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Knowm first to deliver memristors capable of bi-directional learning

09/02/2015  Milestone confirmed by groundbreaking new data; bi-directional incremental capability allows startup to leapfrog IBM and other established competitors in emerging computing fields.

BeSpoon's position-tracking system captures and displays real-time data to improve sports teams' performance

08/31/2015  BeSpoon SAS today launched BeSpoon Sport Edition, an ultra-precise position-tracking system that allows teams to measure and analyze player movement in three dimensions and provide immediate feedback to improve performance.

Three markets will drive the wearable industry

08/28/2015  Yole’s analysts explain wearable is, without doubts, a promising industry. But, who will take benefit of this attracting market, growing from US$22 billion in 2015 to more than US$ 90 billion by 2020?

These microscopic fish are 3-D-printed to do more than swim

08/26/2015  These proof-of-concept synthetic microfish will inspire a new generation of "smart" microrobots that have diverse capabilities such as detoxification, sensing and directed drug delivery, researchers said.

EV Group organizes Photonics Workshop in conjunction with MNE Conference

08/25/2015  EV Group (EVG), a supplier of wafer bonding and lithography equipment for the MEMS, nanotechnology and semiconductor markets, will host a special session at the 41st Micro and Nano Engineering (MNE 2015) conference.

What to expect from the European MEMS Summit Conference

08/25/2015  As Bosch, InvenSense and STMicroelectronics continue to go head-to-head in an attempt to capture the biggest shares of the growing MEMS market, SEMI has announced that it will bring these MEMS giants together in an unprecedented European conference & exhibition to discuss the future of MEMS and Sensors.

MEMS Executive Congress US 2015 examines commercial forces driving MEMS & sensors to $20B by 2020

08/18/2015  MEMS Industry Group (MIG)'s next MEMS Executive Congress US 2015 will explore the market drivers behind the double-digit growth propelling MEMS and sensors to more than $20+ billion by 2020.

SUSS MicroTec announces new competence-center for nanoimprint in North America

08/18/2015  SUSS MicroTec, a global supplier of equipment and process solutions for the semiconductor industry and related markets, and the Singh Center for Nanotechnology at the University of Pennsylvania (Penn) are announcing a cooperation agreement in the field of nanoimprint technologies.

Challenges for MEMS, sensors, and semiconductors

08/11/2015  Leading industry experts participated in the joint SEMI-MEMS Industry Group (MIG) workshop during SEMICON West 2015 to discuss industry challenges – and potential solutions and collaborative approaches – in the MEMS, sensors and semiconductor industries.

Flexible dielectric polymer can stand the heat

08/07/2015  Easily manufactured, low cost, lightweight, flexible dielectric polymers that can operate at high temperatures may be the solution to energy storage and power conversion in electric vehicles and other high temperature applications, according to a team of Penn State engineers.

MEMS Industry Group Conference Asia explores MEMS and sensors opportunities in global IoT

08/04/2015  MEMS Industry Group (MIG) will gather the world’s leading providers of micro-electromechanical systems (MEMS) and sensors technology for its second annual MEMS Industry Group Conference Asia in Shanghai, China on September 8-11, 2015.

Wearable systems give major boost to total IoT sales in 2015

07/16/2015  Market revenues associated with network communications, sensing, and control functions in subsystems and objects attached to the Internet of Things (IoT) are forecast to grow 29% in 2015 to $62.4 billion after increasing 21% in 2014 to about $48.4 billion.

Graphene-based film can be used for efficient cooling of electronics

07/10/2015  Researchers at Chalmers University of Technology have developed a method for efficiently cooling electronics using graphene-based film.

Ambiq Micro appoints Mike Noonen as interim CEO

07/01/2015  Ambiq Micro, a developer of ultra-low power integrated circuits for power-sensitive applications, today announced the appointment Mike Noonen as interim Chief Executive Officer with immediate effect.

MEMS foundry X-FAB selects ClassOne Solstice for electroplating

07/01/2015  Semiconductor equipment manufacturer ClassOne Technology announced that X-FAB — recently named “MEMS Foundry of the Year” — has just purchased a new Solstice S8 Electroplating System.

Toward tiny, solar-powered sensors

06/24/2015  Last week, at the Symposia on VLSI Technology and Circuits, MIT researchers presented a new power converter chip that can harvest more than 80 percent of the energy trickling into it, even at the extremely low power levels characteristic of tiny solar cells.

imec and Holst Centre present a gas sensing platform for intuitive IoT applications

06/23/2015  Imec and Holst Centre have developed a small NO2 sensor featuring a low power consumption in the mW range.

MEMS applications take the stage in the first edition of the European MEMS Summit

06/22/2015  The first edition of this Summit will take place on September 17-18, 2015 in Milan, Italy and its theme will be “Sensing the Planet, MEMS for Life.”

Bosch selects Rudolph for semiconductor inspection solutions

06/22/2015  Rudolph Technologies, Inc. announced today that the MEMS company, Robert Bosch GmbH, has selected Rudolph to supply several different configurations of its F30 Inspection System for various steps in the front- and back-end fabrication processes of micro electrical mechanical systems (MEMS) devices.

Plasma-Therm presents workshop at China University

06/16/2015  Plasma-Therm recently presented an advanced plasma processing workshop at Xidian University in Xi’an, China that was attended by researchers, students and industry representatives and featured a day-long series of presentations about plasma processing.




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