All About Circuits

Latest Manufacturing Articles and Videos

Categories

Industry and Academia Look Toward Sustainable Circuit Boards

Industry and Academia Look Toward Sustainable Circuit Boards

The shift to sustainable circuit boards may begin with minute changes to solder and substrates and larger changes to manufacturing techniques.


News Nov 22, 2022 by Chantelle Dubois
Rotary Position Sensor from onsemi Puts a New Spin on Inductive Sensing

Rotary Position Sensor from onsemi Puts a New Spin on Inductive Sensing

Using its patented technology, onsemi has brought inductive position sensing into the high-speed, high-accuracy realm. The device enables easy-to-implement PCB sensor designs.


News Nov 16, 2022 by Jeff Child
Siemens Touts its Online PCBflow as “DFM for the Rest of Us”

Siemens Touts its Online PCBflow as “DFM for the Rest of Us”

Setting out to break down the barriers to design-for-manufacturing (DFM) for small design groups, Siemens is positioning its PCBflow service as an online DFM collaboration space.


News Nov 15, 2022 by Jeff Child
Ferroelectric RAM (F-RAM) Hits the Market With Infineon’s EXCELON Family

Ferroelectric RAM (F-RAM) Hits the Market With Infineon’s EXCELON Family

Infineon has announced a new family of ferroelectric RAM—an energy-efficient, non-volatile memory solution designed for data-critical applications.


News Nov 03, 2022 by Aaron Carman
Chipmakers Expand SiC Production as Demand for Power Electronics Grows

Chipmakers Expand SiC Production as Demand for Power Electronics Grows

Wolfspeed, STMicroelectronics, SK Siltron, and Onsemi have independently announced new efforts to bolster the SiC supply chain over the next five years.


News Oct 12, 2022 by Biljana Ognenova
NIST and Google Team Up to Build Open-source IC Supply Chain

NIST and Google Team Up to Build Open-source IC Supply Chain

The new partnership will give startups and research labs access to valuable R&D resources—particularly with open-source chips.


News Sep 27, 2022 by Jake Hertz
Day 5: ITD 2022 Closes Out With Keynote on Supply Chains, Hot Trends, and More

Day 5: ITD 2022 Closes Out With Keynote on Supply Chains, Hot Trends, and More

It's finally Friday, which means Industry Tech Days 2022 is on its last day! Check out our final Keynote made up of an executive panel.


News Sep 23, 2022 by Kimber Wymore
Cornell Professor Modifies Microwave to Evenly Dope Semiconductors

Cornell Professor Modifies Microwave to Evenly Dope Semiconductors

Using a modified microwave oven, a team of Cornell researchers have solved a limiting challenge in semiconductor manufacturing.


News Sep 13, 2022 by Jake Hertz
Micron to Build the First New Memory Fab in the US in 20 Years

Micron to Build the First New Memory Fab in the US in 20 Years

Propelled by the CHIPS and Science Act, the new fab based in Boise, Idaho, will generate 2,000 new jobs at Micron and 17,000 new jobs in side sectors.


News Sep 07, 2022 by Biljana Ognenova
Expanded Digi-Key Facility Opens—Boosts Shipping to 81k Boxes Daily

Expanded Digi-Key Facility Opens—Boosts Shipping to 81k Boxes Daily

Digi-Key Electronics opened its new distribution center this week at its headquarters. The new facility triples the location’s shipping rate to 81,000 boxes per day of electronic parts.


News Aug 19, 2022 by Jeff Child
Finding Summary Statistics and Probabilities with the Binomial Distribution

Finding Summary Statistics and Probabilities with the Binomial Distribution

Article two in our binomial distribution series, this article explains the process of calculating mean, standard deviation, and probabilities after integrating your analytical task into the binomial framework.


Infineon Achieves 800 MB/s Data Throughput with HYPERRAM 3.0

Infineon Achieves 800 MB/s Data Throughput with HYPERRAM 3.0

Upping the game for low pin count, high throughout DRAM, Infineon’s third generation HYPERRAM device doubles bandwidth to 800 MB/s in a 49-pin BGA.


News Aug 16, 2022 by Jeff Child
Additive PCB Manufacturing Process Offers Efficiency and Environmental Perks

Additive PCB Manufacturing Process Offers Efficiency and Environmental Perks

InnovationLab says its additive PCB process is more energy efficient and produces less waste than traditional PCB manufacturing methods.


News Aug 12, 2022 by Arjun Nijhawan
Biden Gives CHIPS+ Act Final Stamp of Approval—But Not Everyone is Celebrating

Biden Gives CHIPS+ Act Final Stamp of Approval—But Not Everyone is Celebrating

A go-ahead has been given to the CHIPS and Science Act as President Biden signed off the law on Tuesday.


News Aug 11, 2022 by Biljana Ognenova
As CHIPS+ Act Moves Ahead, Chipmakers Follow Suit With New Fabs

As CHIPS+ Act Moves Ahead, Chipmakers Follow Suit With New Fabs

With the go-ahead for the CHIPS+ Act in place, manufacturers are laying down plans for U.S. fab sites.


News Jul 27, 2022 by Biljana Ognenova
Semiconductor Industry Eyes Sustainable Manufacturing

Semiconductor Industry Eyes Sustainable Manufacturing

Semiconductor manufacturing has typically incurred a heavy environmental toll. Now, many facilities are prioritizing sustainability.


News Jul 15, 2022 by Lianne Frith
Manufacturers Raise Concern as CHIPS Act Sits on Back Burner

Manufacturers Raise Concern as CHIPS Act Sits on Back Burner

The consequences of the semiconductor shortage are looming large as the CHIPS for America Act remains at a standstill.


News Jun 28, 2022 by Biljana Ognenova
TSMC Scales Down to 2nm Node, Announces New “FINFLEX” Architecture

TSMC Scales Down to 2nm Node, Announces New “FINFLEX” Architecture

At this year's North American Technology Symposium, TSMC announced new process nodes that may innovate chip design at an architectural level.


News Jun 23, 2022 by Jake Hertz
AMD Ups Performance with 2nd-gen Ryzen Embedded SoC

AMD Ups Performance with 2nd-gen Ryzen Embedded SoC

Aimed at industrial IoT and vision systems, AMD’s new generation of its Ryzen Embedded R-Series SoCs, doubles core count, links to four 4K displays, and includes Windows 11 support.


News Jun 21, 2022 by Jeff Child
Purdue University Kicks Off First Semiconductor Degrees Program

Purdue University Kicks Off First Semiconductor Degrees Program

With an eye on the semiconductor engineering shortage, Purdue University has launched a six-component flexible study program.


News Jun 15, 2022 by Biljana Ognenova