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Cadence’s Brian Fuller looks at the first application-specific smart phone and why it’s noteworthy—regardless of how well it fares against phones made by Apple and Samsung. Rambus’ Deepak Chandra Sekar digs deep into interconnect technology and where the prevailing winds are blowing—copper barrier/cap/liner optimization, a slowdown i... <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20140626095614/http://semiengineering.com/blog-review-june-25/">» read more</a> </div> <br/> <hr/> <br/> </div> </div> <div class="row"> <div class="col-md-12"> <div class="loop_post_title_wrapper"> <h2 class="post_title_a"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20140626095614/http://semiengineering.com/the-week-in-review-manufacturing-15/" title="The Week In Review: Manufacturing">The Week In Review: Manufacturing</a></h2> <div class="loop_post_meta"> By <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20140626095614/http://semiengineering.com/author/mark-lapedus/">Mark LaPedus</a> - 20 Jun, 2014 - Comments: 0 - <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20140626095614/http://semiengineering.com/category/manufacturing-design/" title="View all posts in Manufacturing and Design">Manufacturing and Design</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20140626095614/http://semiengineering.com/category/news/" title="View all posts in News">News</a>, </div> </div> <div class="post_excerpt"> <div class="social_sharing"> <div class="social_sharing_panel"> <div class="addthis_toolbox addthis_default_style"> <a fb:like:layout="button_count" class="addthis_button_facebook_like" addthis:url="http://semiengineering.com/the-week-in-review-manufacturing-15/" addthis:title="The Week In Review: Manufacturing"></a> </div> </div> <div class="social_sharing_panel"> <div class="addthis_toolbox addthis_default_style" addthis:url="http://semiengineering.com/the-week-in-review-manufacturing-15/" addthis:title="The Week In Review: Manufacturing"> <a class="addthis_button_tweet"></a> </div> </div> <div class="social_sharing_panel"> <div class="addthis_toolbox addthis_default_style"> <a class="addthis_button_email" addthis:url="http://semiengineering.com/the-week-in-review-manufacturing-15/" addthis:title="The Week In Review: Manufacturing"></a> <a class="addthis_button_linkedin" addthis:url="http://semiengineering.com/the-week-in-review-manufacturing-15/" addthis:title="The Week In Review: Manufacturing"></a> <a class="addthis_button_google_plusone" addthis:url="http://semiengineering.com/the-week-in-review-manufacturing-15/" addthis:title="The Week In Review: Manufacturing"></a> <a class="addthis_counter addthis_pill_style" addthis:url="http://semiengineering.com/the-week-in-review-manufacturing-15/" addthis:title="The Week In Review: Manufacturing"></a> </div> </div> <div class="clearfix"></div> </div> According to one analyst, the capital spending picture looks gloomy. “We expect finFET and 3D NAND to ramp over the next two years. However, foundry and memory customers are showing great restraint with respect to spending plans, limiting the rate of new node transitions and overall capex upside. In the near term, we see no evidence of meaningful equipment orders to support high-volume finFET... <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20140626095614/http://semiengineering.com/the-week-in-review-manufacturing-15/">» read more</a> </div> <br/> <hr/> <br/> </div> </div> <div class="row"> <div class="col-md-12"> <div class="loop_post_title_wrapper"> <h2 class="post_title_a"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20140626095614/http://semiengineering.com/semicon-west-preview-test/" title="SEMICON West Preview: Test">SEMICON West Preview: Test</a></h2> <div class="loop_post_meta"> By <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20140626095614/http://semiengineering.com/author/semi-staff/">SEMI</a> - 19 Jun, 2014 - Comments: 0 - <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20140626095614/http://semiengineering.com/category/blogs-md/" title="View all posts in Blogs - MD">Blogs - MD</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20140626095614/http://semiengineering.com/category/manufacturing-design/" title="View all posts in Manufacturing and Design">Manufacturing and Design</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20140626095614/http://semiengineering.com/category/blogs-md/viewpoints-semi/" title="View all posts in Viewpoints: SEMI">Viewpoints: SEMI</a>, </div> </div> <div class="post_excerpt"> <div class="social_sharing"> <div class="social_sharing_panel"> <div class="addthis_toolbox addthis_default_style"> <a