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Synopsys completes acquisitions of Cigital and Codiscope

12/01/2016  Synopsys, Inc. has completed its acquisitions of Cigital, a privately held provider of software security managed and professional services, and Codiscope, a 2015 spinoff of Cigital and provider of complementary security tools.

Perovskite solar cells hit new world efficiency record

12/01/2016  12.1 percent efficiency for 16 cm2 cell is the largest single to be independently certified with highest energy conversion efficiency.

Murphy, Choh and Pilla join ClassOne Technology's Board of Advisors

12/01/2016  ClassOne Technology, manufacturer of advanced wet processing equipment for ?200mm substrates, announced the formation of a Board of Advisors.

Smartphone Market Driving 7nm & 5nm Node 3-D Transistors and Stacked Devices

12/01/2016  December 15, 2016 at 1 p.m. ET / Sponsored by Versum Materials

The smartphone market is expected to reach 1.5B units in 2016 consuming nearly 1/3 of the IC market as smartphones become the mini mobile computers in capabilities and the central hub/gateway for the Internet of Things (IoT) devices including wearables and home monitoring devices. This webcast will give an update to the previous April 30, 2015 Webinar on Smartphone as the Technology Driver.

Creating new physical properties in materials

11/30/2016  Collaborating German institutions bring complementary expertise to demonstrate piezoelectricity in SrTiO3.

ChipMOS and Tsinghua Unigroup agree to form joint-venture

11/30/2016  ChipMOS TECHNOLOGIES INC. and Tsinghua Unigroup Ltd. today announced an agreement to form a joint-venture and to mutually terminate Tsinghua Unigroup's earlier private placement plan.

SEMI adds industry veteran to Americas leadership

11/30/2016  David Anderson joins as SEMI Americas President.

LCD TV panel makers set lower shipment target for 2017

11/29/2016  Restructuring of older display fabs, migration to larger-sized LCD TV panels and business strategy adjustments are some of the factors prompting LCD TV panel manufacturers to set a conservative shipment goal of 258.4 million units in 2017, a 1.2 percent decline from 2016.

SiFive launches industry's first open-source RISC-V SoC

11/29/2016  SiFive, the first fabless provider of customized, open-source-enabled semiconductors, today announced the availability of its Freedom Everywhere 310 (FE310) system on a chip (SoC).

Novel silicon etching technique crafts 3-D gradient refractive index micro-optics

11/29/2016  A multi-institutional research collaboration has created a novel approach for fabricating three-dimensional micro-optics through the shape-defined formation of porous silicon (PSi), with broad impacts in integrated optoelectronics, imaging, and photovoltaics.

Health diagnosis through bio-signal measuring electrodes on IoT devices

11/28/2016  DGIST developed electrodes that can measure biological signals.

Lab4MEMS project recognized with European Innovation Award

11/28/2016  Project developed pilot line for next-generation MEMS devices.

North American semiconductor equipment industry posts October 2016 book-to-bill ratio of 0.91

11/28/2016  The book-to bill ratio for October dropped below parity for the first time in 11 months, even though bookings and billings activity remains at elevated levels relative to last year.

SATS market driven by increasing demand for high-end packaging solutions

11/22/2016  The SATS market is anticipated to have substantial growth mainly driven by the increasing costs for advanced packaging solutions, according to a report by Persistence Market Research.

Global carbon nanotubes market to grow at 17.9% CAGR through 2025

11/22/2016  The global market for nanotubes was valued at $1,250.00 million in 2015 and is expected to grow at a CAGR of 17.9% during the forecast period 2016-2025.

Spray-printed crystals help forward organic electronic applications

11/22/2016  New research conducted by a team of researchers from the University of Surrey and National Physical Laboratory, demonstrates for the first time a low-cost, scalable spray-printing process to fabricate high-quality isolated organic single crystals.

Ultra-thin semiconductor could extend life of Moore's Law

11/21/2016  Following a decade of intensive research into graphene and two-dimensional materials a new semiconductor material shows potential for the future of super-fast electronics.

Multi-core, wireless, advanced materials top trends in industrial embedded systems market

11/21/2016  Technavio's latest report on the global industrial embedded systems market provides an analysis on the most important trends expected to impact the market outlook from 2016-2020.

Microsemi to offer FPGA-based RISC-V IP core

11/21/2016  Microsemi Corporation (Nasdaq: MSCC) announced it is the first field programmable gate array (FPGA) provider to offer a comprehensive software tool chain and intellectual property (IP) core for RISC-V designs.

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.