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Air Products to expand nitrogen capacity in Pyeongtaek City to support demand of semiconductor industry

01/10/2017  Air Products today announced it will increase nitrogen production to serve the growing demand of its existing customer in Pyeongtaek City, Gyeonggi Province, South Korea.

NXP honored as 2016 Top 100 Global Innovator

01/10/2017  NXP Semiconductors N.V. today announced that Clarivate Analytics, formerly the Intellectual Property & Science business of Thomson Reuters, has listed NXP in its highly anticipated list of 2016 Top 100 Global Innovators.

What You Should Know About 802.11ax

01/10/2017  The upcoming IEEE 802.11ax High-Efficiency Wireless (HEW) standard promises to deliver four times greater data throughput per user. It relies on multiuser technologies to make better use of the available Wi-Fi channels and serve more devices in dense user environments. Explore this technology introduction white paper to learn about the new applications of 802.11ax, the key technical innovations to the standard, and its test and measurement challenges.

2-D materials enhance a 3-D world

01/10/2017  2-D layer increases effectiveness of optoelectronics.

SEMI ISS 2017 uncovers new growth, forecast upgrades

01/10/2017  SEMI's Industry Strategy Symposium (ISS) opened yesterday with a theme focused on new industry forces and new markets.

ON Semiconductor, Hexius Semiconductor expand scope of analog functionality for next gen mixed signal ASICs

01/09/2017  ON Semiconductor announced a collaboration with Hexius Semiconductor to qualify several of their analog intellectual property (IP) blocks in its popular ONC18 0.18 µm CMOS process.

Researchers create practical and versatile microscopic optomechanical device

01/09/2017  Trapping light and mechanical waves within a tiny bullseye, design could enable more sensitive motion detection.

Illinois team advances GaN-on-Silicon for scalable high electron mobility transistors

01/09/2017  A team of researchers at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign has advanced gallium nitride (GaN)-on-silicon transistor technology by optimizing the composition of the semiconductor layers that make up the device

MagnaChip selected as "2016 Best Supplier" by LG Display

01/06/2017  MagnaChip Semiconductor Corporation, a Korea-based designer and manufacturer of analog and mixed-signal semiconductor products, today announced it was given the prestigious "2016 Best Supplier Award" by LG Display.

Microsemi honored as M2M Network Equipment Technology Company of the Year by IoT Breakthrough Awards

01/06/2017  Microsemi Corporation, a provider of semiconductor solutions differentiated by power, security, reliability and performance, today announced it was named M2M Network Equipment Technology Company of the Year by the inaugural IoT Breakthrough Awards.

Versum Materials reaches milestone with installation of 200th CHEMGUARD Gen. III refill system

01/06/2017  The Delivery Systems and Services Group (DS&S) of Versum Materials, Inc. (NYSE: VSM) has realized an important milestone: the sale and commissioning of its 200th CHEMGUARD Gen III high purity, liquid delivery system since the product line launched in early 2016.

imec collaborates with City of Antwerp and Flanders to establish Smart City Living Lab

01/06/2017  How can the Internet of Things change the future of the average citizen? To answer this question, imec joins forces with the City of Antwerp and the Flanders region to turn Antwerp into a Living Lab in which businesses, researchers, local residents and the city itself will experiment with smart technologies that aim to make urban life more pleasant, enjoyable and sustainable.

Telecommunications light amplifier could strengthen integrity of transmitted data

01/05/2017  Imagine a dim light which is insufficiently bright enough to illuminate a room. An amplifier for such a light would increase the brightness by increasing the number of photons emitted. Photonics researchers have created such a high gain optical amplifier that is compact enough to be placed on a chip. The developed amplifier would help to efficiently increase the power of the transmitted light before it is completely depleted through optical losses.

Atomera selects TSI Semiconductors to accelerate semiconductor materials advancements

01/05/2017  Foundry to provide manufacturing, electrical test and characterization services to shorten Atomera's time to market.

Vesper and DSP Group demo near-zero-power voice-activation for battery-powered devices at CES 2017

01/05/2017  Vesper, DSP Group and Sensory will demonstrate their new development platform from January 5-8, 2017 during CES 2017.

2017 Symposia on VLSI Technology & Circuits opens online submission for papers

01/05/2017  Online paper submissions are now open for the 2017 Symposia on VLSI Technology and Circuits, to be held at the Rihga Royal Hotel in Kyoto, Japan from June 5 - 8, 2017.

Intel to acquire 15% ownership of HERE

01/04/2017  Intel has agreed to purchase a 15 percent ownership stake in HERE, a global provider of digital maps and location-based services, from HEREÂ’s current indirect shareholders.

Bosch launches smallest high performance barometric pressure sensor at CES 2017

01/04/2017  Today, Bosch Sensortec launches the BMP380, the company's smallest and best performing barometric pressure sensor, with a compact size of only 2.0 x 2.0 x 0.75 mm3.

Germanium's semiconducting and optical properties probed under pressure

01/04/2017  Germanium may not be a household name like silicon, its group-mate on the periodic table, but it has great potential for use in next-generation electronics and energy technology.

KLA-Tencor Evolves Inspection and Review Portfolio for 3D Future

07/10/2014  Systems detect and categorize defects that limit yield in advanced IC manufacturing.