CSR Wire

Chemistry at the Core: How Fluoropolymers Help Power the Semiconductor Ecosystem

Microchips power almost everything in modern life, from smartphones and laptops to electric vehicles, medical devices, data centers, and defense systems. Behind every one of those chips is a complex ...
pv magazine International

AI can now predict solar cell efficiency from wafer quality

Korea University researchers have developed a machine-learning framework that predicts solar cell efficiency from wafer quality, enabling early wafer screening and optimized production paths. Using ...
powerelectronicsnews

GaN Goes Big: How 300 mm Wafers are Powering the Next Generation of Data Centers

The energy demand on data centers has reached an all-time high, with AI projected to increase power consumption exponentially in the coming years. To address that demand, the computing industry must ...
Road to VR

Valve Reconsiders Steam Frame Price & Release Date Amid RAM & Storage Shortage

Steam Frame is still shipping sometime in the first half of 2026, although now Valve says the current component shortage has led the company to revise both price and release date of the standalone VR ...
IEEE

PID-Like Controllers for a Class of Uncertain Underactuated Nonlinear Systems with Application to Wafer-handling Robot

Abstract: We develop an output feedback tracking controller for a class of underactuated nonlinear systems, specifically applied to a wafer handling robot in semiconductor manufacturing. The proposed ...
Digi Times

Micron breaks ground on US$24 billion advanced NAND fab in Singapore

Micron has started construction on an advanced wafer fabrication facility at its existing NAND manufacturing complex in Singapore, marking a planned investment of approximately US$24 billion over 10 ...
Digi Times

TSMC and Samsung reduce 8-inch wafer capacity, but oversupply still remains

TSMC chairman C.C. Wei confirmed adjustments in 8-inch and mature process capacities to improve efficiency, with Samsung also cutting 8-inch output. Despite these reductions and price hikes by Chinese ...
Federal Register

Foreign-Trade Zone (FTZ) 45, Notification of Proposed Production Activity; Qorvo US, Inc.; (Semiconductor Wafers and Modules); Hillsboro, Oregon

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Federal Register

Foreign-Trade Zone (FTZ) 39, Notification of Proposed Production Activity; Qorvo US, Inc.; (Semiconductor Wafers, Modules, and Chips); Richardson, Texas

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Semiconductor Engineering

Wafer Probe Struggles To Adapt To Multi-Die Assemblies

Wafer probe, one of the key processes for ensuring reliability in semiconductor manufacturing, is becoming increasingly unreliable in multi-die assemblies and at leading-edge nodes. For much of the ...
global.yamaha-motor

Yamaha Motor Releases YRH10W Hybrid Placer - A wide-type model based on the YRH10, compatible with 12-inch wafers and capable of transporting large PCBs -

IWATA, January 13, 2026 - Yamaha Motor Co., Ltd. (Tokyo: 7272) will launch the new YRH10W hybrid placer on March 1. The YRH10W features the functions of both a surface mounter*¹ for mounting ...