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Silicon Labs launches the world’s most energy-friendly MCUs

10/09/2013  Silicon Labs, a developer of high-performance, analog-intensive, mixed-signal ICs, today introduced the industry’s most energy-friendly 32-bit microcontrollers (MCUs) based on the ARM Cortex-M0+ processor.

Alpha and Omega Semiconductor announces resignation of its CFO

10/08/2013  Alpha and Omega Semiconductor today reported that Mary L. Dotz, its Chief Financial Officer, has announced her resignation in order to pursue other interests.

ASML and imec launch advanced patterning center

10/07/2013  New Center will offer the global semiconductor ecosystem crucial patterning knowledge for sub-10nm technologies.

Wyle wins $14.9 million award to conduct technical evaluations for U.S. Air Force

10/04/2013  Wyle has been awarded a task order valued at $14.9 million to provide analyses of military and commercial developmental semiconductor devices and components for the U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base in Dayton, Ohio.

Global semiconductor sales increase for sixth straight month in August

10/04/2013  The Semiconductor Industry Association (SIA), representing U.S. leadership in semiconductor manufacturing and design, today announced that worldwide sales of semiconductors reached $25.87 billion for the month of August 2013, an increase of 6.4 percent compared to August 2012, marking the industry's largest year-over-year growth since March 2011.

IBM breaks record with silicon nanowire MOSFET

10/04/2013  IBM devices with a 90nm gate pitch demonstrated the highest performance ever reported for a SiNW device at a gate pitch below 100 nm.

TSMC to unveil 16nm FinFET platform at IEDM

10/04/2013  At the International Electron Devices Meeting (IEDM) in December, TSMC researchers will unveil a 16nm FinFET process that by many measures is one of the world’s most advanced semiconductor technologies.

Intermolecular names Rick Neely CFO

10/02/2013  Intermolecular, Inc. today announced that it has named C. Richard Neely, Jr. as the company's chief financial officer (CFO) and senior vice president.

AppliedMicro appoints Doug Ahrens as Chief Financial Officer

10/02/2013  Applied Micro Circuits Corporation, also known as AppliedMicro, today announced it has appointed semiconductor veteran Douglas T. Ahrens to serve as Vice President and Chief Financial Officer.

Nordic Semiconductor launches world’s first concurrent ANT+ and Bluetooth low energy combo chip

10/02/2013  Ultra low power (ULP) RF specialist Nordic Semiconductor ASA today announces the release of the world's first multi-protocol SoC solution offering concurrent ANT+ and Bluetooth low energy wireless communication natively in a single chip.

Americas region remains largest market for pure-play foundry sales

10/02/2013  Emphasis on fabless and fab-lite models in U.S. contributes to 62% marketshare.

A new photoresist technology for organic semiconductors enabling submicron patterns

09/26/2013  Fujifilm and imec have developed a new photoresist technology for organic semiconductors that enables the realization of submicron patterns.

With carbon nanotubes, a path to flexible, low-cost sensors

09/25/2013  Researchers at the Technische Universitaet Muenchen (TUM) are showing the way toward low-cost, industrial-scale manufacturing of a new family of electronic devices.

SPICEing up circuit design

09/25/2013  Dr. Zhihong Liu, Executive Chairman, ProPlus Design Solutions, blogs about the challenges of designing for yield using SPICE models.

Micron ships first samples of Hybrid Memory Cube

09/25/2013  Micron Technology, Inc. announced today that it is shipping 2GB Hybrid Memory Cube (HMC) engineering samples.

Stanford scientists publish theory, formula to improve 'plastic' semiconductors

09/24/2013  A better understanding of the conductive properties of flexible semiconductors will aid in the development of bendable electronics.

Applied Materials to merge with Tokyo Electron

09/24/2013  Applied Materials Inc. and Tokyo Electron Limited today announced Applied Materials agreed to merge with Tokyo Electron.

Semtech named to Fortune’s list of 100 Fastest Growing Companies

09/24/2013  Semtech Corporation, a supplier of analog and mixed-signal semiconductors, today announced that it has moved up four points on the Fortune Magazine list of the 100 Fastest Growing Companies that was published in the magazine’s September 16, 2013 issue.

MACOM releases industry’s first surface mount L-Band 90W GaN power module

09/24/2013  MACOM Technology Solutions Inc., a supplier of high performance RF, microwave, and millimeter wave products, today announced the newest entry in its portfolio of GaN in Plastic packaged power products.

Micron and imec extend research collaboration

09/24/2013  Imec and Micron Technology, Inc. announced today a three-year extension of their strategic research collaboration on advanced CMOS scaling and expanded on additional joint research efforts.




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