Cree CEO Chuck Swoboda participates in Presidential roundtable on US innovation and clean-energy technology

With few tools in development for the EUV mask infrastructure, Sematech has said it will convene a meeting during SEMICON West to garner financial support from companies and government sources. The goal is to entice commercial suppliers to develop EUV mask blank inspection, mask defect review, and mask pattern inspection tools.

Over the past several years, IDMs have seen the price of silicon fabrication fall, while the cost of packaging, assembly and test has steadily been on the rise.

Cross LCD panel purchase between Samsung and LG, which has been long-held wish in display industry will eventually begin in September. For this, Minister Lee Yun-ho of the MKE and CEO of two companies will sign an MOU.

Solar-power company LDK Solar boosted its wafer shipment forecast for the second quarter on stronger-than-expected demand but issued a revenue view below Wall Street estimates.

Sales of semiconductors in Europe in May again underperformed other regions, according to an analysis of the figures by the Semiconductor Industry Association provided by the World Semiconductor Trade Statistics (WSTS) organization.

NEC Electronics, which has inked an integration contract with fellow chip maker Renesas Technology, is eyeing either Toshiba or Panasonic as its partner in developing an advanced semiconductor system, President Junshi Yamaguchi said.

Barco creates world’s first transformable 360° LED screen for U2. With its 360° shape, the LED screen surrounds the band while performing and can change shape in all directions during the concert.

Semiconductor player RF Micro Devices announced it is cooperating with the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) to develop a commercially viable and high volume-capable compound semiconductor-based process for high-performance photovoltaic (PV) cells.

In addition to exclusive IT Brand Shops, the company is also setting up IT displays within the existing Samsung Digital Plazas. Samsung has around 300 Digital Plazas for its consumer electronics products in India at present. Samsung IT products are also available through large format retail stores like Croma, e-zone, etc. as well as in its Printer Demo Zones in Delhi, Chennai, Bangalore and Coimbatore.