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NY’s Marcy lands $1.5B deal, “Nano Utica”

10/10/2013  NY’s Marcy Nanocenter, the largest remaining shovel-ready, greenfield site in New York State’s Tech Valley near Utica, is another step closer to the goal of attracting major semiconductor manufacturing companies.

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.

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.

Monolithic 3D chip fabricated without TSVs

10/04/2013  Researchers from Taiwan’s National Nano Device Laboratories avoided the use of TSVs by fabricating a monolithic sub-50nm 3D using a novel CMP technique.

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.

STMicroelectronics receives Innovation Management Award for chip manufacturing tech

10/02/2013  STMicroelectronics announced on Tuesday it has won a prestigious BearingPoint Innovation Management Award for its FD-SOI technology in the "Innovation Ecosystem" category.

InvenSense opens Korean design center

10/02/2013  InvenSense, Inc., the provider of MotionTracking system on chip devices, announced the opening of a new design center in Seoul, Korea.

From smart cars to smart cities: Shaping the future of microelectronics at ITPC 2013

10/02/2013  Experts in aerospace, automotive, mobile communications, Smart Cities and more join semiconductor leaders to shape the future of microelectronics at the International Technology Partners Conference (ITPC), to be held in Maui, Hawaii, on November 10-13.

All ST’s front-end manufacturing sites achieves ISO 50001 energy-management certification

10/01/2013  STMicroelectronics this week has announced that all six of its front-end manufacturing sites have achieved certification to the latest, most stringent ISO 50001 energy-management standard.

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.

STMicroelectronics and Movea collaborate to bring ultra-low-power, context-aware motion-recognition platform

09/20/2013  STMicroelectronics and Movea today announced their agreement to integrate Movea’s SmartMotion technology into the STM32F401 microcontroller operating as a low-power sensor-hub controller.

STMicroelectronics chip controls Pebble Smartwatch

09/18/2013  STMicroelectronics announced this week that its STM32 microcontroller is the brain controlling the innovative Pebble Smartwatch for iPhone and Android.

Sensors market for automotive applications worth $33.59 billion by 2022

09/18/2013  The total automotive sensor market is expected to reach $33.59 billion by 2022 at a CAGR of 7.8 percent.

Leading-edge technology to be responsible for 2013 increase in pure-play foundry sales

09/17/2013  TSMC forecast to sell $6.33 billion worth of ?28nm devices this year, a 3x increase over 2012.

Tailored gyroscopes from STMicroelectronics target shake-free images on mobiles and cameras

09/10/2013  STMicroelectronics has introduced a new family of gyroscopes specifically optimized for optical image stabilization in smartphones and digital still cameras.

Next level of MEMS industry development to be examined at SEMICON Europa

09/05/2013  Driven by value-creating applications in mobile phones, automotive, displays and other systems, the global MEMS industry has grown to over $11 billion in 2012, a 10 percent compound annual average growth rate since 2008.

Sand 9 launches new MEMS timing products

09/03/2013  Sand 9, Inc. today announced the first MEMS timing products specifically designed to meet the stringent performance, cost, size and reliability requirements of high-volume mobile applications

Infinite Graphics expands medium area mask capability

08/23/2013 

Infinite Graphics Inc. (IGI), a supplier of service and software products for the Medium Area Mask (MAM) market, has added new capability in the form of new and upgraded equipment.

MEMS is still on a dynamic growth path, targeting USD 22.5 billion in 2018

08/06/2013 

In 2012, the IC industry saw a two percent decline, but Yole Développement's research reveals the MEMS sector managed another 10 percent growth to become an $11B business.

InvenSense announces headquarters relocation

08/02/2013 

InvenSense, Inc., a provider of MotionTracking system on chip devices, is relocating its headquarters to 1745 Technology Drive, San Jose, California.




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