20150528

IBM's silicon photonics technology ready to speed up cloud and Big Data applications

In this issue:
• IBM's silicon photonics technology ready to speed up cloud and Big Data applications
• 3D NAND, MRAM, RRAM: Emerging opportunities and challenges for the changing memory market
• Process Watch: Time is the enemy of profitability
• Moore's Law to keep on 28nm
• UMC unveils UMC Auto Platform to enable automotive IC designs
• GaN Systems power transistors are 50% smaller
• Dow Corning introduces next-generation thermal interface material
• Advantest develops semiconductor circuit analysis terahertz technology
• The ConFab - Semi industry is now mature
• SEMI April 2015 book-to-bill report shows continued improvements in bookings and billings
• Samtec joins IRT Nanoelec Silicon Photonics Program
• Six top 20 semiconductor suppliers show >20% growth
• First quarter silicon wafer shipments reach record levels
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IBM's silicon photonics technology ready to speed up cloud and Big Data applications
IBM announced a significant milestone in the development of silicon photonics technology, which enables silicon chips to use pulses of light instead of electrical signals over wires to move data at rapid speeds and longer distances in future computing systems. 
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3D NAND, MRAM, RRAM: Emerging opportunities and challenges for the changing memory market
Ever growing volumes of data to be stored and accessed, and advancing process technologies for sophisticated control of deposition and etch in complex stacks of new materials, are creating a window of opportunity for an emerging variety of next-generation non-volatile memory technologies.
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Process Watch: Time is the enemy of profitability
There are three main phases to semiconductor manufacturing: research and development (R&D), ramp, and high volume manufacturing (HVM). All of them are expensive and time is a critical element in all three phases.
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Moore's Law to keep on 28nm
Scaling is now bifurcating - some scaling on with 28/22nm, while other push below 14nm.
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UMC unveils UMC Auto Platform to enable automotive IC designs
United Microelectronics Corporation, a global semiconductor foundry, unveiled its UMC Auto technology platform to target IC companies designing chips for automotive applications.
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GaN Systems power transistors are 50% smaller
GaN Systems, a developer of gallium nitride power switching semiconductors, confirmed the world's smallest 650V, 15A gallium nitride transistor. 
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Dow Corning introduces next-generation thermal interface material
Dow Corning unveiled new Dow Corning TC-3040 Thermally Conductive Gel, a next-generation thermal interface material.
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Advantest develops semiconductor circuit analysis terahertz technology
Semiconductor test equipment supplier Advantest Corporation announced that it has developed a technology utilizing short-pulse terahertz waves for analysis of electrical circuits.
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The ConFab - Semi industry is now mature
The Confab started on Tuesday last week, an industry get-together organised by Solid State Technology (part of Extension Media).
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Business News
SEMI April 2015 book-to-bill report shows continued improvements in bookings and billings
A book-to-bill of 1.04 means that $104 worth of orders were received for every $100 of product billed for the month.
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Samtec joins IRT Nanoelec Silicon Photonics Program
Samtec, Inc. announced its entrance in the Silicon Photonics Program of the IRT Nanoelec.
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Six top 20 semiconductor suppliers show >20% growth
SK Hynix moves into top 5, MediaTek climbs into top 10, and Sharp and UMC move into the top 20 ranking.
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First quarter silicon wafer shipments reach record levels
Worldwide silicon wafer area shipments increased during the first quarter 2015 when compared to fourth quarter 2014 area shipments according to the SEMI Silicon Manufacturers Group (SMG) in its quarterly analysis of the silicon wafer industry.
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