Materials
SEMICON West 2026 Returns to San Francisco October 13-15
SEMI announced that SEMICON West 2026 will take place October 13-15 at the Moscone Center in San Francisco. The event returns to the Bay Area after last year’s event in Phoenix. Registration is now open, with early-bird rates available until June 26. The semiconductor industry is expected t
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Strategic Materials Conference 2026 Set for July 13-15 in San Jose
The Strategic Materials Conference (SMC) 2026 will be held July 13-15, 2026 at Hayes Mansion in San Jose, Calif. The event will feature executive insights, technical discussions, and networking focused on materials innovations for the semiconductor industry. Under the theme “Material
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MacDermid Alpha Calls for Localisation of Materials and Process Technologies Across Semiconductor Value Chain
At COSEIn 2026 event held in Bengaluru, Ravi Bhatkal, Vice President-Strategy at MacDermid Alpha, began with a claim about the company's history: 29 years ago, he said, MacDermid Alpha converted the semiconductor industry from aluminium to copper interconnects and since then, material
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Brewer Science Agrees to Acquire Heraeus Epurio Semiconductor Chemicals Business Line
Brewer Science announced it has entered into an agreement to acquire the semiconductor chemicals business line of Heraeus Epurio. The transaction includes the Heraeus Epurio semiconductor chemicals production site in Dayton, Ohio, along with associated sales and support personnel in Asia.
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IQE and Tower Semiconductor Sign Multi-Year InP Epiwafer Supply Agreement for Silicon Photonics
IQE plc and Tower Semiconductor have announced a multi-year agreement for the supply of Indium Phosphide (InP) epiwafers. The epiwafers will support Tower’s advanced silicon photonics platforms for optical connectivity solutions in AI-driven data centre infrastructure. IQE’s In
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Vishay Launches Thin Film Metallized Submount Platform for Optical Transceivers and RF Modules
Vishay Intertechnology, announced its new thin film submount platform. The platform is designed for next-generation optical transceivers, RF modules, and advanced electronic packaging applications that require high thermal performance, precision alignment, and high frequency signal integrit
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Murata Begins Mass Production of ULTICIRC Inner-Cavity LCP Flexible Substrate with Dk Below 2.0 for 6G Applications
Murata has started mass production of ULTICIRC, a liquid crystal polymer (LCP) flexible substrate that incorporates an inner cavity structure. The inner cavity design achieves a dielectric constant (Dk) below 2.0 and reduces transmission loss compared to conventional flexible substrates.</
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Strategic materials conference 2025 to address semiconductor manufacturing innovations
The Strategic Materials Conference (SMC) 2025, scheduled for June 23-25 at Hayes Mansion in San Jose, California, will focus on materials innovation for semiconductor manufacturing. The event will bring together executives and technology leaders to discuss trends and advancements in the field. Re
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Asahi Kasei introduces TA series sunfort dry film photoresist for advanced semiconductor packaging
Asahi Kasei has launched the TA Series of Sunfort dry film photoresist, designed for advanced semiconductor packaging used in AI servers, automotive, and IoT applications. The product targets the growing market for next-generation chip packaging within Asahi Kasei’s Material sector. It offe
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Molybdenum role in 2D and 2nm GAA semiconductor chip fabrication rising the demand for this metal
Copper dominated as metal interconnect in chips for decades, however now at 2nm with vertically forming gate all around (GAA) transistors and future Complementary-Field Effect Transistor (CFET), Copper is creating problems such as high diffusivity, voids in filling, and Edge-Placement Errors (EPE
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Researchers at IISc developed ML-based methods to predict material properties
Researchers at the Indian Institute of Science (IISc), with collaborators at University College London, have developed machine learning-based methods to predict material properties even with limited data. This can aid in the discovery of materials with desired properties, such as semiconductors.
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Samsung held a tool-in ceremony for its new semiconductor R and D complex
Samsung held a tool-in ceremony for its new semiconductor research and development complex (NRD-K) at its Giheung campus, marking a significant leap into the future. About 100 guests, including those from suppliers and customers, were in attendance to celebrate the milestone. As a state-of-the-ar
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