
Skin-Like Biocompatible Devices Come to Market – and to FLEX/MSTC
By Maria Vetrano As director of the Center for Bio-Integrated Electronics at Northwestern University, Professor John A. Rogers explores soft materials for conformal electronics, nanophotonic structures, microfluidic devices and MEMS, all with an emphasis on bio-inspired and bio-integrated technologies. During…
Getting to Low Power in IoT/IIoT Devices
Over the last three years the number of battery-operated electronic-component solutions for the Internet of Things (IoT) and Industrial IoT (IIoT) applications has been increasing steadily.
Process Watch: Monitoring for Excursions in Automotive Fabs
By David W. Price, Jay Rathert and Douglas G. Sutherland Author’s Note: The Process Watch series explores key concepts about process control—defect inspection, metrology and data analytics—for the semiconductor industry. This article is the fourth in a series on process…
The ConFab 2019 Speakers and Prelim Agenda
The ConFab – an exclusive conference and networking event for semiconductor manufacturing and design executives from leading device makers, OEMs, OSATs, fabs, suppliers and fabless/design companies – announces a preliminary list of speakers for the May 14-17 event being held…
Emerging MEMS and Sensor Technologies to Watch – 2019 and Beyond
When developing industry forecasts, market analysts gather data from hundreds of companies to provide actionable insights on established technologies and to identify near-term business opportunities. As a developer of new MEMS and sensor technologies for a range of commercial applications, clients often ask us, “What’s going to be hot?”
