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Wearable and IoT demand 16nm/14nm process
28 nm semiconductor process technology is predicted as a long-life node, but it may not turn out to be that accurate, when it doesn't offer huge market advantage compared to 16 nm and 14 nm. You have quite a good semiconductor manufacturing capacity come-up or fast coming-up both in the 16 nm and 14
2 min readSMIC, TSMC and UMC race gets closer to address Asian semiconductor market
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Corporation (TSMC), United Microelectronics Corporation (UMC), and Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corporation (SMIC); the three big semiconductor companies of Taiwan and China capture nearly 70% of semiconductor foundry market. While TSMC is too much
2 min readFinancial and IP capital shields big semiconductor memory manufacturers
DRAM and SRAM semiconductor memories are the basic inventions before the birth of complex CPU chips. When they were invented and over the time a lot of tech was patented. In today's market DRAM and SRAM manufacturing has become more of a capital intensive and process driven manufacturing rather th
4 min readST' Alessandro Cremonesi on IoT, SoC, safety and security trends in semiconductors
In an interview with EE Herald, Alessandro Cremonesi, Group Vice President, General Manager, Central Labs STMicroelectronics answers to queries on latest semiconductor industry trend including 7nm, SoC, power semiconductor, ST's future tech, and safety and security. Q1. What are your thoughts
9 min readMicro LED arrays fabricated using IC process for head-up displays
CEA-Leti has demonstrated the technology for manufacturing Micro LED arrays for head up displays, and other mobile and wearable devices with built-in projectors including eye-wear. The head-up and head-mounted displays is very suitable for pilots in planes as well as on-road vehicle-drivers whe
3 min read200% increase in wearables shipments in 1Q15 compared to 1Q14
IDC reported vendors shipped a total of 11.4 million wearables in 1Q15, a 200 percent increase from the 3.8 million wearables shipped in 1Q14. "Bucking the post-holiday decline normally associated with the first quarter is a strong sign for the wearables market," said Ramon Llamas, research manag
4 min readSemiconductor market, both devices and fab-equipment is no more cyclical
Not only the semiconductor chip market which is been growing from past three years and is estimated to grow in year 2015, even the semiconductor fabrication equipment market is symbolizing a more of a non-repetitive growth pattern, there is lesser chances of cyclical growth and decline which used to
2 min readThree semiconductor companies collaborate targeting China IOT market
The China-based semiconductor ASIC design service company Brite Semiconductor and China-based foundry Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corporation (SMIC) and DSP IP vendor CEVA are collaborating in developing platform to design Internet-of-Things (Io") ICs targeting China market. Brite
3 min readSurvey finds 3/4th of Americans planning to buy wearable in next 6-12 months
Research survey by TE Connectivity finds 76 percent of Americans would purchase a wearable device in the next six to 12 months. Increased or longer battery life was the most important feature for 49 percent of survey respondents. Other features included interoperability (43 percent), decreased or
1 min readDirect Cu etch and Co Electroless Deposition for <10 nm IC metal interconnet
Along with the technology challenges of scaling MOSFETs in sub 10 nm IC chip fabrication, there is also challenges involving metal interconnects at deeper nodes. Cu damascene process is used for fabricating copper interconnects. But at deeper nodes, damascene process causes resistivity and reliabil
3 min read1q2015 silicon wafer shipment grew 3.4% sequentially, as per SEMI
Semiconductor equipment industry body SEMI reported an estimated global silicon wafer area shipments of 2,637 million square inches in the 1st quarter of 2015, a 3.4% increase from the 2,550 million square inches shipped in 4th quarter of 2014, and a 11.6 percent higher than first quarter 2014 shipm
2 min readNew company is formed to make photoresists for EUV lithography
On one side EUV lithography equipment is being made ready for volume production, there is also the trend of developing the materials suitable for EUV. EUV requires a different photoresist material. A company named JSR Corporation is partnering with Belgium-based semiconductor technology researcher
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