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Nanotubes can solder themselves, markedly improving device performance

11/26/2013  University of Illinois researchers have developed a way to heal gaps in wires too small for even the world’s tiniest soldering iron.

Next-generation Leti magnetometers on board Swarm satellites

11/22/2013  CEA-Leti’s next-generation magnetometer technology was launched into space today on board the European Space Agency’s three Swarm satellites to collect unprecedented detail about the Earth’s magnetic field.

Unraveling the mind-body connection with power-efficient IC chip

11/22/2013  Despite the advances in neuroscience research, the human brain remains a complex puzzle with questions unanswered on how it controls human behaviour, cognitive functions and movements.

Open-Silicon and GLOBALFOUNDRIES demonstrate custom 28nm SoC using 2.5D technology

11/21/2013  Open-Silicon, Inc., and GLOBALFOUNDRIES today announced the industry’s first demonstration of a functional system-on-chip (SoC) solution featuring two 28nm logic chips, with embedded ARM processors, connected across a 2.5D silicon interposer.

STMicroelectronics boosts safety, reliability and efficiency of industrial-automation systems

11/21/2013  STMicroelectronics announced that it is launching its new ISO8200B, an innovative isolated power switch that enables smaller, more robust and energy-efficient controllers for industrial automation equipment.

Will MEMS applications be the driver for future growth of thin film PZT?

11/21/2013  In September 2013, EPSON announced its next generation inkjet technology, PrecisionCore, introducing for the first time MEMS inkjet heads manufactured with thin film PZT technology. This announcement has been highly publicized: first, thin film PZT MEMS applications are now on the market, proving the reliability and maturity of this technology. Second, more inkjet head players will soon follow.

Annual MEMS Executive Conference shows why MEMS is growing 2x faster than semiconductors

11/15/2013  MEMS Industry Group (MIG)'s MEMS Executive Congress -- held November 7-8, 2013 in Napa, CA -- showed why the MEMS industry is outpacing the semiconductor industry, in both growth and innovation.

MIG honors STMicroelectronics with three different awards

11/11/2013  STMicroelectronics has been selected by MEMS Industry Group and affiliated voters as the Company of the Year for its continuing success in growing its MEMS business, expanding its product line, and demonstrating industry leadership and vision.

Toshiba starts shipments of CMOS image sensor for automotive view cameras

11/11/2013  Toshiba Corporation today announced that started sample shipments of a VGA, 1/4 inch CMOS image sensor, “TCM5126GBA,” for automotive view cameras.

SUNY Nanocollege and Albany Law School partner to create nanotech education program

11/05/2013  ‘Ecosystem for Nanotechnology, Entrepreneurship and Law’ (eNTEL) will provide unmatched student experience as launch pad for development of startup companies and attraction of business investment.

New techniques produce cleanest graphene yet

11/01/2013  Columbia Engineers develop new device architecture for 2D materials, making electrical contact from the 1D edge.

InvenSense introduces first MotionTracking SoC for Google's KitKat 4.4

11/01/2013  InvenSense, Inc., the provider of MotionTracking system on chip devices, announced the 6-axis MPU-6515 MEMS SoC .

EV Group ships lithography system to Micronit for lab-on-chip MEMS device production

10/28/2013  EV Group (EVG), a supplier of wafer bonding and lithography equipment for the MEMS, nanotechnology and semiconductor markets, today announced that it has delivered an EVG 6200 semi-automated mask alignment system to Micronit, a manufacturer of lab-on-a-chip products used in life sciences applications, such as molecular diagnostics and point-of-care, as well as micro-processed glass substrates for MEMS applications.

Imec and John Hopkins University team to expand healthcare applications for silicon nanotech

10/24/2013  Researchers and physicians at Johns Hopkins University will collaborate with the nanoelectronics R&D center imec to advance silicon applications in healthcare, beginning with development of a device to enable a broad range of clinical tests.

SRC launches synthetic biology research for novel semiconductor applications

10/23/2013  Research at six universities including MIT, University of Massachusetts at Amherst, Yale, Georgia Tech, Brigham Young and Washington

EU project to industrialize world record high-density capacitors

10/23/2013  CEA-Leti, Fraunhofer IPMS-CNT and three European companies have launched a two-year project to industrialize 3D integrated capacitors with world-record density using atomic layer deposition.

MEMS Technology Showcase finalists highlight “MEMS Inside the Machine”

10/17/2013  MEMS Technology Showcase will give MEMS Executive Congress US attendees an intimate look at some of the most unique and inspiring MEMS-enabled applications in the business. After a competitive application process, MEMS Industry Group (MIG) has selected five finalists that show how MEMS enhances the consumer experience, highlighting the “MEMS inside the machine.”

Cisco awards STMicroelectronics Excellence in Sustainability award

10/08/2013  STMicroelectronics today announced that it has received the 2013 Excellence in Sustainability Award from Cisco.




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Environment, Safety & Health

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The semiconductor industry is an acknowledged global leader in promoting environmental sustainability in the design, manufacture, and use of its products, as well as the health and safety of its operations and impacts on workers in semiconductor facilities (fabs). We will examine trends and concerns related to emissions, chemical use, energy consumption and worker safety and health.

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Wafer Processing

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As the industry moves to 10nm and 7nm nodes, advances in wafer processing – etch, deposition, planarization, implant, cleaning, annealing, epitaxy among others – will be required. Manufacturers are looking for new solutions for sustained strain engineering, FinFETs, FDSOI and multi-gate technologies, 3D NAND, and high mobility transistors.

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