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31. Could A New 2D Material Allow Semiconductors To Keep Getting Smaller, Stronger, Better And Faster? 11/4/2019

    some things are really, really small. A group of engineers at The University of Texas at Austin may have found a new material for manufacturing even smaller computer chips that could replace silicon and help overcome one of the biggest challenges facing the tech industry in decades: the inevitable end of Moore’s Law

32. Yole’s Analysts Announce A Consolidation Of The Market 10/28/2019

    “The die attach equipment market is showing a 6% CAGR between 2018 and 2024”, announces Santosh Kumar, Principal Analyst & Director Packaging, Assembly & Substrates, Yole Korea. “This industry will reach US$1.3B by 2024, fueled by assembly and packaging opportunities created by semiconductor megatrends”

33. Silicon IP Provider Allegro DVT Acquires Amphion Semiconductor To Create A New Leader In The Video Codec IP Space 10/16/2019

    Allegro DVT, the leading provider of video codec compliance test suites and semiconductor video IPs, today announced the acquisition of Amphion Semiconductor, the Belfast-based developer of video codec semiconductor IP solutions

34. ClassOne's Solstice CopperMax Plating System Chosen For MicroLink's Advanced UAV Solar Cells 10/15/2019

    Semiconductor equipment manufacturer ClassOne Technology announced the sale of its Solstice® S8 electroplating system to MicroLink Devices, a manufacturer of advanced, lightweight, and flexible solar cells

35. To Build A Better Semiconductor, First Identify Its Defects 10/9/2019

    Gallium oxide is a remarkable wide-bandgap semiconductor material. Put simply, that means it could potentially be used to create electronic devices that can operate under extreme conditions – such as when exposed to high heat and high doses of radiation. But before it can find widespread use, we need to know more about it

36. NXP’s Automotive-Grade Deep Learning Toolkit Unleashes 30x Higher Performance For Next-Generation Automotive Applications 10/8/2019

    NXP Semiconductors N.V. (NASDAQ:NXPI), the world’s largest provider of automotive semiconductors, has expanded its eIQ™ software machine learning (ML) development environment with its automotive-grade deep learning toolkit, eIQ Auto

37. Unlocking A 140-Year-Old Secret In Physics 10/7/2019

    Semiconductors are the basic building blocks of today’s digital, electronic age, providing us a multitude of devices that benefit our modern life, including computer, smartphones and other mobile devices

38. National Security Chip Plant Gets An Upgrade 10/3/2019

    Sandia National Laboratories has completed phase one of an anticipated three-year upgrade at its plant responsible for making integrated circuits, similar to computer chips. The facility is now fully compatible with industry-standard, 8-inch silicon wafers — thin, round starting materials used for making chips. Previously, Sandia used 6-inch wafers.

39. FormFactor And Focus Microwaves Introduce Integrated, Automated Probe Solution For Wafer-Level Characterization Of 5G Devices And Circuits 10/2/2019

    FormFactor, Inc. (NASDAQ:FORM), a leading electrical test and measurement supplier to the semiconductor industry, and Focus Microwaves, Inc., a pioneer of electro-mechanical tuner families, today introduced a turnkey solution for automated load-pull modeling and characterization of 5G devices and transistor circuits

40. How To Design Efficient Materials For OLED Displays 9/23/2019

    For applications such as light-emitting diodes or solar cells, organic materials are nowadays in the focus of research