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JOURNAL OF COMMERCE AND MANAGEMENT RESEARCH (Print Version)



In this issue:
• Global semiconductor industry posts record sales in 2014
• Reframing the Roadmap: ITRS 2.0
• The CMOS image sensors industry is about to change, with major investment in manufacturing & design
• Insights from the Leading Edge: Samsung goings on
• ROHM Semiconductor announces monolithic EDLC cell balancing IC
• Imec introduces new snapshot hyperspectral image sensors with mosaic filter architecture
• Entegris launches Dispense System optimized for 3D and MEMS applications
• SEMICON show highlights chip manufacturing in South Korea
• Gov. Baker announces $4M grant to UMass Lowell to fuel emerging printed electronics cluster
• New MES operations improvement software from critical manufacturing features integrated scheduling
• Status of the power electronics industry: It is now a question of integration
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Global semiconductor industry posts record sales in 2014The Semiconductor Industry Association announced that the global semiconductor industry posted record sales totaling $335.8 billion in 2014, an increase of 9.9 percent from the 2013 total of $305.6 billion.Share: Facebook Linkedin Twitter
Reframing the Roadmap: ITRS 2.0The International Technology Roadmap for Semiconductor (ITRS) is being reframed to focus more on end applications, such as smartphones and micro-servers. Labeled ITRS 2.0, the new roadmap is a departure from a strong focus maintaining the path defined by Moore's Law.Share: Facebook Linkedin Twitter
The CMOS image sensors industry is about to change, with major investment in manufacturing & designDriven by mobile and automotive applications, the CIS industry is expected to grow at a CAGR of 10.6 percent from 2014 - 2020. Share: Facebook Linkedin Twitter
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Insights from the Leading Edge: Samsung goings onLet's take a break from the conference circuit to take a look at some significant Samsung goings on in the industry.Share: Facebook Linkedin Twitter
ROHM Semiconductor announces monolithic EDLC cell balancing ICROHM recently announced the development of a cell balancing IC that contributes to increased miniaturization, greater stability, and longer life for EDLCs.Share: Facebook Linkedin Twitter
Imec introduces new snapshot hyperspectral image sensors with mosaic filter architectureAt next week's SPIE Photonics West 2015, imec will present a new set of snapshot hyperspectral CMOS image sensors featuring spectral filter structures in a mosaic layout, processed per-pixel on 4x4 and 5x5 'Bayer-like' arrays. Share: Facebook Linkedin Twitter
Entegris launches Dispense System optimized for 3D and MEMS applicationsEntegris, Inc. announced the latest addition to its IntelliGen family of two-stage dispense technologies used in microelectronics manufacturing processes.Share: Facebook Linkedin Twitter
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Business News
SEMICON show highlights chip manufacturing in South KoreaThe show highlights the importance of semiconductor manufacturing in South Korea, home to two of the biggest memory chip makers in the world, Samsung Electronics and SK Hynix. (From SemiMD)Share: Facebook Linkedin Twitter
Gov. Baker announces $4M grant to UMass Lowell to fuel emerging printed electronics clusterGov. Charlie Baker announced a $4 million dollar grant from the Massachusetts Technology Collaborative to UMass Lowell to support development of a printed and flexible electronics industry cluster, an emerging field that has the potential to become a $76 billion global market in the next decade. Share: Facebook Linkedin Twitter
New MES operations improvement software from critical manufacturing features integrated schedulingCritical Manufacturing, a supplier of integrated manufacturing execution systems (MES), introduces cmNavigo 4.0, the industry's first comprehensive MES software with embedded finite scheduling. Share: Facebook Linkedin Twitter
Status of the power electronics industry: It is now a question of integrationAccording to Yole Developpement's team, wide band gap (WBG) technologies are almost ready to be used by power electronics integrators. The question is now: How? Share: Facebook Linkedin Twitter
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