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Imec to work on optical and electrical interconnecting issues of silicon photonics
Leading semiconductor and nanotechnology researcher Imec ’s associated lab at Ghent University has joined the European Commission’s SPIRIT project, which is working on flexible optical networks where they going to develop innovative programmable photonic components, all integrated on a Si photonic p
2 min readFDSOI; The only semiconductor tech to continue Moore's Law down to 10nm
While the semiconductor fab industry facing big hurdle in scaling further down after 28nm without increase in cost, blessing for the industry comes in the form of new technology called fully depleted silicon-on-insulator (FDSOI). FDSOI can take Moores law down to 10nm. STMicroelectronics is alread
6 min readASIC market 2014 study by IC Insights
The Asia-Pacific region is forecast to increase its share of the ASIC market 17-percentage points from 2004 to 2014 and be the only region to significantly increase in ASIC marketshare, according to data compiled and soon to be released in IC Insights’ Mid-Year Update to the 2014 McClean Report (Fig
3 min readSemiconductor device market: 6%+ growth forecasted for 2014
Semiconductor device industry is estimated to grow at 6.7% in 2014 with total sales revenue to reach US$ 336 Billion in 2014, according to market researcher Gartner. In another forecast, US based Semiconductor Industry Association (SIA) has endorsed the World Semiconductor Trade Statistics (WST
3 min readMid-2014 semiconductor manufacturing equipment market update
Semiconductor chip manufacturing equipment market follows a pattern where the sales revenue severely fall in one year and picks slowly in next year and grows quite fast the following 2 years and the cycle repeats. In fact this cyclical behavior also matches to global semiconductor IC market pattern,
6 min readVariance linked yield challenge; A tough one for the semiconductor fab experts
When the smooth ball is rolled down on an extremely smooth slope by just placing over the surface, however smooth and uniform is the slope and the ball, most of the times the ball will not stop at exactly same point. The micro forces change the ball movement each time. If this is about a physically
4 min readSmall semiconductor fabs shut due to Mega and cheaper foundries
Older technology semiconductor fabs getting obsolete faster. Particularly 200mm and less than that silicon-wafer-dia-size supporting fabs are better to be shut rather than running them under loss. IC Insights has come out with the latest report on this subjects of closure of fab during 2009-13. Be
3 min readSynopsys, ST Micro and Samsung collaborate on 28-nm FD-SOI
Synopsys has extended its VLSI design tool Galaxy design flow to Samsung in support of their strategic agreement with ST Microelectronics to offer dual sourcing of ST's 28-nm FD-SOI technology. Developed over a multiyear collaboration with ST, the design flow enables concurrent area, power and t
4 min readTop 20 semiconductor vendors in 1Q2014
The top-20 semiconductor ranking in Q1 2014 is quite a mix of companies with different product focus. The ranking by IC Insights include three pure-play foundries (TSMC, GlobalFoundries, and UMC) and six fabless companies. It is interesting to note that the top four semiconductor suppliers all have
5 min readSemiconductor market 2014: cool wind is blowing
By Srinivas Just like finFET's capacitance analysis, today's global semiconductor market is dependent on multiple complex parameters. Even the variance (minute change in behavior of some things) factor affects finFET as well as semiconductor market in a similar way. finFET based semiconductor
4 min readSemicon growth 2013: Chip: 5%, Equipment: -11.5%, Material: -3%, Assembly: 2.3%
To give you the semiconductor market growth for 2013 covering not only chips but also equipment, material and assembly and test, below is market growth estimated for the various businesses of semiconductor industry in 2013:
2 min readCSR CEO: On fabless biz and wireless tech
By Srinivas The short range low power wireless chip maker CSR is one of the successful example in fabless semiconductor business. CSR has seen tremendous growth in Bluetooth wireless ICs and is now targeting wearable and IoT market. In a video interview with me, Mr. Joep van Beurden, Chief Execut
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