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Fab Toolmakers Target Advanced-Node Production
Apr 13, 2017Naura Technology (formerly Beijing Sevenstar Electronics) has started shipping ion etch equipment for the manufacture of 14nm chips to chipmakers, while Advanced Micro-Fabrication Equipment (AMEC) is being engaged in the development of etch ...
Tags: chipmakers, Electronics, chip
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Moore's Law and China's Fast-Growing IC Industry
Mar 20, 2017At Semicon China 2017, executives at chip giant Intel, IC packager Advanced Semiconductor Engineering, equipment vendors ASML, Lam Research and Tokyo Electron (TEL), and nano-electronics research institute Imec talked about innovation to ...
Tags: IC, Semiconductor, IC Industry
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12-Inch Silicon Wafers Price to Continue Growth
Jan 22, 2017Prices for 12-inch blank silicon wafers are set to continue rising, driven by robust demand from foundries and memory chipmakers, according to industry sources. Wafer suppliers are mulling adjusting upward their contract quotes for ...
Tags: Silicon Wafers, memory chip
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Prices of 12-Inch Blank Wafers to Rise 10-20%
Dec 9, 2016Chipmakers including Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC), United Microelectronics (UMC) and Micron Technology have been informed by their upstream suppliers that prices for 12-inch blank silicon wafers will rise by up to 20% ...
Tags: Blank Wafers, Semiconductor
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Apple HomeKit Development Delayed by Stringent Bluetooth Security and ID Chip Requirements
Nov 13, 2015Apple’s HomeKit development has been progressing at a sluggish pace, due to the company’s high security standards and specific identity chip requirements, reported MacRumors and other technology media reports. The Cupertino ...
Tags: Apple, ID Chip, controlling light bulbs
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Demand Key to Driving 2016 Semiconductor Market
Nov 8, 2015The 2016 semiconducor market will be all about demand, according to Tien Wu, COO for IC backend house Advanced Semiconductor Engineering (ASE). Macroeconomic factors such as US interest rates, Europe's economies and quantitative easing in ...
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Veeco's Q3 Revenue up 51% Year-on-Year, But MOCVD Orders Slump Due to LED Oversupply for Display Backlighting and China Slowdown
Nov 2, 2015For third-quarter 2015, epitaxial deposition and process equipment maker Veeco Instruments Inc of Plainview, NY, USA has reported revenue of $140.7m, up 51% on $93.3m a year ago although up only 7% on $131.4m last quarter (which was the ...
Tags: LED market, LCD TVs
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China Foundry Houses Focusing on FD-SOI Process
Nov 2, 2015Wafer foundry houses in China have stepped up efforts to develop Fully Depleted Silicon-on-Insulator (FD-SOI), or also called Ultra-Thin Body (UTB), processes for wafer production, compared to the Fin Field-Effect Transistor (FinFET) ...
Tags: Insulator, Semiconductor, high density chips
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Taiwan Makers Increase Capital Despite Challenges
Sep 19, 2015Four Taiwanese manufacturers have announced to increase capital to fund their expansion plans in the Taichung Export Processing Zone in central Taiwan and Chiayi Dapumei Intelligent Industrial Park in southern Taiwan. The four companies ...
Tags: IC packaging, single-lens camera, camera
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Prices for Mobile DRAM Memory Are Set to Fal
Jul 26, 2015Prices for mobile DRAM memory are set to fall substantially due to excess smartphone inventory, according to sources at memory makers. Disappointing smartphone sales have led to high levels of inventory in the supply chain, said the ...
Tags: mobile DRAM, smartphone
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Falling Product ASPs and Gross Margins Will Erode Taiwan's Fabless IC Firms' Profitability
Jul 2, 2015Falling product ASPs and gross margins are set to erode Taiwan's fabless IC firms' profitability in 2015, according to industry sources. Foundry chipmakers have seen their production capacities stay loose thus far in 2015, said the ...
Tags: fabless IC, IC industry
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China to Implement Semiconductor Investment Plans
Jun 18, 2015China has begun to implement its investment plans aiming to boost development of the local semiconductor industry, and will inject a total of CNY600 billion (US$19.4 billion) into the industry over the next five years, according to industry ...
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Fast Wi-Fi to Be Standard in The Booming Chinese Business
Apr 19, 2015High-speed connectivity and enhanced mobile features are set to be standard in the booming business aviation industry in China, a US-based airline information management services provider said yesterday. Rockwell Collins, a provider of ...
Tags: Fast Wi-Fi, Wi-Fi chipsets
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Visa Were Showcasing Vehicles with All Sorts of Bells and Whistles
Mar 12, 2015Walking around the recent Mobile World Congress and its parallel show Four Years From Now, it was hard to miss all the cars parked in the show booths. Over the last few years, cars have had an increasingly noticeable presence at the ...
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Electronics Supply Chain Myths
Feb 2, 2015Electronics manufacturers are used to harsh cyclical downturns often caused by their reliance on unverified assumptions about industry fundamentals. Even the biggest chipmakers, OEMs and other leading supply chain players have fallen ...
Tags: industry fundamentals, Electrical