Category: Semiconductor
Semiconductor/IC
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Monolithic Plastic… Or Not
With semiconductors, we have this expectation that, at some future time, we’ll be able to integrate everything onto a single chip. Analog, digital, MEMS… you…
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Buckle your seat belts: the semi market could be about to explode.
At the Future Horizons Semiconductor Industry Forecast on January 20th Malcolm Penn was in one of his classic ebullient modes. His message was “It is…
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50% Deeper TSVs
We’ve been talking about through-silicon vias (TSVs) for years now, but 2.5D and 3D ICs are still trickling out at the high end. Processing costs…
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Semiconductor CapEx to grow 5.6% in 2015
Semiconductor, meet cycle. It’s another up/down go-around for semiconductor capital spending, according to the latest Gartner report that predicts that 2015 will be nearly flat…
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Shootout at the FinFET Corral
It’s high noon at IEDM. Both Intel and IBM have “late-breaking news” with their 14-nm FinFET numbers. The giant room is filled to bursting capacity.…
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On the Scene: Almost-Instant Semi Quotes with eSilicon
Historically, it has taken months, possibly many months to get a quote for semiconductor production. Lots of paper was involved – maybe a fax machine…
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New Nanoimprint from EVG
With all the delicacy involved in the advanced lithography techniques we use for patterning exquisitely small features onto wafers, occasionally we come back to a…