fb:like:layout="button_count" class="addthis_button_facebook_like" addthis:url="http://semiengineering.com/semicon-west-preview-test/" addthis:title="SEMICON West Preview: Test"></a> </div> </div> <div class="social_sharing_panel"> <div class="addthis_toolbox addthis_default_style" addthis:url="http://semiengineering.com/semicon-west-preview-test/" addthis:title="SEMICON West Preview: Test"> <a class="addthis_button_tweet"></a> </div> </div> <div class="social_sharing_panel"> <div class="addthis_toolbox addthis_default_style"> <a class="addthis_button_email" addthis:url="http://semiengineering.com/semicon-west-preview-test/" addthis:title="SEMICON West Preview: Test"></a> <a class="addthis_button_linkedin" addthis:url="http://semiengineering.com/semicon-west-preview-test/" addthis:title="SEMICON West Preview: Test"></a> <a class="addthis_button_google_plusone" addthis:url="http://semiengineering.com/semicon-west-preview-test/" addthis:title="SEMICON West Preview: Test"></a> <a class="addthis_counter addthis_pill_style" addthis:url="http://semiengineering.com/semicon-west-preview-test/" addthis:title="SEMICON West Preview: Test"></a> </div> </div> <div class="clearfix"></div> </div> By Paula Doe Talking with the speakers scheduled to speak in the programs on IC testing at SEMICON West this year, I was struck by how much this equipment sector is changing as the value moves to software and the cloud. It has to be the first time I’ve ever mentioned PayPal in the same paragraph with semiconductor equipment, to say nothing of the business model of free hardware with software... <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20140626095614/http://semiengineering.com/semicon-west-preview-test/">» read more</a> </div> <br/> <hr/> <br/> </div> </div> <div class="row"> <div class="col-md-12"> <div class="loop_post_title_wrapper"> <h2 class="post_title_a"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20140626095614/http://semiengineering.com/the-week-in-review-manufacturing-14/" title="The Week In Review: Manufacturing">The Week In Review: Manufacturing</a></h2> <div class="loop_post_meta"> By <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20140626095614/http://semiengineering.com/author/mark-lapedus/">Mark LaPedus</a> - 13 Jun, 2014 - Comments: 0 - <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20140626095614/http://semiengineering.com/category/manufacturing-design/" title="View all posts in Manufacturing and Design">Manufacturing and Design</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20140626095614/http://semiengineering.com/category/news/" title="View all posts in News">News</a>, </div> </div> <div class="post_excerpt"> <div class="social_sharing"> <div class="social_sharing_panel"> <div class="addthis_toolbox addthis_default_style"> <a fb:like:layout="button_count" class="addthis_button_facebook_like" addthis:url="http://semiengineering.com/the-week-in-review-manufacturing-14/" addthis:title="The Week In Review: Manufacturing"></a> </div> </div> <div class="social_sharing_panel"> <div class="addthis_toolbox addthis_default_style" addthis:url="http://semiengineering.com/the-week-in-review-manufacturing-14/" addthis:title="The Week In Review: Manufacturing"> <a class="addthis_button_tweet"></a> </div> </div> <div class="social_sharing_panel"> <div class="addthis_toolbox addthis_default_style"> <a class="addthis_button_email" addthis:url="http://semiengineering.com/the-week-in-review-manufacturing-14/" addthis:title="The Week In Review: Manufacturing"></a> <a class="addthis_button_linkedin" addthis:url="http://semiengineering.com/the-week-in-review-manufacturing-14/" addthis:title="The Week In Review: Manufacturing"></a> <a class="addthis_button_google_plusone" addthis:url="http://semiengineering.com/the-week-in-review-manufacturing-14/" addthis:title="The Week In Review: Manufacturing"></a> <a class="addthis_counter addthis_pill_style" addthis:url="http://semiengineering.com/the-week-in-review-manufacturing-14/" addthis:title="The Week In Review: Manufacturing"></a> </div> </div> <div class="clearfix"></div> </div> In a much-anticipated deal, IBM is close to selling its chip unit to GlobalFoundries, according to Bloomberg. GlobalFoundries wants IBM’s engineers and the IP, and not the fabs. Intel lost its challenge against a record 1.06 billion euro ($1.44 billion) European Union fine handed down five years ago, according to Reuters. The EU said Intel tried to thwart AMD by giving rebates to PC makers... <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20140626095614/http://semiengineering.com/the-week-in-review-manufacturing-14/">» read more</a> </div> <br/> <hr/> <br/> </div> </div> <div class="row"> <div class="col-md-12"> <div