BROOKLYN, N.Y. — Improved economic conditions worldwide, particularly in the U.S., and a booming memory chip market are being credited for the global semiconductor industry’s robust sales growth in the first half of 2014. ...
Tags: Chip, Electrical, Electronics
Shares of Skyworks Solutions (Nasdaq: SWKS) were up nearly 11 percent Friday morning, a day after the Woburn-based semiconductor company beat analysts’ expectations on revenue and earnings in the third quarter of this year, buoyed by ...
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As we discussed last week, innovation and collaboration will be key tools for semiconductor makers as they drive the industry forward. This week, we continue our dialogue with semiconductor pundits and industry leaders quoted in a volume ...
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Those involved in peddling counterfeit components have done their business with relative impunity. But the successful prosecution of a perpetrator in the US may mark the beginning of some law and order in the rampant illegal counterfeit ...
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Doing more with less is the mantra of our era. Nowhere is this more apparent than in the drive towards miniaturization in the next generation of electronic components and systems. The push for smaller parts is coming both from the need ...
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The Semiconductor Industry Association (SIA), representing U.S. leadership in semiconductor manufacturing and design, today announced that worldwide sales of semiconductors reached $26.86 billion for the month of May 2014, 8.8 percent ...
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Agilent Technologies Inc of Santa Clara, CA, USA has announced several innovations for the 2014 release of its suite of device modeling and characterization software tools. The suite comprises the Integrated Circuits Characterization and ...
Tags: GaN HEMTs, 3D Finfets
More chipset suppliers are likely to tie up with Taiwan-based IC design houses in order to tap retail channels as well as to expand their ecosystem in China, according to industry sources. Microchip Technology announced a deal in late ...
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At the 2014 Symposia on VLSI Technology and Circuits in Honolulu, Hawaii (9-13 June), a team at Purdue University, SEMATECH of Albany, NY, USA (the international research consortium of semiconductor device, equipment, and materials ...
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The first half of 2014 is drawing to a close but the wait continues for a strong economic upturn that would globally spark sustainable sales growth in the high-tech industry. So far, what many industry observers and economists can point ...
Tags: Electrical, Electronics, High-Tech Industry
Ichor Systems Ltd, an OEM licensed supplier of re-manufactured equipment & services based in the Scottish Enterprise Technology Park, East Kilbride, UK, is to create new jobs and triple its capacity with a move to new 36,600ft2 premises at ...
Tags: Electrical, Electronics, Industrial Equipment, Components
The board of directors of analog semiconductor maker Skyworks Solutions Inc of Woburn, MA, USA has elected CEO David J. Aldrich to the additional post of chairman of the board. Previous chairman David J. McLachlan remains a member of the ...
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Total semiconductor revenue in 2013 reached USD 318.1 billion, up from USD 303.1 billion in 2012. Last year’s growth effectively reversed the disappointing 2.4 percent loss of 2012, when revenue contracted from USD 310.6 billion in ...
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For fiscal second-quarter 2014 (ending 28 March), Skyworks Solutions Inc of Woburn, MA, USA (which manufactures analog and mixed-signal semiconductors) has reported revenue of $481m, down 4.8% on $505.2m last quarter but up 13% on $425.2m a ...
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With silicon-on-insulator (SOI) business declining, 3D TSV stack implementation beginning, and the competitive environment changing, market research firm Yole Développement has released a new study 'Permanent Wafer Bonding for ...
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