The Semiconductor Industry Association (SIA), Washington, D.C., announces that the global semiconductor industry posted sales totaling $338.9 billion in 2016, the industry’s highest-ever annual sales and a modest increase of 1.1% over the 2015 total.
Qualcomm Inc., San Diego, Calif., and TDK Corp., Tokyo, announce the completion of the previously announced joint venture under the name RF360 Holdings Singapore PTE. Ltd.
Amkor Technology Inc., Tempe, Ariz., has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Nanium, a world class provider of wafer-level fan-out (WLFO) semiconductor packaging solutions. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed.
The University of California San Diego reports that its engineers have developed a thin, flexible, light-absorbing material that absorbs more than 87% of near-infrared light, with 98% absorption at 1550 nanometers, the wavelength for fiber optic communication.
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.
