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| KLA-Tencor acquires diverse Israel company, Orbotech |
3/21/2018 |
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The firm says will help diversify its revenue base and add $2.5 billion of addressable market opportunity in high-growth printed circuit boards, flat panel displays, packaging and semiconductor manufacturing.
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| Server DRAM prices continue to rise due to high demand in China |
3/20/2018 |
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Suppliers are progressing towards the specification of 32GB RDIMM. DRAM supply will grow by only 4% compared with 4Q17 in order to ensure sales by favorable prices. In 2Q18, as domestic server demand from China rises, the server DRAM prices will continue to rise, says DRAMeXchange.
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| Special foundry customized to niche process |
3/20/2018 |
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The SkyWater 200mm foundry in an office park outside the Mall of America in Bloomington, Minnesota, shows avenues for growth making semiconductors at 90nm and larger nodes.
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| China is certain that it can meet its own semiconductor production needs |
3/20/2018 |
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China wafer foundry houses still technologically lag far behind first-tier players although they will surely grow into strong competitors in the long run, according to MC Chiu, chairman of Taiwan-based Gudeng Precision Industrial, a supplier of photomask and wafer handling solutions and equipment.
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| 5G and AI could lead semi industry to $500 billion |
3/20/2018 |
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A new round of growth mainly driven by AI and 5G technologies and applications and may challenge US$500 billion in the foreseeable future according to Ajit Manocha, president and CEO of SEMI.
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| Notebook shipment recovers some |
3/19/2018 |
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“Looking into the second quarter, we expect total notebook shipments of 29.7 million units (up 10 percent quarter-on-quarter, but down 5 percent year-on-year), reaching the high end of the historical range since 2013 with a 3 to 10 percent increase quarter-on-quarter,” the Morgan Stanley analysts said.
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| Semi market forecast revised up 15% |
3/16/2018 |
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Just as strength in the memory chip market drove the broader chip market last year, the same trend is holding true early in 2018. IC Insights (Scottsdale, Ariz.) dramatically increased its forecast for DRAM sales growth to 37 percent from 13 percent and lifted its forecast for NAND sales growth to 17 percent from 10 percent.
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| Samsung to expand NAND fab in China |
3/15/2018 |
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The South Korean tech giant plans to start the construction to expand the facilities in Xian later this month, with Kim Ki-nam, the head of Samsung's crucial chip business, participating in the groundbreaking ceremony with Chinese provincial officials.
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| European Union seeking compromise on Trump tarriff |
3/15/2018 |
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EU Council President Donald Tusk put it succinctly in a Twitter message: "Make trade, not war, Mr President" and added that "Instead of trade war, we should go back to EU-US trade talks now."
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| U.S. wholesale prices rose 0.2 percent in February |
3/15/2018 |
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The Labor Department said Wednesday that the February increase in its producer price index was half January's 0.4 percent gain. Producer prices, which show inflation before it reaches consumers, have risen 2.8 percent over the past year.
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| Intel now has interest in acquiring Broadcom |
3/14/2018 |
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Intel has been working with advisors since late last year to formulate an acquisition strategy to offset Broadcom's bid, which if ultimately successful would further redraw a semiconductor industry landscape already undergoing drastic changes.
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| Reliability is life-and-death on autonomus driving chips |
3/14/2018 |
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The landscape is rapidly changing. Traditionally, semiconductor companies designed chips for automotive electronics using older, mature technology nodes. But with the rapid rate of innovation and consumer demands, automakers are leaning to semiconductor companies that specialize in consumer electronics to accelerate innovation in this industry.
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| Littace outsed CEO Billerbaeck |
3/14/2018 |
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The company largely missed out on the broad run-up in tech stocks since the Great Recession. Lattice's share price rose 32 percent during Billerbeck's tenure; during the same period, an index of 30 other chip stocks (not including Lattice) rose nearly 240 percent.
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| Fab equipment spending to rise 5% in 2019 |
3/14/2018 |
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The report said China is expected to be the main driver of fab equipment spending growth in 2018 and 2019, increasing yearly spending by 57% in 2018 and 60% in 2019 to support fab projects from both multinationals and domestic companies.
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| Global semiconductor demand stronger than predicted |
3/13/2018 |
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Trade Statistics predicts the chip business will increase 9.5% to $451 billion in 2018, but industry sources speculate DRAM demand and the need for other chips will boost that growth rate even higher.
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| GlobalFoundries to have new CEO |
3/13/2018 |
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Chief Executive Officer Sanjay Jha is stepping down and handing the role to Senior Vice President Thomas Caulfield, the company announced late Saturday.
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