semiconductor

The Chips are Down: Semiconductor Revenue to Tumble Nearly 10% in 2019

Worldwide semiconductor revenue will tumble 9.6 percent year-on-year to $429 billion in 2019, down from $475 billion in 2018, according…

Memory Market to Slump 24% in 2019: Samsung to Take a Hit

The memory market will fall a steep 24 percent in 2019, according to an updated semiconductor market forecast by IC…

DARPA Delegates Look to POSH Chips, Page 3 for Defence Inspiration

In two days’ time, delegates will walk into a Hilton hotel in Arlington, Virginia with a clear purpose: support a…

Your Next Silicon Superpower: Wales?

Wales’ compound semiconductor (CS) expertise needs to go global: that’s according to the British government, which is gathering industry and…

Ex-Intel President launches new chip company Ampere – but can it beat Intel to the data centre?

Renee James, former President of Intel, has announced a shock new venture aimed at the cloud and data centre markets.…

Samsung knocks Intel off semiconductor top spot after 25 years

Semiconductor mega giant Intel has lost pole position to Samsung, slipping from the top spot after leading the industry for…

Samsung investing $18bn to expand memory chip business

Samsung will invest more than $18 billion over the next four years to expand its memory chip and smartphone businesses…

What is lithography?

In computing, lithography is the process of imprinting patterns onto semiconductors to use in circuits. Photolithography is used to transfer…

White House report warns of Chinese threat to US semiconductor industry

A White House report has warned that Chinese industrial policies pose a real threat to the US semiconductor industry. The…