Global semiconductor sales increase 14.9% year-to-year in August

Published: October 21, 2018

The Semiconductor Industry Association (SIA), Washington, D.C., representing U.S. semiconductor manufacturing, design, and research, announces worldwide sales of semiconductors reached $40.16 billion for the month of August 2018, an increase of 14.9 percent compared to the August 2017 total of $34.96 billion.

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AES expands gas handling solutions with acquisition of Advanced Research Manufacturing

Published: October 21, 2018

Applied Energy Systems (AES), Malvern, Pa., provider of high and ultra-high purity gas systems, services, and solutions – including design, manufacturing, testing, installation, and expert field services – announces the acquisition of Advanced Research Manufacturing (ARM) Inc., a specialty provider of gas purification systems based in Colorado Springs.

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WIN Semiconductors GaAs technology supports 5G equipment/network infrastructure

Published: October 21, 2018

WIN Semiconductors Corp., Taiwan, reports the development and deployment of 5G user equipment and network infrastructure for the sub-6GHz and mmWave frequency bands.

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New fabs invest over $220 billion; 2019 to mark all-time spending high

Published: October 21, 2018

SEMI, Milpitas, Calif., has released the group’s World Fab Forecast, reporting that global fabricator equipment spending will increase by 14 percent this year to $62.8 billion, and is expected to rise 7.5 percent to $67.5 billion in 2019, marking the fourth consecutive year of spending growth and the highest investment year for fab equipment in the history of the industry.

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Micron and ATP continuity program to provide DDR2 DRAM beyond scheduled EOL

Published: October 21, 2018

Micron Technology, Boise, Idaho, and ATP Electronics, Taiwan, have teamed up to ensure the continuous supply of legacy DDR2 memory modules in the market, beyond Micron’s announced end-of-life (EOL) notices.

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3D-Micromac’s laser ablation speeds sample prep for semiconductor failure analysis

Published: October 21, 2018

3D-Micromac AG, Chemnitz, Germany, introduces the Microprep 2.0 laser ablation system for high-volume sample preparation of metals, semiconductors, ceramics and compound materials for microstructure diagnostics and failure analysis.

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UltraClean to acquire Quantum Global for its microcontamination analytical services

Published: October 21, 2018

Ultra Clean Holdings Inc., Hayward, Calif., has signed an agreement to acquire Quantum Global Technologies (QGT), Philadelphia, for $342 million.

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Thermo Scientific Verios SEM extends sub-nanometer resolution over full energy range

Published: October 21, 2018

Thermo Scientific, Waltham, Mass., has developed the Verios G4 scanning electron microscope, which has extended sub-nanometer resolution over the full 1 keV to 30 keV energy range to novel materials such as catalyst particles, nanotubes, porosities, interfaces, and other nanoscale structures.

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U.S. Department of Energy grant to advance electrolysis process for copper production.

Published: October 04, 2018

The Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, announces that associate professor of metallurgy Antoine Allanore has received a $1.9 million grant from the U.S. Department of Energy’s Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy to run larger scale tests of a new way to produce copper using electricity to separate copper from melted sulfur-based minerals, which are the main source of copper.

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NASA announces call for proposals for Combustion Science and Materials Science

Published: October 02, 2018

NASA has released a NASA Research Announcement titled “Use of the NASA Physical Sciences Informatics System – Appendix E,” which solicits ground-based research proposals to generate new scientific insights by utilizing experimental data residing in NASA’s Physical Sciences Informatics (PSI) system.

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