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Benchmark Electronics acquires CTS’ EMS biz
Benchmark Electronics acquired CTS’ Electronics Manufacturing Solutions (EMS) business for $75 million in cash. Included are five manufacturing facilities located in Moorpark, CA, Londonderry, NH, Bangkok, Thailand, Matamoros, Mexico, and San Jose, CA and approximately 1,000 employees. CTS to focus
3 min readOnline access to MPW semiconductor chip tape-out service
eSilicon Corporation has launched its new automated, instant online quote system for multi-project wafer (MPW) shuttle services, a service used for prototyping small quantity of semiconductor chips for VLSI chip designers. The online service can be accessed through web or smartphone to generates exe
3 min readJordan Valley receive one more order for 14nm metrology tool
Israel based semiconductor tool vendor Jordan Valley Semiconductors has announced that it has received another order for its recently introduced JVX7300LMI scanning X-ray in-line metrology tool for patterned and blanket wafers. The system has been purchased for advanced process development and prod
2 min readNext gen semiconductor tech; self-assembly and carbon
Not just electronics industry, the whole world should be happy for having a material like silicon for making the human life better. This vastly available, fairly strong, and non hazardous material is central to computing and communication revolution we have seen in past 40 years. Engineers could bri
6 min readSame lithography equipment for both Si and organic semiconductor
Fujifilm and imec have developed photoresist technology for making organic semiconductor devices using the lithography equipment meant for silicon semiconductor devices. The photoresist what is used in silicon semiconductor, dissolves organic semiconductor material during processing, due to t
2 min readNXP Semiconductor deepens its base in Singapore
NXP Semiconductors N.V. has announced that it has strengthened its presence in Asia by establishing Singapore as its Global Headquarters for Standard Products, Global Headquarters for Operations, and ASEAN Headquarters for Sales & Marketing. This move brings NXP closer to its growing number of Asian
3 min readUS contributed hugely for the growth of fabless semiconductor biz
When it comes to semiconductor technology space, United States holds the leading position in multiple areas. US has most advanced semiconductor fabs in the world and also the best fables semiconductor companies in the world. As for the latest study by IC insights, customers in the Americas region (p
4 min readApplied Materials and TEL merger, bigger they get to smaller the node
The U.S. based Applied Materials and Japan based Tokyo Electron have agreed to merge their businesses to form a new company valued at US dollar 29 billion. Both Applied Materials (rank 1) and Tokyo Electron (rank 3) are leading semiconductor equipment suppliers. They make equipments for photolithog
5 min readSemi equipment forecast by Gartner: -8.5% in 2013, +14.1% in 2014
Gartner has projected the worldwide semiconductor manufacturing equipment spending is projected to total $34.6 billion in 2013, an 8.5 percent decline from 2012 spending of $37.8 billion. Gartner predicts in 2014 semiconductor capital spending to increase 14.1 percent, followed by 13.8 percent growt
2 min readAfter smart phone and tablets, is robot the next wave!
The applications of electronics started with telephony and analog radio broadcasting and now the most popular mass electronic device in the market is smart phone. What else can be the next big consumer-device/gadget electronics can power? Its mostly the robot, you can even call it a personnel e-assi
8 min readLeading-edge 28nm pure-play foundry market to triple in 2013
The fast growing 28nm node fabrication helping pure-play foundry to grow their revenues. The world's top-two pure play foundries TSMC and Globalfoundries able to increase the revenues faster than other foundries due to their ability to make 28 nm chips faster than others. IC insights has done a st
4 min readPlastic electronics event in Europe to focus on manufacturability
Easy to manufacture plastic electronics is now focusing more on commercialising the technology, and the manufacturability of plastic electronics systems and devices. At the 9th Plastic Electronics Exhibition & Conference in Dresden, industry experts are delivering speeches and presentations on rece
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