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LIVE WEBINAR – The ROI of User Experience Design: Increase Sales and Minimize Costs

LIVE WEBINAR – The ROI of User Experience Design: Increase Sales and Minimize Costs
by Daniel Nenni on 04-11-2023 at 10:00 am

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The semiconductor industry has seen a significant shift towards vertical integration of products, expanding from chips to generalized or purpose-built integrated solutions. As software becomes an increasingly critical component of these solutions, leveraging modern software development processes with User ExperienceRead More


TSMC has spent a lot more money on 300mm than you think

TSMC has spent a lot more money on 300mm than you think
by Scotten Jones on 04-06-2023 at 10:00 am

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Up until November of 2022, IC Knowledge LLC was an independent company and had become the world leader in cost and price modeling of semiconductors. In November 2022 TechInsights acquired IC Knowledge LLC and IC Knowledge LLC is now a TechInsights company.

For many years, IC Knowledge has published a database tracking all the 300mm… Read More


LIVE WEBINAR: New Standards for Semiconductor Materials

LIVE WEBINAR: New Standards for Semiconductor Materials
by Daniel Nenni on 04-05-2023 at 6:00 am

New Standards for Semiconductor Materials

This is the 5th webinar in our series of webinars to explore trending topics on materials and semiconductor development. Join us to discover how digital solutions are forming new ways of operating in a fast-paced, highly demanding semiconductor industry.

With data analytics and digital tools, we are setting new standards for

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Chiplets, is now their time?

Chiplets, is now their time?
by Daniel Nenni on 03-31-2023 at 6:00 am

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Chiplets appeared on SemiWiki in 2020 and have been a top trending keyword ever since. The question is not IF chiplets will disrupt the semiconductor industry, the question is WHEN? I certainly have voiced my opinion on this (pro chiplet) but let’s hear it from the experts. There was a live panel recently sponsored by Silicon CatalystRead More


Automotive Lone Bright Spot

Automotive Lone Bright Spot
by Bill Jewell on 03-29-2023 at 10:00 am

Automotive Annual Unit Change

Automotive appears to be about the only bright spot in the semiconductor market for 2023. Forecasts for the overall semiconductor market range from a decline of 4% to a decline of 20%. Semiconductor companies generally have bleak outlooks for the start of 2023, citing excess inventories ad weak end market demand. The chart below… Read More


Gordon Moore’s legacy will live on through new paths & incarnations

Gordon Moore’s legacy will live on through new paths & incarnations
by Robert Maire on 03-25-2023 at 6:00 pm

Gordon Moore RIP

-Gordon Moore’s passing reminds us of how far we have come
-One of many pioneers of chip industry-but most remembered
-The most exponential & ubiquitous industry of all times
-“No exponential is forever”- Gordon Moore was an exponential

Remembering Gordon Moore

He will be remembered most for his observation… Read More


Samtec Lights Up MemCon

Samtec Lights Up MemCon
by Mike Gianfagna on 03-20-2023 at 6:00 am

Samtec Lights Up MemCon

Every conference and trade show that Samtec attends is better for the experience. Samtec has a way of bringing exciting and innovative demos and technical presentations to any event they attend. I personally have fond memories of exhibiting next to Samtec at an early AI Hardware Summit at the Computer History Museum in Mountain… Read More


Accellera Update at DVCon 2023

Accellera Update at DVCon 2023
by Bernard Murphy on 03-16-2023 at 6:00 am

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I have a new-found respect for Lu Dai. He is a senior director of engineering at Qualcomm, with valuable insight into the ground realities of verification in a big semiconductor company. He is on the board of directors at RISC-V International and is chairman of the board of directors at Accellera, both giving him a top-down view of… Read More


Sino Semicap Sanction Screws Snugged- SVB- Aftermath more important than event

Sino Semicap Sanction Screws Snugged- SVB- Aftermath more important than event
by Robert Maire on 03-15-2023 at 10:00 am

China Chip Embargo

-Reports of further tightening of China SemiCap Restrictions
-Likely closing loopholes & pushing back technology line
-Dutch have joined, Japan will too- So far no Chinese reaction
-SVB is toast but repercussions may be far worse

Reports of tightening semiconductor sanctions on Friday

It was reported byBloomberg of Friday… Read More


SPIE Advanced Lithography Conference 2023 – AMAT Sculpta® Announcement

SPIE Advanced Lithography Conference 2023 – AMAT Sculpta® Announcement
by Scotten Jones on 03-13-2023 at 8:00 am

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The SPIE Advanced Lithography Conference is the semiconductor industries premier conference on lithography. The 2023 conference was held the week of February 27th and at the conference Applied Materials announced their Sculpta® pattern shaping tool. Last week I had an opportunity to interview Steven Sherman the Managing … Read More