class="loop_post_title_wrapper"> <h2 class="post_title_a"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20140626095614/http://semiengineering.com/semicon-west-preview-packaging/" title="Semicon West Preview: Packaging">Semicon West Preview: Packaging</a></h2> <div class="loop_post_meta"> By <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20140626095614/http://semiengineering.com/author/semi-staff/">SEMI</a> - 09 Jun, 2014 - Comments: 0 - <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20140626095614/http://semiengineering.com/category/blogs-md/" title="View all posts in Blogs - MD">Blogs - MD</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20140626095614/http://semiengineering.com/category/manufacturing-design/" title="View all posts in Manufacturing and Design">Manufacturing and Design</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20140626095614/http://semiengineering.com/category/blogs-md/viewpoints-semi/" title="View all posts in Viewpoints: SEMI">Viewpoints: SEMI</a>, </div> </div> <div class="post_excerpt"> <div class="social_sharing"> <div class="social_sharing_panel"> <div class="addthis_toolbox addthis_default_style"> <a fb:like:layout="button_count" class="addthis_button_facebook_like" addthis:url="http://semiengineering.com/semicon-west-preview-packaging/" addthis:title="Semicon West Preview: Packaging"></a> </div> </div> <div class="social_sharing_panel"> <div class="addthis_toolbox addthis_default_style" addthis:url="http://semiengineering.com/semicon-west-preview-packaging/" addthis:title="Semicon West Preview: Packaging"> <a class="addthis_button_tweet"></a> </div> </div> <div class="social_sharing_panel"> <div class="addthis_toolbox addthis_default_style"> <a class="addthis_button_email" addthis:url="http://semiengineering.com/semicon-west-preview-packaging/" addthis:title="Semicon West Preview: Packaging"></a> <a class="addthis_button_linkedin" addthis:url="http://semiengineering.com/semicon-west-preview-packaging/" addthis:title="Semicon West Preview: Packaging"></a> <a class="addthis_button_google_plusone" addthis:url="http://semiengineering.com/semicon-west-preview-packaging/" addthis:title="Semicon West Preview: Packaging"></a> <a class="addthis_counter addthis_pill_style" addthis:url="http://semiengineering.com/semicon-west-preview-packaging/" addthis:title="Semicon West Preview: Packaging"></a> </div> </div> <div class="clearfix"></div> </div> By Paula Doe The evolving mobile device market means the packaging, assembly and test supply chain faces a growing range of alternative technologies vying for its investment dollar, everything from Google’s modular electronics with 3D printing, to more solutions for integrating varied chips in smaller packaged systems. One potentially disruptive change is the wider use of more open-source... <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20140626095614/http://semiengineering.com/semicon-west-preview-packaging/">» read more</a> </div> <br/> <hr/> <br/> </div> </div> <div class="row"> <div class="col-md-12"> <div class="loop_post_title_wrapper"> <h2 class="post_title_a"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20140626095614/http://semiengineering.com/12474/" title="The Week In Review: Manufacturing">The Week In Review: Manufacturing</a></h2> <div class="loop_post_meta"> By <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20140626095614/http://semiengineering.com/author/mark-lapedus/">Mark LaPedus</a> - 06 Jun, 2014 - Comments: 0 - <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20140626095614/http://semiengineering.com/category/manufacturing-design/" title="View all posts in Manufacturing and Design">Manufacturing and Design</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20140626095614/http://semiengineering.com/category/news/" title="View all posts in News">News</a>, </div> </div> <div class="post_excerpt"> <div class="social_sharing"> <div class="social_sharing_panel"> <div class="addthis_toolbox addthis_default_style"> <a fb:like:layout="button_count" class="addthis_button_facebook_like" addthis:url="http://semiengineering.com/12474/" addthis:title="The Week In Review: Manufacturing"></a> </div> </div> <div class="social_sharing_panel"> <div class="addthis_toolbox addthis_default_style" addthis:url="http://semiengineering.com/12474/" addthis:title="The Week In Review: Manufacturing"> <a class="addthis_button_tweet"></a> </div> </div> <div class="social_sharing_panel"> <div class="addthis_toolbox addthis_default_style"> <a class="addthis_button_email" addthis:url="http://semiengineering.com/12474/" addthis:title="The Week In Review: Manufacturing"></a> <a