02/25/2013 

Silicon nanocrystals have a size of a few nanometers and possess a high luminous potential. Scientists of Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) and the University of Toronto/Canada have now succeeded in manufacturing silicon-based light-emitting diodes (SiLEDs). They are free of heavy metals and can emit light in various colors.

02/22/2013 

Only light, aerial oxygen, and a catalyst are needed to remove pollutants from water. Ruhr-Universitat Bochum researchers led by Professor Radim Beránek are collaborating with colleagues from seven different countries in order to develop a photocatalyst that is efficient enough to be profitable.

02/22/2013 

The ability to improve silicon transistors is reaching its fundamental limit, so researchers are searching for new ways to keep making electronic devices faster and more powerful. University of Nebraska-Lincoln physicists and colleagues have taken a major step toward breaking that silicon barrier.

02/21/2013 

Tim Turner, the Reliability Center Business Development Manager at the College of Nanoscale Science and Engineering (CNSE), Albany, NY, blogs about the potential of resistive memory and the reliability challenges the must be overcome.

02/20/2013 

CEA-Leti today announced that it will coordinate a four-year project aimed at building a European-based supply chain in silicon photonics and speeding industrialization of the technology.

02/20/2013 

Joint effort to explore novel process techniques to improve device performance and reliability in semiconductor manufacturing for sub 20nm technology node.

02/20/2013 

STMicroelectronics announced today another milestone in its testing of its 28nm FD-SOI Technology Platform.

02/20/2013 

Samsung tops list; IC foundries expected to show biggest capacity gains through 2017.

02/20/2013 

Stretched-out clothing might not be a great practice for laundry day, but in the case of microprocessor manufacture, stretching out the atomic structure of the silicon in the critical components of a device can be a good way to increase a processor's performance.

02/19/2013 

In February, Infineon received the first customer go-aheads for products of the CoolMOS family produced by the 300-millimeter line at their site in Villach, Austria.

02/14/2013 

By creating a material that slows light, engineers open new possibilities in solar energy, military technology and other fields of research.

02/14/2013 

Smartphones and media tablets continue to the prime movers of technology industries, with the two mobile platforms spurring a double-digit increase in the market for microelectromechanical system (MEMS) motion sensors this year.

02/13/2013 

The global market for MEMS microphones has reached approximately $422 million in 2012. The market is predicted to increase to $865 million in 2017.

02/12/2013 

Markets for solid state thin-film batteries at $65.9 million in 2012 are anticipated to reach $5.95 billion by 2019, according to a new report released by ReportsnReports.com.

02/11/2013 

Roland Thomas, subcommittee chair of ISSCC, writes of the substantial growth and future in key areas of technology.

02/11/2013 

Hoi-Jun Yoo, subcommittee chair of ISSCC 2013, writes on the focus of technology directions in the field of large-area and low-temperature electronics.

02/07/2013 

Although many are small companies manufacturing low-pin count devices, all of the world’s “Top 10” OSAT, Outsourced Semiconductor Assembly and Test, players have one or more assembly and testing facilities in China.

02/07/2013 

In the first of two installments, we examine the global issues facing the semiconductor industry, as released by Linx Consulting in The Econometric Semiconductor Forecast.

02/07/2013 

A new econometric semiconductor industry forecast predicts semiconductor wafer area production to grow slightly less than 6% in 2013, according to Linx Consulting.

02/05/2013 

Dow Corning and IBM scientists unveiled a major step in photonics yesterday at the Photonics West conference, using a new type of polymer material to transmit light instead of electrical signals within supercomputers and data centers.