Worldwide semiconductor capital spending forecast to grow 2.9% in 2017

Published: February 19, 2017

Worldwide semiconductor capital spending is projected to increase by 2.9% in 2017, to $69.9 billion, according to Gartner Inc.

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Intel to invest $7 billion in 7-nm semiconductor manufacturing at Arizona fab

Published: February 19, 2017

Intel Corp., Santa Clara, Calif., announces plans to invest more than $7 billion to complete Fab 42, which is expected to be the most advanced semiconductor factory in the world.

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Intel to invest $7 billion in 7-nm semiconductor manufacturing process in Fab 42

Published: February 10, 2017

Intel Corp., Santa Clara, Calif., plans to invest more than $7 billion to complete Fab 42, which is expected to be the most advanced semiconductor factory in the world.

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Veeco to acquire Ultratech for its laser spike anneal technology

Published: February 06, 2017

Veeco Instruments Inc., Plainview, N.Y., and Ultratech, Inc., San Jose, Calif., have signed a definitive agreement for Veeco to acquire Ultratech, a pioneer in laser spike anneal technology used for the production of semiconductor devices.

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Leica Microsystems announces education partnership with ASM International

Published: February 03, 2017

Leica Microsystems, Buffalo Grove, Ill, announces a new educational partnership with ASM International, the preeminent association for connecting materials professionals with the finest resources available – to solve problems, improve materials performance, and support professional development.

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Asylum Research develops full-featured video-rate atomic force microscope

Published: February 03, 2017

Oxford Instruments Asylum Research, Goleta, Calif., announces the new Cypher VRS Video-Rate AFM, said to be the first and only full-featured video-rate atomic force microscope.

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Bruker acquires Hysitron for its nanomechanical testing instruments

Published: January 27, 2017

Bruker, Billerica, Mass., announces that it has acquired Hysitron Inc., a technology leader in the development, manufacture, and sale of nanomechanical test instrumentation.

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Illinois team advances GaN-on-silicon for scalable high electron mobility transistors

Published: January 22, 2017

A team of researchers at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign has advanced gallium nitride (GaN)-on-silicon transistor technology by optimizing the composition of the semiconductor layers that make up the device.

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Beta gallium oxide experimental transistor demonstrates ultra-wide bandgap

Published: January 22, 2017

Purdue University, West Lafayette, Ind., reports that its researchers have demonstrated the high-performance potential of an experimental transistor made of beta gallium oxide, which could bring new ultra-efficient switches for applications such as the power grid, military ships, and aircraft.

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Imec and EV Group achieve 1.8µm accuracy in pitch overlay for wafer bonding

Published: January 22, 2017

Imec, Belgium, and EV Group, Tempe, Ariz., announce an extension to their successful collaboration, achieving excellent wafer-to-wafer overlay accuracy results in both hybrid bonding and dielectric bonding.

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