class="addthis_button_linkedin" addthis:url="http://semiengineering.com/12474/" addthis:title="The Week In Review: Manufacturing"></a> <a class="addthis_button_google_plusone" addthis:url="http://semiengineering.com/12474/" addthis:title="The Week In Review: Manufacturing"></a> <a class="addthis_counter addthis_pill_style" addthis:url="http://semiengineering.com/12474/" addthis:title="The Week In Review: Manufacturing"></a> </div> </div> <div class="clearfix"></div> </div> To help fab tool vendors, Imec has formally launched what it calls a “suppliers hub.” This program aims to offer an open R&D; platform, which enables chip suppliers and tool makers to collaborate more deeply and in an earlier stage in the process. D2S has acquired the assets of Gauda, a developer of GPGPU-based computational lithography acceleration technology headquartered in Sunnyvale,... <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20140626095614/http://semiengineering.com/12474/">» read more</a> </div> <br/> <hr/> <br/> </div> </div> <div class="row"> <div class="col-md-12"> <div class="loop_post_title_wrapper"> <h2 class="post_title_a"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20140626095614/http://semiengineering.com/the-week-in-review-manufacturing-12/" title="The Week In Review: Manufacturing">The Week In Review: Manufacturing</a></h2> <div class="loop_post_meta"> By <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20140626095614/http://semiengineering.com/author/mark-lapedus/">Mark LaPedus</a> - 23 May, 2014 - Comments: 1 - <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20140626095614/http://semiengineering.com/category/manufacturing-design/" title="View all posts in Manufacturing and Design">Manufacturing and Design</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20140626095614/http://semiengineering.com/category/news/" title="View all posts in News">News</a>, </div> </div> <div class="post_excerpt"> <div class="social_sharing"> <div class="social_sharing_panel"> <div class="addthis_toolbox addthis_default_style"> <a fb:like:layout="button_count" class="addthis_button_facebook_like" addthis:url="http://semiengineering.com/the-week-in-review-manufacturing-12/" addthis:title="The Week In Review: Manufacturing"></a> </div> </div> <div class="social_sharing_panel"> <div class="addthis_toolbox addthis_default_style" addthis:url="http://semiengineering.com/the-week-in-review-manufacturing-12/" addthis:title="The Week In Review: Manufacturing"> <a class="addthis_button_tweet"></a> </div> </div> <div class="social_sharing_panel"> <div class="addthis_toolbox addthis_default_style"> <a class="addthis_button_email" addthis:url="http://semiengineering.com/the-week-in-review-manufacturing-12/" addthis:title="The Week In Review: Manufacturing"></a> <a class="addthis_button_linkedin" addthis:url="http://semiengineering.com/the-week-in-review-manufacturing-12/" addthis:title="The Week In Review: Manufacturing"></a> <a class="addthis_button_google_plusone" addthis:url="http://semiengineering.com/the-week-in-review-manufacturing-12/" addthis:title="The Week In Review: Manufacturing"></a> <a class="addthis_counter addthis_pill_style" addthis:url="http://semiengineering.com/the-week-in-review-manufacturing-12/" addthis:title="The Week In Review: Manufacturing"></a> </div> </div> <div class="clearfix"></div> </div> About 150 to 200 employees from IBM’s chip unit will be dispatched to work at GlobalFoundries, according to the Poughkeepsie Journal. GlobalFoundries said the arrangement is temporary, according to the report. GlobalFoundries is the leading candidate to buy IBM’s chip unit, which is apparently on the block. To date, however, GlobalFoundries and IBM have yet to make any announcements on the... <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20140626095614/http://semiengineering.com/the-week-in-review-manufacturing-12/">» read more</a> </div> <br/> <hr/> <br/> </div> </div> <div class="row"> <div class="col-md-12"> <div class="loop_post_title_wrapper"> <h2 class="post_title_a"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20140626095614/http://semiengineering.com/12215/" title="Blog Review: May 21">Blog Review: May 21</a></h2> <div class="loop_post_meta"> By <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20140626095614/http://semiengineering.com/author/esperling/">Ed Sperling</a> - 21 May, 2014 - Comments: 0 - <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20140626095614/http://semiengineering.com/category/news/" title="View all posts in News">News</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20140626095614/http://semiengineering.com/category/system-level-design-2/" title="View all posts in System-Level Design">System-Level Design</a>, </div> </div> <div