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STMicroelectronics to Acquire Majority Stake in Silicon Carbide Wafer Manufacturer Norstel AB
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Published: Feb 11,2019

Anyone Can Be a Grinding Expert with StuderTechnology
Swiss cylindrical grinding specialist STUDER called on grinding experts to compete against the StuderTechnology computer. Seventy specialists took up the challenge. Each had the same grinding task: Six criteria had to be fulfilled for an optimum grinding result...

Mitsubishi Electric Develops Security Technology to Detect Attacks on Equipment Sensors
Mitsubishi Electric announced that it has developed what is believed to be the world's first sensor-security technology that detects measurement-data inconsistencies by embedding a proprietary algorithm in sensor fusion algorithms, which combine multiple sensors for measurements used in the automatic control of drones, in-vehicle devices, production equipment and more...

Acer Debuts Two Sleek Chromebases for Meetings and Productivity
Acer debuted two sleek and elegantly designed Chromebases — the Acer Chromebase for Meetings 24V2 for effortless video conferencing with Google Hangouts Meet, and the Acer Chromebase 24I2, an all-in-one Chrome device designed to fill multiple roles, either as an individual desktop working device, or as an in-store kiosk...

China IC Production Forecast to Show a Strong 15% 2018-2023 CAGR
China has been the largest consuming country for ICs since 2005, but large increases in IC production within China have not immediately followed, according to data presented in the new 500-page 2019 edition of IC Insights’ McClean Report—A Complete Analysis and Forecast of the Integrated Circuit Industry (released in January 2019)...

NARLabs Taiwan Semiconductor Research Institute Officially Open
TAIPEI, Taiwan - NARLabs Taiwan Semiconductor Research Institute on January 30 was formally unveiled as the world’s only national science and technology research and development center which integrates integrated circuit design, chip offline manufacturing, and semiconductor component manufacturing process research...

SEMI: Annual Silicon Shipments Hit Record High, Exceeds $10 Billion
Worldwide silicon wafer area shipments in 2018 increased 8 percent year-over-year to a record high, while 2018 worldwide silicon revenue jumped 31 percent during the same period, topping the $10 billion mark for the first time since 2008, reported the SEMI Silicon Manufacturers Group (SMG) in its year-end analysis of the silicon wafer industry...