MILPITAS, Calif. — February 13, 2025 — In the second half of 2024, worldwide silicon wafer demand started to recover from the industry downcycle seen in 2023, the SEMI Silicon Manufacturers Group (SMG ...

The company will transfer wafer production from the Miyazaki plant of its subsidiary Sumco Techxiv to other manufacturing facilities, as it restructures the production for silicon wafers of 200mm ...

The U.S. Commerce Department said in December it had finalised $406 million in government grants to GlobalWafers for projects in Texas and Missouri to significantly increase production of silicon ...

With the 2024 NFL season almost over now that Super Bowl 59 weekend is here, it's time to run our first Bears on SI Staff Mock Draft. In this Mock Draft 1.0, our awesome group of writers takes a ...

"By fine tuning the first step of the silicon wafer passivation, we could induce the nucleation of these nanoislands," says Dong-Jik Kim, a scientist in Dubourdieu's team. These domains can be ...

In a recent study, a team of researchers led by Dr. Naoki Yamaji, from the Institute of Plant Science and Resources, Okayama University, Japan, has uncovered a key signaling protein, Shoot-Silicon ...

A recent report shows Silicon Valley's economic growth faltered in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, though local experts say business has been recovering. The Milken Institute, a global think ...

SINGAPORE—A Chinese artificial-intelligence company has Silicon Valley marveling at how its programmers nearly matched American rivals despite using inferior chips. AI models from DeepSeek ...