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eBeam Initiative Surveys Report Upbeat Photomask Market Outlook
By Jan Willis - 05 Oct, 2020 - Comments: 0

Every year, the eBeam Initiative conducts surveys that provide valuable insight into the key trends that are shaping the semiconductor industry. This year, industry luminaries representing 42 companies from across the semiconductor ecosystem participated in the 2020 eBeam Initiative Luminaries survey. 89% of respondents to the survey predict that photomask (mask) revenues in 2020 will stay the ... » read more

Building Predictive And Accurate 3D Process Models
By Pradeep Nanja - 21 Sep, 2020 - Comments: 0

Process engineers and integrators can use virtual process modeling to test alternative process schemes and architectures without relying on wafer-based testing. One important aspect of building an accurate process model is to ensure that the model is calibrated. Having a calibrated model is important, since it provides assurance to the process integrators and engineers that the model will refle... » read more

How Secure Is The Package?
By Ed Sperling - 17 Sep, 2020 - Comments: 1

Advanced packaging is a viable way of extending the benefits of Moore's Law without the excessive cost of shrinking everything to fit on a single die, but it also raises some issues about security for which there are no clear answers at the moment. OSATs and foundries have been working the kinks out of how to put the pieces together in the most cost-effective and reliable way for the better ... » read more

Upturn Seen In Semi Equipment Biz
By Mark LaPedus - 17 Sep, 2020 - Comments: 0

Business continues to get better in the semiconductor equipment sector. VLSI Research, for one, has raised its forecast in the arena. But there is still some uncertainty amid mixed growth for semiconductors, trade wars and other factors. After a downturn in 2019, the semiconductor equipment market expected an upturn in 2020. Then, the Covid-19 pandemic struck. Suddenly, a large percentage... » read more

A Mid-Year End Market Recovery For Semiconductors
By Walt Custer - 17 Sep, 2020 - Comments: 0

Although the semiconductor chip and capital equipment markets performed well in the first half of 2020, many of the electronic equipment end markets struggled globally. World electronic equipment sales declined almost 10% in 2Q’20 vs. 2Q’19 (chart 1). Better mid-year end market demand However, world business conditions are improving. The global purchasing managers index, a measure of broa... » read more

Understanding Advanced Packaging Technologies And Their Impact On The Next Generation Of Electronics
By Sandy Wen - 28 Aug, 2020 - Comments: 2

Chip packaging has expanded from its conventional definition of providing protection and I/O for a discrete chip to encompassing a growing number of schemes for interconnecting multiple types of chips. Advanced packaging has become integral to embedding increased functionality into a variety of electronics, such as cellular phones and self-driving vehicles, by supporting high device density in ... » read more

Moore’s Law Enters The 4th Dimension
By Ed Sperling - 21 Aug, 2020 - Comments: 5

The basic idea that more transistors are better hasn't changed in more than half a century. In fact, the overriding theme of a number of semiconductor conferences this month is that we will never have enough compute capability or storage capacity. In the past, when the number of transistors in a given area actually did double every 18 to 24 months, increasing density per square millimeter fo... » read more

What’s Next For Semis?
By Mark LaPedus - 20 Aug, 2020 - Comments: 0

It’s been a turbulent year in the semiconductor industry. 2020 was supposed to be a strong year. Then, the coronavirus outbreak hit. Suddenly, a large percentage of countries implemented various measures to mitigate the outbreak, such as stay-at-home orders as well as business and store closures. Economic turmoil and job losses soon followed, not to mention the human tragedy involved. M... » read more

ML Apps Enable Tool Diagnostics
By Russell Dover - 20 Aug, 2020 - Comments: 0

Diagnosis of any kind requires the synthesis of information. As humans we are much better at doing this when we have ways of visualizing information versus looking at numbers and statistics, especially when the data represents something happening over time. Think of a GPS tracker that shows where you have walked in a day. The raw data are coordinates and time stamps. A map that shows you this i... » read more

Semiconductors Up Globally, Warnings Ahead
By Walt Custer - 20 Aug, 2020 - Comments: 0

Things are picking up. Purchasing managers indices indicated July manufacturing increases in most key countries with only South Korea and Japan having PMIs still in contraction territory (chart 1). The Global PMI recovered sharply (chart 2), reaching 50.3 in July. Service sector still fighting pandemic The manufacturing sector is recovering but the service sector is still struggling, hit h... » read more

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