class="post_excerpt"> <div class="social_sharing"> <div class="social_sharing_panel"> <div class="addthis_toolbox addthis_default_style"> <a fb:like:layout="button_count" class="addthis_button_facebook_like" addthis:url="http://semiengineering.com/12215/" addthis:title="Blog Review: May 21"></a> </div> </div> <div class="social_sharing_panel"> <div class="addthis_toolbox addthis_default_style" addthis:url="http://semiengineering.com/12215/" addthis:title="Blog Review: May 21"> <a class="addthis_button_tweet"></a> </div> </div> <div class="social_sharing_panel"> <div class="addthis_toolbox addthis_default_style"> <a class="addthis_button_email" addthis:url="http://semiengineering.com/12215/" addthis:title="Blog Review: May 21"></a> <a class="addthis_button_linkedin" addthis:url="http://semiengineering.com/12215/" addthis:title="Blog Review: May 21"></a> <a class="addthis_button_google_plusone" addthis:url="http://semiengineering.com/12215/" addthis:title="Blog Review: May 21"></a> <a class="addthis_counter addthis_pill_style" addthis:url="http://semiengineering.com/12215/" addthis:title="Blog Review: May 21"></a> </div> </div> <div class="clearfix"></div> </div> Mentor’s Colin Walls offers up some new insights into C++ exception handling, thanks to some input from colleague Jonathan Roelofs. This one involves minimizing overhead and reducing runtime penalties. Synopsys’ Mick Posner is back in the saddle again—literally. This is about as green as it gets. 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Chipmakers wanted, if not demanded, 450mm pilot line fabs by 2016, with high-volume manufacturing 450mm plants slated by 2018. At least for those companies, 450mm made some sense. Moving to 450mm wafers would supposedly give chipmakers a 2.25x boost in wafer area and a 30% cost reduction over 300mm substrates. But... <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20140626095614/http://semiengineering.com/is-450mm-dead-in-the-water/">» read more</a> </div> <br/> <hr/> <br/> </div> </div> <div class="row"> <div class="col-md-12"> <div class="loop_post_title_wrapper"> <h2 class="post_title_a"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20140626095614/http://semiengineering.com/whats-next-for-mems/" title="What’s Next For MEMS">What’s Next For MEMS</a></h2> <div class="loop_post_meta"> By <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20140626095614/http://semiengineering.com/author/semi-staff/">SEMI</a> - 15 May, 2014 - Comments: 0 - <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20140626095614/http://semiengineering.com/category/blogs-md/" title="View all posts in Blogs - MD">Blogs - MD</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20140626095614/http://semiengineering.com/category/manufacturing-design/" title="View all posts in Manufacturing and Design">Manufacturing and Design</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20140626095614/http://semiengineering.com/category/blogs-md/viewpoints-semi/" title="View all posts in Viewpoints: SEMI">Viewpoints: SEMI</a>, </div> </div> <div class="post_excerpt"> <div class="social_sharing"> <div class="social_sharing_panel"> <div class="addthis_toolbox addthis_default_style"> <a fb:like:layout="button_count" class="addthis_button_facebook_like" addthis:url="http://semiengineering.com/whats-next-for-mems/" addthis:title="What’s Next For MEMS"></a> </div> </div> <div class="social_sharing_panel"> <div class="addthis_toolbox addthis_default_style" addthis:url="http://semiengineering.com/whats-next-for-mems/" addthis:title="What’s Next For MEMS"> <a class="addthis_button_tweet"></a> </div> </div> <div class="social_sharing_panel"> <div class="addthis_toolbox addthis_default_style"> <a class="addthis_button_email" addthis:url="http://semiengineering.com/whats-next-for-mems/" addthis:title="What’s Next For MEMS"></a> <a class="addthis_button_linkedin" addthis:url="http://semiengineering.com/whats-next-for-mems/" addthis:title="What’s Next For MEMS"></a> <a class="addthis_button_google_plusone" addthis:url="http://semiengineering.com/whats-next-for-mems/" addthis:title="What’s Next For MEMS"></a> <a class="addthis_counter addthis_pill_style" addthis:url="http://semiengineering.com/whats-next-for-mems/" addthis:title="What’s Next For MEMS"></a> </div> </div> <div class="clearfix"></div> </div> By Paula Doe While MEMS sensors and actuators are key to enabling most of the high profile markets of tomorrow, from wearables to smart objects in the Internet of Things, MEMS companies face challenges today in transitioning to those new opportunities as basic MEMS devices increasingly becoming commodities. 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