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Chip Industry Week In Review
By The SE Staff - 15 Nov, 2024 - Comments: 0

CSIS issued a new report that says Intel is "not too big to fail, but too good to lose." The report noted that Intel is needed for national security, and that it must be viewed in a geopolitical context rather than from a purely business standpoint when it comes to funding the company. Japan's government is creating a 10 trillion yen (~$65 billion) fund for next-gen technologies, including A... » read more

High-Temperature Processing of Molybdenum Interconnects
By Technical Paper Link - 11 Nov, 2024 - Comments: 0

A technical paper titled "Solving the Annealing of Mo Interconnects for Next-Gen Integrated Circuits" was published by researchers at the National University of Singapore, A*STAR, and imec. Abstract "Recent surge in demand for computational power combined with strict constraints on energy consumption requires persistent increase in the density of transistors and memory cells in integrated ... » read more

Chip Industry Week In Review
By The SE Staff - 08 Nov, 2024 - Comments: 0

Analog Devices acquired Flex Logix's technology assets, along with its technical team. Semiconductor global sales increased 23% in Q3 2024 $166B, up almost 11% versus the same period in 2023, according to SIA. Notable regional year-to-year sales in September: Americas up 46%, China up 23%, Europe down 8%. Fig.1: Worldwide Semiconductor Revenues, year-to-year % change. Source: Semiconduc... » read more

Chip Industry Technical Paper Roundup: Nov. 5
By Linda Christensen - 05 Nov, 2024 - Comments: 0

New technical papers recently added to Semiconductor Engineering’s library: [table id=378 /]   Further Reading Chip Industry Week In Review Silicon Valley design center and NY EUV Accelerator; Siemens’ big acquisition; Onto extends panel inspection with two acquisitions; DENSO-Quadric deal; thinner Si-based power wafer; $100M funding for AI; trade wars escalate; earnings rep... » read more

EMEA Investments Driving Technology Specialization
By Liz Allan - 04 Nov, 2024 - Comments: 0

Government programs across Europe and the UK are seeing a surge of investments in leading edge technology, materials, and packaging. Industry and academia are coalescing around specialty areas, drawing on established relationships to foster innovation and fill gaps in regional supply chains while also maintaining international bonds. Government initiatives also are picking up in Israel, Saudi A... » read more

Chip Industry Week In Review
By The SE Staff - 01 Nov, 2024 - Comments: 0

Siemens announced plans to acquire Altair Engineering, a provider of industrial simulation and analysis, data science, and high-performance computing (HPC) software, for about $10 billion. Altair's software will become part of Siemens' Xcelerator portfolio and provide a boost to physics-based digital twins. Onto Innovation bought Lumina Instruments, a San Jose, California-based maker of lase... » read more

2D Semiconductors Make Progress, But So Does Silicon
By Katherine Derbyshire - 30 Oct, 2024 - Comments: 1

Semiconductor industry researchers have been anticipating the need for better transistor channel materials to replace silicon for a long time, but silicon devices have continued to improve enough to postpone that change. Silicon continues to provide an unmatched combination of device performance, manufacturability, and cost effectiveness. In recent years, though, the “end of silicon” cha... » read more

The Impact of Magnetic Fields On STT-MRAM Operations
By Technical Paper Link - 29 Oct, 2024 - Comments: 0

A technical paper titled "Impact of external magnetic fields on STT-MRAM" was recently published by researchers at Univ. Grenoble Alpes, Everspin, GlobalFoundries, imec, et al. Abstract "This application note discusses the working principle of spin-transfer torque magnetoresistive random access memory (STT-MRAM) and the impact that magnetic fields can have on STT-MRAM operation. Sources of... » read more

Chip Industry Technical Paper Roundup: Oct. 29
By Linda Christensen - 29 Oct, 2024 - Comments: 0

New technical papers recently added to Semiconductor Engineering’s library: [table id=375 /] More Reading Chip Industry Week In Review Intel’s EU court win; high-NA benchmarks and new maskless litho; SiC down, GaN up; Natcast’s plan; Xiaomi’s 3nm chip; semi tax credit rules; RISC-V; lithium mine; AI-edge expansion. Technical Paper Library home » read more

Hybrid Bonding Makes Strides Toward Manufacturability
By Laura Peters - 28 Oct, 2024 - Comments: 0

Hybrid bonding is gaining traction in advanced packaging because it offers the shortest vertical connection between dies of similar or different functionalities, as well as better thermal, electrical and reliability results. Advantages include interconnect scaling to submicron pitches, high bandwidth, enhanced power efficiency, and better scaling relative to solder ball connections. But whil... » read more

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