Electronics Manufacturing Blogs

ElectroIQ’s bloggers provide an insider’s point-of-view for electronic manufacturing such as semiconductor wafer fab, solar photovoltaics, micro electromechanical systems (MEMS) manufacturing, and advanced packaging and test product announcements, industry tradeshows, process advances, and technologies.

ElectroIQ

ElectroIQ Blog

Read opinions/analysis on the day's news, tradeshow updates, and more. We blog about solar, semiconductor, advanced packaging and nanotech manufacturing industries.

Intel's (INTC) 2011 earnings, Q1 outlook, and executive reshuffle

01/22/2012
January 22, 2012 - BUSINESS WIRE -- Intel Corporation (NASDAQ:INTC) reported full-year revenue of $54 billion, operating income of $17.5 billion, net income of $12.9 billion and EPS of $2.39 -- all records for the semiconductor company. The company generated approximately $21 billion in cash from... Read More >>

Samsung plans record investments in 2012

01/17/2012
January 17, 2012 -- Samsung Group, which includes Samsung Electronics Co, is raising its 2012 investment to a record $41.4 billion (47.8 trillion won), the company said in a statement (in Korean). Miyoung Kim, Reuters, says that this record amount underscores "the widening gulf between the domina... Read More >>

Cleaner lines in the new ElectroIQ.com

12/15/2011
Hello again readers! I recently told you about some new functionalities on the ElectroIQ.com website, but that's only part of our redesign work. Looks are important too, and organization even more so. Very soon, you'll see a lighter color scheme on ElectroIQ.com. We've pared down the blue and red... Read More >>

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Energy Storage Trends

Energy Storage Trends

This blog is focused on battery technology and other types of energy storage that are used for load leveling/stabilization and as back-up power for renewable energy. 

                        

CODA Energy Launches Energy Storage Solutions

01/26/2012
CODA Holdings, a developer of advanced battery systems and all-electric vehicles, announced the debut of CODA Energy. The new business arm provides scalable, flexible and reliable battery storage systems to support a more sustainable electrical gr... Read More >>

A123 Systems and NSTAR to Launch Advanced Energy Storage Pilot Project

12/19/2011
A123 Systems (Nasdaq: AONE), a developer and manufacturer of advanced Nanophosphate lithium ion batteries and systems, announced that it is launching a pilot project with NSTAR to study and showcase the performance and reliability benefits of impl... Read More >>

NREL Reports on Value of CSP with Thermal Energy Storage

12/15/2011
A new report, Enabling Greater Penetration of Solar Power via the Use of CSP with Thermal Energy Storage, published by the National Renewable Energy Laboratory says concentrating solar power (CSP) plants with thermal energy storage (TES)... Read More >>

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Insights From Leading Edge

Insights From Leading Edge

Dr. Phil Garrou gives his insight into leading edge developments in 3-D integration and advanced packaging, reporting the latest technical goings on from conferences, conversations, and more.

FTLE 86 3D Headlines at the RTI 3D ASIP part deux

01/22/2012
Continuing with key developments at the 2011 RTI ASIP ST Ericsson / CEA Leti / Cadence One of the best received presentations of the conference was "A Three-Layers 3D-IC Stack including Wide IO and a 3D NoC - a Practical Design Perspective&qu... Read More >>

IFTLE 85 2.5/3D Headlines at the 2011 RTI ASIP

01/15/2012
Research Triangle Institutes 3-D Architectures for Semiconductor Integration and Packaging Conference, or 3D ASIP (as it has become known) normally finishes off the “3D conference circuit” for the year and is a good gauge of how far th... Read More >>

IFTLE 84 .... and the Winner is

01/07/2012
Well, all the ballots have been cast. The winner of our contest was determined by who could correctly identify the most  faces that they had seen previously in the pages of  PFTLE/IFTLE ?and the winner is...... Dr. Beth Kesser of Qualcom... Read More >>

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Chipworks

Chipworks Real Chips Blog

DICK JAMES is a 40-year veteran of the semiconductor industry and the senior technology analyst for Chipworks, an Ottawa, Canada-based specialty reverse engineering company. Chipworks analyses a broad range of devices, giving Dick a unique overview of what technologies make it into the real world of semiconductor production.

