Amkor Technology Inc., Tempe, Ariz., has completed the acquisition of Nanium S.A., Portugal, a provider of wafer-level fan-out semiconductor packaging solutions.
Amkor Technology completes acquisition of Nanium for its semiconductor packaging
Optical silicone binder extends thermal stability to >180°C for chip-scale LED packaging
Dow Corning, Midland, Mich., introduces Dow Corning CL-1000 optical silicone binder, a new, more thermally stable, high-refractive-index material that is formulated to expand design options for high-power chip-scale LED packaging (CSP).
IBM technology for building transistors from silicon nanosheets will enable 5nm chips
IBM, Armonk, N.Y., announces the development of the first industry process for building silicon nanosheet transistors that will enable 5nm chips.
Global semiconductor sales increase by 21% year-to-year in April
The Semiconductor Industry Association, Washington, D.C., reports that worldwide sales of semiconductors reached $31.3 billion for the month of April 2017, an increase of 20.9 percent from the April 2016 total of $25.9 billion, and 1.3 percent more than the March total of $30.9 billion.
Machine Tool Builders launches company to build and retrofit heat treating furnaces
Machine Tool Builders (MTB), Machesney Park, Ill., announces that it has launched Diablo Furnaces, a company that builds custom heat treating furnaces.