Semiconductors

Work has begun on a new £30m state-of-the-art facility at Swansea University in Wales that will bring together groundbreaking research with technology development in the field of semiconductor science and engineering.

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) has announced plans to build and operate an advanced semiconductor fab in Arizona, with support from the US Federal Government.

SEMICON West will be a virtual event for the first time in its 50-year history when it runs from July 20-23.

Linde has started up the first of two new high-purity nitrogen generators in Shanghai, China, as part of a 20-year contract to supply ultra-high purity industrial gases to GTA Semiconductor.

Through its majority owned joint-venture Air Liquide Far Eastern, Air Liquide has said that it will build new production capacities in the Science Parks of Tainan and Hsinchu, respectively located in the south and north...

Edwards, a manufacturer of vacuum and abatement solutions, has opened a new North American Semiconductor Technology Centre in Hillsboro, Oregon, US.

Versum Materials, Inc.’s shareholders have approved the company’s acquisition by Merck KGaA for $53 per share in cash.

Merck has won the takeover battle of electronic materials company Versum Materials, Inc. with a reported $6.4bn offer.

Edwards has announced its new iXH Mk2 Series – a high efficiency, low-power, ultra-harsh duty dry pump.

Physicist F.D Edwards began importing vacuum equipment from his garage in South London, UK in 1919. 100 years later the vacuum is a critical process enabler and plays an ever more crucial role in science...