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02/04/2014  A new theoretical model developed by professors at the University of Houston (UH) and Université de Montréal may hold the key to methods for developing better materials for solar cells.

02/04/2014  New research shows that a remarkable defect in synthetic diamond produced by chemical vapor deposition allows researchers to measure, witness, and potentially manipulate electrons in a manner that could lead to new "quantum technology" for information processing.

02/03/2014  "Nanoscale Processing for NEMS and MEMS" is the topic for the next Oxford Instruments technical workshop, being hosted in conjunction with the Institute of Electronics Micro-electronics and Nanotechnology (IEMN) in Lille, France on 8th April 2014.

02/03/2014  Brewer Science today launched inks with the potential to change the way carbon nanotube (CNT) users manufacture microelectronic devices.

02/03/2014  Element Six, a developer of synthetic diamond supermaterials and member of the De Beers Group of Companies, today presented new data and announced that its high purity single crystal chemical vapor deposition (CVD) diamond material has been proven for use in intracavity cooling of disc lasers and in development of the first ever tunable diamond Raman laser system.

02/03/2014  Zhihong Liu, Executive Chairman, ProPlus Design Solutions, Inc., San Jose, Calif. blogs on how the industry's move to FinFETs is impacting design.

02/03/2014  Ira Feldman blogs about the recent 2014 SEMI Industry Strategy Symposium (ISS).

01/31/2014  With Korea expected to be the second largest region for fab construction spending in 2014, industry leaders will convene at SEMICON Korea 2014 in Seoul on February 12-14 to discuss the latest trends and technologies shaping the future of microelectronics manufacturing.

01/31/2014  Achievements prove diamondÂ’s viability as a material for solid-state laser engineering, even in the most demanding intracavity applications.

01/30/2014  Novoset, LLC and Lonza are pleased to announce the introduction of Primaset ULL-950 and Primaset HTL-300 ultra-low loss and high temperature thermoset materials for the telecommunication and advanced semiconductor packaging industries.

01/30/2014  Presto Engineering, Inc. and DelfMEMS announced today that they have worked together to design, from specification to integration, the first full PXI-based test system for ultra-fast characterization testing of radio frequency (RF) micro-electro-mechanical-systems (MEMS).

01/29/2014  Dark and blurry low light photos could soon be a thing of the past, thanks to the development of game-changing ultrathin “nanosheets,” which could dramatically improve imaging technology used in everything from cell phone cameras, video cameras, solar cells, and even medical imaging equipment such as MRI machines.

01/29/2014  Crocus Technology today announces it has licensed its Magnetic Logic Unit technology to ARM.

01/28/2014  Researchers with the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE)Â’s Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) have developed a “process friendly” technique that would enable the cooling of microprocessor chips through carbon nanotubes.

01/28/2014  MEMS Industry Group (MIG) will host its third annual MEMS Executive Congress® Europe, 11 March, 2014 in Munich, Germany.

01/28/2014  David G. Slimpin has been promoted to director of the Electronics Systems and Robotics Department in the Applied Physics Division at Southwest Research Institute (SwRI). He was previously a program manager in the department.

01/28/2014  Energetiq Technology, a provider of ultra?high brightness light sources for advanced technology applications, introduces the EQ?99X and EQ?99XFC enhanced performance Laser?Driven Light Sources at Photonics West 2014.

01/27/2014  Mobile PCs and smartphones will represent the top revenue opportunities for high-speed wireless integrated circuit (IC) suppliers by 2018, as these devices are projected to be the highest-volume applications in this market over the next five years.