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Plasma-Therm signs cross-licensing agreement with ON Semiconductor

02/20/2014  Plasma-Therm announced today that it has entered into a new cross licensing agreement with ON Semiconductor to enable wafer singulation processes.

Samsung, Intel Capital and Applied Materials fund Inpria to develop advanced semiconductor materials

02/20/2014  Inpria Corporation announced today that it has received $4.7M of a committed $7.3M financing. The round was led by Samsung Venture Investment Corporation, the global investment arm of the Samsung Group, along with significant participation from Intel Capital, IntelÂ’s global investment and M&A organization.

The most expensive SRAM in the world - 2.0

02/20/2014  Embedded SRAM scaling is broken and, with it, Moore's Law.

MCA appoints Brian Fisher as General Manager

02/19/2014  MCA Public Relations announced it has launched a new solid-state lighting (SSL) practice specifically designed to target companies from the multiple segments of the SSL ecosystem to create unique branding and communications campaigns for each.

Avantor Performance Materials names Jean-Paul Mangeolle to Board of Directors

02/19/2014  Avantor Performance Materials, a global manufacturer and supplier of high-performance chemistries, announces the appointment of Jean-Paul Mangeolle to its Board of Directors.

Ideal extraction assembly for VIISta HCP, HCS, Trident, and NexGen configured systems reduces glitching and increases service interval.

02/19/2014  Plansee develops improved replacement parts from refractory metals, graphite, and ceramic for ion implanters from all major manufacturers. The latest development is a high performance extraction assembly for VIISta HCP, HCS, Trident, and NexGen configured systems.

World's first 79 GHz radar transmitter in 28nm CMOS

02/18/2014  Imec, in collaboration with Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Brussels, Belgium, presents the worldÂ’s first 79 GHz radar transmitter implemented in plain digital 28nm CMOS.

Breakthrough development in 1D-1R memory cell array

02/18/2014  Dr. Tae-Wook Kim at KIST announced their successful development of a 64-bit memory array using flexible and twistable carbon nano material and organo-polymer compound, which can accurately store and delete data.

SiC & GaN power semiconductors leads power discrete market by 2018

02/18/2014  Analysts at ReportsNReports forecast the Global Power Discrete market to grow at a CAGR of 8.43% over the period 2013-2018.

GaN Systems appoints Tony Astley as Director of European Operations

02/18/2014  GaN Systems Inc, a developer of gallium nitride power switching semiconductors, has announced the appointment of Tony Astley as Director of European Operations.

MACOM acquires Nitronex

02/18/2014  M/A-COM Technology Solutions Inc., a supplier of high performance analog, RF, microwave and millimeter wave products, last week announced that it has acquired Nitronex, LLC.

Renesas Electronics develops industry's first 28nm embedded flash memory tech for microcontrollers

02/18/2014  Renesas Electronics Corporation today announced that it has developed the industry's first 28nm flash memory intellectual property (IP) for microcontrollers (MCUs) using a 28nm process technology.

Dow Electronic Materials launches CMP polishing pads

02/14/2014  Dow Electronic Materials, a business unit of The Dow Chemical Company, today introduced the IKONIC 4000 series of chemical mechanical planarization (CMP) polishing pads.

Honeywell releases new RadLo low alpha plating anodes for semiconductor packaging applicatons

02/14/2014  Honeywell announced today that it has introduced new RadLo low alpha plating anodes based on proprietary technology to help reduce alpha particle radiation that can lead to data errors in semiconductors.

Honeywell introduces new copper manganese sputtering targets

02/14/2014  Honeywell announced today that it has introduced new copper manganese (CuMn) sputtering targets for semiconductor manufacturing based on patented technology offering customers higher strength, longer life, and better performance.

Advanced Energy highlights enabling pulsing tech for 2X/1Xnm at SEMICON Korea 2014

02/13/2014  Advanced Energy Industries, Inc. today will highlight its advanced pulsing technology at SEMICON Korea 2014.

How to make the wonder material graphene superconducting

02/13/2014  Whenever a new material is discovered, scientists are eager to find out whether or not it can be superconducting. This applies particularly to the wonder material graphene.

SPTS Technologies opens new office in Korea

02/13/2014  SPTS Technologies, a supplier of advanced wafer processing solutions for the global semiconductor industry and related markets today announced the opening of a new office in Korea.

ROHM Semiconductor's operational amplifiers for sensor signal amplification

02/13/2014  ROHM Semiconductor today introduced the development of the BD5291G and the BD5291FVE low voltage, low offset operational amplifiers (opamp) designed to amplify signals from motion sensors such as accelerometers and gyroscopes.