20150613

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In this issue:
• Move over, 16nm -- here comes 10nm chips
• Fab equipment growth continues into 2015
• North America: A critical player in the advanced semiconductor market
• Samsung to put 10nm chips into mass production by end of 2016
• A novel characterization technique unveils the 3D structure of conductive filaments in resistive switching memories
• Diverse packaging and test issues up for debate at SEMICON West 2015
• Collaboration could lead to biodegradable computer chips
• Insights from the Leading Edge: Simply obeying the laws of economics
• Leti launches new Silicon Impulse FD-SOI Development Program
• Global semiconductor sales increase in April; Steady growth projected
• GLOBALFOUNDRIES solidifies 14nm finFET design infrastructure for next-generation chip design
• Fan-in WLP manufacturing capacities are full and more volume is required
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Move over, 16nm -- here comes 10nm chipsTaiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing wants you to know that they're ready, willing, and able to help you design chips with 10-nanometer features.Share: Facebook Linkedin Twitter
Fab equipment growth continues into 2015Fab equipment spending is forecast to depart from the typical historic trend over the past 15 years of two years of spending growth followed by one of decline. For the first time, equipment spending could grow every year for three years in a row: 2014, 2015, and 2016.Share: Facebook Linkedin Twitter
North America: A critical player in the advanced semiconductor marketAs the fabless business model has transformed the semiconductor manufacturing landscape, Taiwan and South Korea have undeniably grown into key semiconductor producing regions. However, it should be noted that North America is home to Intel, Texas Instruments, Micron, GLOBALFOUNDRIES, Freescale, Fairchild, Microchip, ON Semiconductor, significant operations of Samsung, and other manufacturers.Share: Facebook Linkedin Twitter
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Tech News
Samsung to put 10nm chips into mass production by end of 2016Samsung Semiconductor announced that it will have 10-nanometer FinFET chips in volume production by the end of next year. (From SemiMD)Share: Facebook Linkedin Twitter
A novel characterization technique unveils the 3D structure of conductive filaments in resistive switching memoriesImec researchers have developed a novel technique - termed conductive atomic force microscopy tomography (or scalpel C-AFM) - that enables a three-dimensional characterization of emerging logic and memory devices.Share: Facebook Linkedin Twitter
Diverse packaging and test issues up for debate at SEMICON West 2015SEMI announced the SEMICON West 2015 test and packaging program agendas.Share: Facebook Linkedin Twitter
Collaboration could lead to biodegradable computer chipsPortable electronics - typically made of non-renewable, non-biodegradable and potentially toxic materials - are discarded at an alarming rate in consumers' pursuit of the next best electronic gadget.Share: Facebook Linkedin Twitter
Business News
Insights from the Leading Edge: Simply obeying the laws of economicsThere are laws and then there are laws. "Moore's Law" to me is more of an observation. Gordon Moore simply noticed what was going on and commented on it. Powerful laws, to me, are usually laws of physics like Newton's law of gravity or Einstein's Law of relativity.Share: Facebook Linkedin Twitter
Leti launches new Silicon Impulse FD-SOI Development ProgramCEA-Leti announced today during the Design Automation Conference that seven partners have joined its new FD-SOI IC development program, Silicon Impulse.Share: Facebook Linkedin Twitter
Global semiconductor sales increase in April; Steady growth projectedThe Semiconductor Industry Association (SIA) announced worldwide sales of semiconductors reached $27.6 billion for the month of April 2015, 4.8 percent higher than the April 2014 total of $26.3 billion and 0.4 percent lower than last month's total of $27.7 billion. Share: Facebook Linkedin Twitter
GLOBALFOUNDRIES solidifies 14nm finFET design infrastructure for next-generation chip designGLOBALFOUNDRIES announced it has reached a critical milestone in providing a design infrastructure for its 14-nanometer (nm) FinFET process technology.Share: Facebook Linkedin Twitter
Fan-in WLP manufacturing capacities are full and more volume is requiredThe semiconductor industry is facing a new era in which device scaling and cost reduction will not continue on the path they followed for the past few decades, with Moore's law in its foundation.Share: Facebook Linkedin Twitter
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