Semiconductor Foundry
Kurita Water Industries Establishes Kurita Membrane India Joint Venture for Semiconductor Water Treatment
Japan based Kurita Water has established Kurita Membrane India Private Limited as a joint venture with Membrane Group India Private Limited and commenced operations. The JV focuses on water treatment solutions for the electronics industry, primarily the semiconductor sector, in India. <
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Infineon Opens Smart Power Fab in Dresden, Doubling Power Semiconductor Capacity with €5 Billion Investment
Infineon Technologies AG opened its Smart Power Fab in Dresden today, several months ahead of schedule. The facility, representing a €5 billion investment, the largest single investment in the company's history and is described as the world's largest factory for intelligent power semiconduct
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SK Keyfoundry Develops On-Chip EMC Protection Technology to Boost Automotive Semiconductor Reliability
SK Keyfoundry, a South Korean 8-inch pure-play semiconductor foundry, has developed and entered mass production of a new on-chip electromagnetic compatibility protection technology for automotive semiconductors. Built around a Bi-directional Silicon Controlled Rectifier structur
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Applied Materials Introduces New Systems for DRAM and Advanced Packaging Supporting AI Chip 3D Architectures
Applied Materials introduced a suite of new chipmaking systems for building advanced 3D chip architectures used in next-generation AI. The announcement addresses constraints in AI compute where model scale and data movement demands outpace gains in bandwidth, capacity and energy efficiency
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GlobalFoundries Qualifies SLATE Wafer-to-Wafer Bonding on 9SW RF-SOI Platform
GlobalFoundries announced the production readiness of its SLATE wafer-to-wafer bonding technology on the 9SW radio-frequency silicon-on-insulator (RF-SOI) platform for advanced 3D integration in radio frequency applications. The technology is manufactured at GF’s 300mm facility in Si
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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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Applied Materials Executive Says India Has Opportunity to Move from Participant to Shaper of Global Semiconductor Industry
Dr Suraj Rengarajan, Managing Director and Principal Technologist at Applied Materials India, opened his remarks at COSEIn 2026 with a personal note: he moved to India in 2007, he said, because he was told a fab was coming. "And so it's finally here." Re
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COSEIN 2026 at IISc Bengaluru Highlights Progress and Challenges in Building India's Semiconductor Ecosystem
The Conference on Semiconductor Ecosystem in India (COSEIN 2026), held at the Indian Institute of Science (IISc) in Bengaluru on 19th June, brought together more than 100 industry delegates along with academics, researchers, and government representatives. Participants engaged i
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How GeniSys is Fueling India’s Semiconductor Dreams
In an interactive talk hosted by Srinivasa Reddy N, Editor of EEHerald, executives from GeniSys GmbH shared insights into the company’s software solutions for advanced semiconductor manufacturing and their relevance to India’s expanding ecosystem of design centers and upcoming fabrica
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Intel Appoints Seok-Hee Lee as Executive Vice President of Intel Foundry to Oversee Advanced Packagi
Intel Corporation announced the appointment of Seok-Hee Lee as executive vice president of Intel Foundry, reporting directly to CEO Lip-Bu Tan. In this role, Lee will lead all advanced packaging, system integration, back-end technology development, and back-end manufacturing. As part of th
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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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Park Systems Launches Joint Development Program with imec for Metrology in 3D Packaging and Logic Research
Park Systems announced the launch of a new joint development program (JDP) with imec. Under the JDP, Park Systems will evaluate and develop measurement solutions using its product portfolio, including atomic force microscopy (AFM), white light interferometry (WLI), imaging spectroscopic ellipsome
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