Samsung Electronics announced today that 8-nanometer (nm) FinFET process technology, 8LPP (Low Power Plus), has been qualified and is ready for production. The newest process node, 8LPP provides up to 10-percent lower power consumption with up to 10-percent area reduction from 10LPP through narrower metal pitch...

With the prospects of large 450mm wafers going nowhere, IC manufacturers are increasing efforts to maximize fabrication plants using 300mm and 200mm diameter silicon substrates. The number of 300mm wafer production-class fabs in operation worldwide is expected to increase each year between now and 2021 to reach 123 compared to 98 in 2016, according to the forecast in IC Insights...

Worldwide semiconductor revenue is forecast to total $411.1 billion in 2017, an increase of 19.7 percent from 2016, according to Gartner, Inc. This represents the strongest growth since the 2010 recovery from the financial crisis when revenue increased by 31...

According to IC Insights that with the rise of fabless IC companies in China, demand for foundry services in that country has also increased. Pure-play foundry sales in China are expected to jump by 16% this year to about $7.0 billion...

After recovering from a 7% drop in 2015, power transistor sales grew 5% in 2016 to $12.9 billion and are forecast to set a new record high this year with worldwide revenues rising 6% to $13.6 billion, according to IC Insights...

HSINCHU, Taiwan - Faraday Technology Corporation today announced the availability of its SoReal! 2.0 Virtual Platform. The upgraded solution enables Faraday’s SoCreative! FPGA board to connect to the customized SoC virtual platform, becoming a mixed prototyping approach...

North American Semiconductor Equipment Industry Posts $2.18B in Billings in August North America-based manufacturers of semiconductor equipment posted $2.18 billion in billings worldwide in August 2017 (three-month average basis), according to the August Equipment Market Data Subscription (EMDS) Billings Report published today by SEMI...