Dynamic changes to R&D processes, tools, technical challenges, and funding/business models will be highlighted at SEMICON West 2013, along with product displays of the latest semiconductor manufacturing technology, components and ...
Radio-frequency component and compound semiconductor company RF Micro Devices Inc of Greensboro, NC, USA has announced a new gallium arsenide (GaAs) sourcing strategy intended to increase manufacturing flexibility, expand gross margin, and ...
Tags: RFMD, flexible GaAs sourcing strategy, semiconductor company
OneChip Photonics Inc of Ottawa, Canada, which designs optical chips and transceivers based on monolithic photonic integrated circuits (PICs) fabricated in indium phosphide (InP), says that it is working with both pure-play epiwafer foundry ...
In booth 1127 at OFC/NFOEC 2013 in Anaheim, CA, USA (19-21 March), OneChip Photonics Inc of Ottawa, Canada, which designs optical chips and transceivers based on monolithic photonic integrated circuits (PICs) fabricated in indium phosphide ...
Nanoelectronics research center Imec of Leuven, Belgium has announced the launch of its fully integrated silicon photonics platform through a cost-sharing multi-project wafer (MPW) service via ePIXfab, the EU-funded silicon photonics ...
Tags: silicon photonics, Nanoelectronics, optical transceivers
Seven O-S-D product categories and device groups reached record-high sales in 2012 compared to 14 new records being set in 2011, according to data shown in the 2013 edition of IC Insights’ O-S-D Report, A Market Analysis and Forecast ...
Tags: opto sensor, Optoelectronics, sensor
Apple suppliers' sales declined 31% in February, which meant that Apple's revenue is not optimistic. White regularly monitoring the apple core retail sales, if the retailer's sales momentum strong, often means that Apple's sales ...
Tags: Apple, Sales, Apple suppliers
Reports that STMicroelectronics have failed to find a buyer for ST--Ericsson mean that only one option remains for ST-E and that is closure unless the French government bails it out. Last December ST committed to exiting from the jv by ...
By Christian Gregor Dieseldorff, director, SEMI Industry Research & Statistics, San Jose, CA USA Despite difficult times, growing demand for mobile devices (such as tablets and phones) inspires an improved outlook for chip sales in ...
Tags: 2013, Fab Equipment, Spending
In conjunction with the 2013 Government Microcircuit Applications and Critical Technology conference (GOMACTech 13) in Las Vegas (11-14 March), RF front-end component maker and foundry services provider TriQuint Semiconductor Inc of ...
Tags: TriQuint, GaN Ku-Band PA, Broadband Integrated Limiter/LNA
Specialty foundry TowerJazz (which has fabrication plants at Tower Semiconductor Ltd in Migdal Haemek, Israel, and at its subsidiaries Jazz Semiconductor Inc in Newport Beach, CA, USA and TowerJazz Japan Ltd) has received the 2012 Foundry ...
Tags: TowerJazz, Skyworks Solutions, mixed-signal semiconductor
Specialty foundry TowerJazz (which has fabrication plants at Tower Semiconductor Ltd in Migdal Haemek, Israel, and at its subsidiaries Jazz Semiconductor Inc in Newport Beach, CA, USA and TowerJazz Japan Ltd) has announced significant ...
Tags: TowerJazz, Tower Semiconductor, Front-End Module Market
The Weir Group PLC (“Weir”) has extended its leading presence and capabilities in global mining and oil sands markets with the acquisition of a leading Canadian based manufacturer of wear resistant linings. In addition, ...
Tags: Weir Group PLC, mining, oil sands
The foundries are doing solidly well so far this year. Both TSMC and UMC are up on last year. No.1 foundry TSMC had February sales of $1.38bn which was 13% down on January but 21.5% up on February 2012. TSMC’s Jan/Feb sales total ...
Tags: TSMC, UMC, February sales
Epiwafer foundry and substrate maker IQE plc of Cardiff, Wales, UK says that CEO & president Dr Drew Nelson has joined a high-level industry group to advise the European Commission (EC) on the implementation of key enabling technologies ...
Tags: IQE, key enabling technologies, electronics