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Visiting The Future At CLEO
By Marc David Levenson - 17 Jul, 2014 - Comments: 0

CLEO - The Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics – presents the most comprehensive snapshot of laser and photonics applications. Presented by three professional societies (OSA, APS and IEEE Photonics) it was held in San Jose last month. While few of the topics covered are mainstream today for the semiconductor industry, one doesn’t have to look too far to find impact and potential synergi... » read more

Are LEDs Cool?
By Mark LaPedus - 17 Jul, 2014 - Comments: 2

The high-brightness LED market is moving in several directions at once. On one front, LEDs are moving into automotive and solid-state lighting. Within solid-state lighting, there are different markets, such as industrial and residential. And in the supply chain, there are LED chips, equipment and fabs. And then, there is intelligent lighting, where the smartphone or tablet controls the lig... » read more

It’s Time to Bring GDS “Reality” Into Routing Closure
By Jean-Marie Brunet - 17 Jul, 2014 - Comments: 0

By Nancy Nguyen and Jean-Marie Brunet Imported cells, whether macros, standard cells, or intellectual property (IP), are a common element of today’s integrated circuit (IC) designs. Historically, when designers incorporate these cells into a design, they import them using an abstract format defined by a layout exchange format (LEF) file. This abstract view provides basic information about th... » read more

Mid-Year Market Review: A Tale Of Two Halves
By Jim Feldhan - 17 Jul, 2014 - Comments: 0

The month of July brings 110-degree weather to Phoenix and a welcome trip to San Francisco for Semicon West. It also means the year is half over and it’s time to assess mid-year market dynamics. Spirits were high last week at Semicon West. Most equipment vendors made significant revenue gains in the first half of 2014 and expect the second half of the year to be just as good or even bette... » read more

3D Printing: Can You Imagine the Possibilities?
By Adrienne Downey - 02 Jul, 2014 - Comments: 0

3D printing is being used in many more applications than most people realize. But the most exciting applications for 3D printing are the ones that haven’t even been conceived of yet. It’s exciting to realize we are on the cusp of a manufacturing revolution that affects so many different industries already. If you have been to the movies lately, you’ve likely seen 3D printing in action.... » read more

All Together Now!
By Karen Savala - 30 Jun, 2014 - Comments: 0

Consolidation is changing the face of our industry. It is tempting to think that a narrower more consolidated industry is easier to navigate and might require less facilitated coordination and collaboration. However, it turns out the reverse is true. With fewer, but much bigger companies, the bets become exponentially bigger.  At the same time technical challenges — such as advanced tra... » read more

What Comes Next?
By SEMI - 27 Jun, 2014 - Comments: 0

The latest manufacturing, materials and production developments for emerging and adjacent markets will be featured at SEMICON West 2014 (www.semiconwest.org), to be held on July 8-10 at the Moscone Center in San Francisco, Calif. The co-location of emerging and adjacent market focused exhibitors and technical presentations within the framework of SEMICON West maximizes the synergies between sem... » read more

Designing And Testing FinFET-based IC Designs
By Mentor Graphics Staff Writers - 19 Jun, 2014 - Comments: 0

By Carey Robertson and Steve Pateras The emergence of FinFET transistors has had a significant impact on the IC physical design and design-for-test flows. The introduction of FinFETs means that CMOS transistors must be modeled as three-dimensional (3D) devices during the IC design process, with all the complexity and uncertainty this entails. The BSIM Group of the UC Berkeley Device Group has ... » read more

From The Whiteboard: David Lam
By eBeam Initiative - 19 Jun, 2014 - Comments: 1

Multibeam's David Lam looks at changes in semiconductor lithography, how CVD and etch improve pitch resolution that is not attainable using optical lithography, and how e-beam direct-write can finish the job. [youtube vid=2ZCF-o7DXlU] » read more

SEMICON West Preview: Test
By Paula Doe - 19 Jun, 2014 - Comments: 0

Talking with the speakers scheduled to speak in the programs on IC testing at SEMICON West this year, I was struck by how much this equipment sector is changing as the value moves to software and the cloud. It has to be the first time I’ve ever mentioned PayPal in the same paragraph with semiconductor equipment, to say nothing of the business model of free hardware with software subscription.... » read more

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