150mm and 200mm wafer fabs accounted for two-thirds of total closures. March 01, 2018 -- Since the global economic recession of 2008-2009, the IC industry has been on a mission to pare down older ...

Wafer capacity growth of 8% forecast for 2018 and 2019 versus 4.8% average yearly growth from 2012-2017. February 12, 2018 -- IC industry wafer capacity, specifically in the memory segment, was ...

These factors reduce the overall number of wafers an IC manufacturer can process in a given time, and also raise production costs per chip. Extreme ultraviolet lithography can achieve these ...

Mixing financial data with manufacturing analytics can boost efficiency, but there are still pockets of resistance.

Teradyne Inc. has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire privately held Quantifi Photonics, a leader in photonic IC ...

SITRI’s pilot line of 8-inch IC wafers allows students to participate in the whole process of chip design, manufacturing and testing. As a local university in the Jiading district in the ...

Then, a photomask is developed based on that format. A photomask is a master template for a given IC design. After the mask is developed, it is shipped to the fab and placed in a lithography scanner.

the industry is very curious about the wafer pricing that IC design companies will secure for 2025. Recent earnings... Save my User ID and Password Some subscribers prefer to save their log-in ...

Teradyne said it agreed to acquire Quantifi Photonics, a privately-held photonic IC testing company. Teradyne said Monday the acquisition will enable it to deliver scalable photonic integrated circuit ...