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Semiconductor Equipment Billings Surge 30% in Q3

Global semiconductor equipment billings surged 30% year-over-year and rose 16% to US$19.4 billion from the prior quarter, SEMI announced today in its Worldwide Semiconductor Equipment Market Statistics (WWSEMS) Report. SEMI and the Semiconductor Equipment Association of Japan (SEAJ) gather the data from more 80 global equipment companies that provide monthly reports. ...
SEMI

Industry groups sign memorandum on semiconductor equipment production
Five industry associations and four industry-related nonprofit organizations yesterday signed a memorandum of understanding to promote the localization of ...
Taipei Times

Plasma Treatment during Fan-out Wafer-Level Packaging Optimizes Performance and Costs
Fan-out Wafer-Level (FOWLP) and Fan-out Panel-Level (FOPLP) semiconductor packaging benefit from plasma treatment, which ensures surfaces are contamination ...
Technical Paper

China's top chipmaker SMIC cuts spending due to US export curbs
China's top chipmaker Semiconductor Manufacturing International Co. confirmed on Thursday that it is cutting capital expenditure for the year by nearly 12% due to ...
Nikkei Asian Review

Snapdragon Ups Ante in Photography, Mobile Gaming
Day two of the Qualcomm Snapdragon Tech Summit provided the details of Snapdragon 888. As we indicated in our previous article, Qualcomm focused technology ...
EE Times

Technical Papers

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Samsung Electronics continues to surge on rosy chip outlook
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