Samsung, SAP set up Korea R&D for in-memory platform
The two companies plan to push for more advanced global in-memory market offerings by conducting research on next-generation DRAM.
Jabil rolls out commercialisation services
The Innovation Acceleration Services focus on prototyping and procurement and supply chain management.
<40nm foundry sales to surge by 23%
Less-than-40nm pure-play foundry market is expected increase by $3.6 billion this year, according to IC Insights. And TSMC continues to…
Substrate-like PCB shrinks conductor trackwidths to 15µm
The AT&S Toolbox uses technologies such as insulated metallic substrate, flexible PCBs, interposers and chip embedding to deliver substrate-like printed…
ON-Fairchild union: A match made in heaven?
Bringing together two established industry leaders, ON Semiconductor’s acquisition of Fairchild Semiconductor creates one extraordinary company.
ASIC design faces verification ‘escapes’
Bugs are still missed in design validation, despite the presence of powerful HVLs, metrologies and good verification practices.
UMC inks new deal to expand MEMS business
New partner Asia Pacific Microsystems has its own 6-inch wafer fab.
Indonesia’s PMI crosses 50-point mark in August
An above 50 PMI reading means "economic expansion," while below 50 "points towards contraction."
Consider using robots for mundane supply chain tasks
Systems handling SAP and MRP need overarching management by human operators, but most of these manual operations can also be…
TSMC pure-play foundry market share drops in 2016
Tower Semiconductor and SMIC will benefit the most from a 9% jump in the size of the pure-play foundry market…