ST-Ericsson's CEO Didier Lamouche has decided to resign from his post as owner Ericsson looks for a way to ensure its future. The news comes following STMicroelectronics' decision in December to exit the joint-venture which was started in ...
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By Julian Gates, Managing Director, AG Semiconductor Services The multibillion-dollar secondary or used semiconductor equipment market has gone through significant changes over the past five years and has become increasingly sophisticated ...
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Strategies Unlimited has issued new figures since the first edition of this article. Solid State Technology now brings you updated figures and additional information on the worldwide LED market. LED component revenue for lighting ...
The light-emitting diode (LED) industry is entering its third growth cycle, general lighting, according to Yole Développement and EPIC’s report, “Status of the LED Industry.” However, the cost of a packaged LED ...
Asahi Glass and nMode Solutions of Arizona have formed a semiconductor packaging company called Triton Micro Technologies to develop via-fill technology using ultra-thin glass to make interposers for 2.5D and 3D semiconductors. "The ...
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Mike Cowan's mathematical forecasting LRA model for the semiconductor industry is saying that the market will grow 6.6% this year to $310.7 billion. Cowan reckons Q1 shipments will be $73.7 billion and Q2 will ship $75.7 billion making a ...
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Osram Opto Semiconductors developed a concept for uniform solder pads based on the Oslon light-emitting diode (LED) component family. This enables second sourcing by Osram’s LED customers without an additional soldering board, ...
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Recent research offers a new spin on using nanoscale semiconductor structures to build faster computers and electronics. Literally. University of Pittsburgh and Delft University of Technology researchers reveal in the Feb. 17 online issue ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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Fab equipment spending for Front End facilities is expected to be flat in 2013, remaining around $31.7 billion, increasing to $39.3 billion in 2014 — a 24% increase. The SEMI World Fab Forecast also reveals that in 2013 increases for ...
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With increasing awareness of global climate change and the importance of energy conservation, more and more countries have launched LED lighting projects and subsidy policies. As a result, even though the growth of the LED market in 2012 ...
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Thomas Edison invented the first incandescent light bulb 130 years ago, which greatly contributed to the advancement of civilization. However, that technology is antiquated, economically inefficient to operate, and fragile. Fluorescent ...
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AIXTRON SE, a provider of deposition equipment to the semiconductor industry, last week announced revenues and minimal EBIT loss for the fiscal year 2012. A slow recovery of revenues but a virtually flat order intake throughout the year ...
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