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How Semiconductor IP Became Critical To SoC Design
By Kilopass - 07 May, 2015 - Comments: 0

By Mark Templeton In 1991, I had the good fortune to be a member of the founding team of Artisan Components. We started the company believing that demand was about to appear for semiconductor intellectual property. We had a few data points. We knew that before a company could start a new chip project, they first had to design and verify all kinds of generic building blocks – things like ... » read more

The Week In Review: Manufacturing
By Mark LaPedus - 24 Apr, 2015 - Comments: 0

For years, Altera’s sole foundry was TSMC. Then, not long ago, Altera selected Intel as its foundry partner for 14nm. TSMC still handles 20nm and above work for Altera. This quarter, Altera was supposed to select a foundry partner for 10nm. This week, Altera posted lackluster results in the quarter. Altera did not elaborate on its 10nm plans, nor did it discuss the Intel rumors. "Altera did n... » read more

Partly Sunny, With A Chance For Explosive Growth
By Mike Gianfagna - 23 Apr, 2015 - Comments: 0

I recently attended a session at the Mentor Graphics User Conference (User2User) in San Jose that dealt with the changing foundry landscape. The session was moderated by SemiWiki's Dan Nenni and included: • Giorgio Cesana, director of technology at STMicroelectronics • Jack Harding, co-founder, president & CEO of eSilicon • Lluis Paris, deputy director of worldwide IP alliances at ... » read more

Manufacturing Bits: April 21
By Mark LaPedus - 21 Apr, 2015 - Comments: 0

Fan-out packaging consortium A*STAR’s Institute of Microelectronics (IME) and others have formed a high-density fan-out wafer level packaging (FOWLP) consortium in Singapore. Others in the group include Amkor, Nanium, STATS ChipPAC, NXP, GlobalFoundries, Kulicke & Soffa, Applied Materials, Dipsol Chemicals, JSR, KLA-Tencor, Kingyoup Optronics, Orbotech and Tokyo Ohka Kogyo (TOK). T... » read more

Brite Semiconductor: Design Services
By Ed Sperling - 20 Apr, 2015 - Comments: 0

These days it's increasingly common for large commercial foundries to have a design services counterpart—TSMC has GlobalUnichip. GlobalFoundries has an entire ecosystem as well as a dedicated partner, Invecas. And China's SMIC has Brite Semiconductor. Brite was founded in 2008 by Open-Silicon as a way to tap the Chinese market, but the startup has taken some twists since then. It now is un... » read more

The Week In Review: Manufacturing
By Mark LaPedus - 17 Apr, 2015 - Comments: 0

It could be a long year for the equipment industry. First, Intel reduced its 2015 capital expenditure budget to $8.7 billion, plus or minus $500 million. This is down from the previous mid-point guidance of $10.1 billion. As a result of Intel’s announcement, Pacific Crest Securities cut its worldwide 2015 semiconductor CapEx forecast. The new CapEx forecast is now $62.5 billion in 2015. Th... » read more

Next EUV Challenge: Mask Inspection
By Mark LaPedus - 16 Apr, 2015 - Comments: 2

Extreme ultraviolet ([gettech id="31045" comment="EUV"]) lithography is still not ready for prime time, but the technology finally is moving in the right direction. The EUV light source, for example, is making progress after years of delays and setbacks. Now, amid a possible breakthrough in EUV, the industry is revisiting a nagging issue and asking a simple question: How do you inspect EUV p... » read more

FinFET Rollout Slower Than Expected
By Mark LaPedus - 16 Apr, 2015 - Comments: 1

The foundry business is heating up as some new and large players are entering the 16nm/14nm [getkc id="185" kc_name="finFET"] market. But foundry customers are taking longer than expected to migrate to finFETs amid some technical and cost issues. On the foundry front, [getentity id="22846" comment="Intel"] has been the sole player in finFETs for some time. But now, [getentity id="22865" ... » read more

Predictions For A Good Year
By Jim Feldhan - 16 Apr, 2015 - Comments: 0

First quarter 2015 is now history, and companies will soon be reporting their Q1 earnings. Here at Semico we’ve checked the IPI Index against our forecast and year-to-date actuals to see if the industry outlook is on track for 2015. Here’s the critical review. First of all, Semico’s forecast for total semiconductor sales in 2015 is $378 billion, up nearly 9% over 2014. Units will incre... » read more

5 Issues Under The Foundry Radar
By Mark LaPedus - 16 Apr, 2015 - Comments: 0

In the foundry business, the leading-edge segment grabs most, if not all, of the headlines. Foundry vendors, of course, are ramping up 16nm/14nm finFET processes, with 10nm and 7nm in R&D. The leading-edge foundry business is sizable, but it’s not the only thing going on in the competitive arena. In fact, there are battles taking place in many other foundry segments, such as 2.5D/3D packag... » read more

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