- Watch your step: IC technology and tools face economic hurdles
The semiconductor industry is unique in having a blueprint for development that has proved accurate for 39 years. In 1965, Electronics magazine asked Gordon Moore, PhD, a founder of Intel Corp and then director of the research-and-development laboratories at Fairchild Semiconductor to write an article discussing the future of semiconductor ......
- Virtual versus vertical
There's no question that the pure-play foundry has proven to be one of the most successful innovations in the semiconductor industry. Twenty years ago, these independent foundries didn't exist; in 2004 the combined revenues of the four largest foundries—Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC), United Microelectronics Corp. (UMC), Chartered Semiconductor Manufacturing ......
- Semiconductor manufacturing: Off to a slower start
HEADNOTE Semicon West kicks off as capital-equipment purchases slow from last year's torrid pace. Makers of semiconductor-manufacturing equipment are confronting a slight drop in capital-equipment purchases. But indications are that they are prepared for the slowdown. "We're looking at a 5% decline in purchases compared to last year, but we ......
- Revisiting SEMATECH: Profiling public- and private-sector cooperation
HEADNOTE Abstract HEADNOTE This article utilizes documentary and primary-source research to examine the change in the role of SEMATECH (SEmiconductor MAnufacturing TECHnology) in supporting the competitiveness of the U.S. semiconductor industry between the late 1980s and late 1990s. This change has broad implications for future relations between SEMATECH and the ......
- M&A's huge year
Agilent Technologies considered a range of options last year while deciding how best to sell its 40-year-old semiconductor division. Other chip makers were interested in buying some, but not all, of the division's product lines. Agilent also contemplated an initial public offering (IPO), but the prospects weren't encouraging, because investors ......
- Global Support, Collaboration Key to EDA recovery, CEOs say
ANAHEIM, Calif. -- With the semiconductor business ending its slump and now posting revenue comparable to that of 2000, business prospects are starting to look sunny for the EDA industry. But user and design requirements have changed drastically, requiring EDA vendors to closely collaborate with worldwide customers and partners to ......
- Ex-Cadence Exec Joins EDA Start Up
Bringing more than 25 years of senior management experience in the EDA and semiconductor industries, Mike Gianfagna has been named president and CEO of Aprio Technologies Inc., a Santa Clara, Calif.-based startup focused on design for manufacturing (DFM) tools. Aimed at ensuring a faster path from design to successful manufacturing, ......