SEMI, San Jose, Calif., projects that worldwide sales of new semiconductor manufacturing equipment will increase 19.3% to $38.0 billion in 2014, according to its year-end forecast.
Semiconductor equipment sales to reach nearly $44B in 2015
Sematech makes progress in EUV-resist outgas testing
Sematech, Albany, N.Y., reports that promising progress has been made in qualifying outgassing specifications for extreme ultraviolet (EUV) lithography.
Mentor Graphics EZ-VIP provides re-usable building blocks to cut testbench assembly time
Mentor Graphics Corp., Wilsonville, Ore., announces the immediate availability of its new Mentor EZ-VIP PCI Express Verification IP (VIP).
Helios PFIB designed for semiconductor failure analysis and process development
FEI Corp., Hillsboro, Ore., offers the Helios PFIB for large area deprocessing to enable electrical fault isolation of advanced process ICs, and advanced failure analysis of 3D packages.
Fourth-generation Intel Core processor enables 50% longer battery life
Intel Corp., Santa Clara, Calif., has introduced the 4th generation Intel Core processor family, with power levels as low as 6 watts, up to 50% improvement in battery life over the previous generation in active workloads, and two to three times improvement in standby battery life.