GLOBALFOUNDRIES' Ajit Manocha Visits Vegas for CES

01/17/2012
GLOBALFOUNDRIES has hosted a reception for the last three years at CES, although they don't exhibit there, or even take a suite for the show - they find it a useful way to connect with customers and the analyst and journalist community. Held on CES Tuesday (Jan 10), I expected a large Intel-style... Read More >>

Intel Press Briefing and Keynote at CES 2012

01/13/2012
Intel UltraHypes Ultrabook at Monday's Press BriefingThe Intel press session Monday morning at CES was focused exclusively on the Ultrabook, with Mooly Eden hyping up this supposedly new category of laptop. He prefaced the talk by saying there would be no discussion of 22 nm, Ivybridge, or a... Read More >>

TI Debuts 28-nm OMAP 5 Processor at CES

01/11/2012
This year, for the first time I made it to the International Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas. To say it is an endurance test is putting it mildly - close to 150,000 attendees predicted and ~5,000 media/analysts, so we (there's two of us from Chipworks) spend more time standing in lin... Read More >>

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Test Points

Test Points

Observations and opinions about semiconductor test, and the factors that drive how test plays a strategic role throughout the semiconductor design and production process.

Want to predict the future of semi technology? More power to you!

02/02/2012
Ask someone at work in a leading-edge fab what the semi industry will be all about over the rest of this decade, and the first answer you're likely to get is "more power," as in “more power devices based on wide-bandgap semiconductors." Currently, silicon carbide (SiC) and gallium nitrid... Read More >>

Engineering Education is Tough And Needs to Stay That Way

11/07/2011
Should engineering degrees be expanded to a five-year curriculum instead of four?  The knowledge, skills and techniques our new hires must master is extensive and exploding, and it’s hard to imagine how it can all be covered in just four years.But in truth, the extra year wouldn’... Read More >>

The Apple Tastes Better When Savored Slowly

10/27/2011
Here’s my last blog post – for now – in my series of recent posts on creating enduring products:Lesson: Make sure that first bite isn’t more than you can chew.I’ll tell you something we don’t necessarily broadcast to the outside world:  the first two produ... Read More >>

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Solar Specs

Solar Specs

Speculations and ruminations on the state of the solar energy industry by the editors of RenewableEnergyWorld.com

How Can the U.S. Solar Industry Meet Expectations? Part 4

10/27/2011
Mike Hall, CEO - Borrego Solar Systems, Inc. We need to push for Renewable Portfolio Standards (RPS or RES) at either the state or federal levels. These standards need to come with real teeth in the form of penalties for non-compliance. While solar and other renewable sources are alread... Read More >>

How Can the U.S. Solar Industry Meet Expectations? Part 3

10/04/2011
RenewableEnergyWorld asked solar executives and our social media community to lend their voices and define what three strategies they think will lead to a thriving solar industry. See Part 1 and 2 in the blog archives.Jamie Hahn, Managing Director - Solis Partners Committing to the righ... Read More >>

How Can the U.S. Solar Industry Meet Expectations? Part II

09/20/2011
RenewableEnergyWorld asked solar executives and our social media community to lend their voices and define what three strategies they think will lead to a thriving solar industry. Check out Part I in our last post.The U.S. is expected to be one of the largest growth markets for solar po... Read More >>

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SEMI News and Views

SEMI News and Views

SEMI is the global industry association serving the manufacturing supply chains for the microelectronic, photovoltaic, LED and display industries. Bloggers include Jonathan Davis (President, Semiconductor Business), Maggie Hershey (Sr. Director, Public Policy), Tom Morrow (EVP, Emerging Markets Group), Stan Myers (President, SEMI), and Dan Tracy.

Fearless into a Doomsday Year: Examining Fab Spending and Capacity into 2012 and Beyond

01/13/2012
By Christian Gregor Dieseldorff, SEMI Industry Research and Statistics   The Mayans were highly skilled astronomers, whose Long Count calendar marks the end of a 5,126-year era. According to some interpretations of the ancient Mayan calendar, the world is going to end on December... Read More >>

Semiconductor Equipment Sales to Reach $41.8 Billion in 2011

12/06/2011
By Lara Chamness, SEMI Industry Research and StatisticsSEMI projects that worldwide sales of new semiconductor manufacturing equipment will reach $41.8  billion in 2011, according to the year-end edition of the SEMI Capital Equipment Forecast, released here today by SEMI at the ann... Read More >>

Fab Equipment Spending up 23% in 2011 - Still Highest on Record

09/12/2011
By Christian Gregor Dieseldorff, SEMI Industry Research and StatisticsChanges in the global economy affect the semiconductor industry, as the industry depends more on the consumer market. Economic developments in recent months decreased consumer confidence and spending, and the semicond... Read More >>

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