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Highly efficient wet-processed solar cells with molecules in the same orientation

10/26/2018  Researchers at Kanazawa University report in the journal Organic Electronics documents a new method for controlling the orientation of conducting molecules in organic solar cells that results in the enhanced light adsorption and performance of the cells.

Speeding MEMS innovation and production

10/26/2018  SEMIÂ’s Nishita Rao spoke with Ron Polcawich about the MEMS workshop on rapid innovation that he held earlier this year and his interest in continuing that conversation with a broad audience of MEMS and sensors suppliers attending MEMS & Sensors Executive Congress.

KLA-Tencor announces plans to establish R&D facility in Ann Arbor, Michigan

10/25/2018  KLA-Tencor Corporation has announced plans to establish a research-and-development (R&D) center in Ann Arbor, Michigan.

Sensera further expands fabrication capabilities with dicing, wafer bonding and electroplating technologies

10/25/2018  c. announced it has acquired and qualified additional thin-film processing equipment including a dicing saw, a wafer bonder and an electroplating cell to meet the growing customer demand in this segment.

Spinning the light: The world's smallest optical gyroscope

10/25/2018  Caltech engineers create an optical gyroscope smaller than a grain of rice.

Optoelectronics, sensors/actuators, discretes climb again

10/25/2018  In 2018, a mixed bag of higher prices, shortages, and new imaging applications is driving up total O-S-D sales by 11% and expected to set a ninth consecutive record-high level of combined revenues.

The ASOPS system as a multiphysics measurement device for research and industry

10/25/2018  Insights into the rise of ASynchronous OPtical Sampling technology as one of the future measurement standard and how it can be used in the industry.

Cadence custom/AMS flow certified on Samsung 7LPP process technology

10/24/2018  Cadence Design Systems, Inc. today announced that its custom and analog/mixed-signal (AMS) IC design tools have achieved certification for Samsung FoundryÂ’s 7nm Low Power Plus (7LPP) process technology.

Air Liquide inaugurates new advanced materials production facility in U.S.

10/24/2018  Air Liquide holds a ribbon cutting ceremony for the grand opening of its new advanced materials production facility in Upper Mount Bethel, Pennsylvania.

Ferdinand-Braun-Institute selects Solstice S8 for automated plating and solvent processes

10/24/2018  ClassOne Technology, a supplier of new wet process tools to the 200mm and below semiconductor manufacturing industry, today announced the sale of its flagship Solstice S8 wet process tool to the Ferdinand-Braun-Institute (FBH) in Berlin, Germany.

North American semiconductor equipment industry posts September 2018 billings

10/24/2018  North America-based manufacturers of semiconductor equipment posted $2.09 billion in billings worldwide in September 2018 (three-month average basis), according to the September Equipment Market Data Subscription (EMDS) Billings Report published today by SEMI.

Inexpensive chip-based device may transform spectrometry

10/23/2018  Tiny device could replace expensive lab-scale equipment for many applications.

Deformation of nanotubes to control conductivity

10/23/2018  Scientists from the NUST MISIS Laboratory of Inorganic Nanomaterials together with their international colleagues have proved it possible to change the structural and conductive properties of nanotubes by stretching them. This can potentially expand nanotubes' application into electronics and high-precision sensors such as microprocessors and high-precision detectors.

Leti and Taiwanese National Applied Research Laboratories team up to strengthen microelectronics innovation in France and Taiwan

10/23/2018  Two leading French and Taiwanese research institutes today announced their new collaboration to facilitate a scientific and technological exchange between France and Taiwan.

Autonomy value: The next value for sensors suppliers

10/23/2018  Nicolas Sauvage, senior director of Ecosystem at TDK InvenSense, will present at the fast-approaching MEMS & Sensors Executive Congress on October 29-30, 2018 in Napa, Calif. SEMIÂ’s Nishita Rao spoke with Sauvage to offer MSEC attendees advance insights on SauvageÂ’s feature presentation.

MagnaChip to begin volume production of new automotive display driver IC

10/22/2018  MagnaChip Semiconductor Corporation, a designer and manufacturer of analog and mixed-signal semiconductor platform solutions, today announced that volume production of a new Display Driver IC (DDIC) for automotive panel displays has begun.

Silvaco appoints Babak Taheri as Chief Technology Officer

10/22/2018  Dr. Taheri will be taking SilvacoÂ’s advanced positions in FinFET and beyond nodes, novel materials, emerging memory and advanced display technologies, to the next level.

Understanding the building blocks for an electronic brain

10/22/2018  Computer bits are binary, with a value of 0 or one. By contrast, neurons in the brain can have all kinds of different internal states, depending on the input that they received. This allows the brain to process information in a more energy-efficient manner than a computer. University of Groningen (UG) physicists are working on memristors, resistors with a memory, made from niobium-doped strontium titanate, which mimic how neurons work.

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.

How to Drive and Motivate Modern-Day Innovation

07/10/2014  Technology innovation isnÂ’t slowing down. But its steady acceleration isnÂ’t happening spontaneously, and TuesdayÂ’s Silicon Innovation Forum keynote from Professor of Innovation Dr. Bob Metcalfe outline how he believes to effectively drive the complex cycle that is modern-day innovation.