09/18/2012 

At IEDM, IBM researchers will demonstrate high-performance state-of-the-art CMOS circuits —including SRAM memory and ring oscillators—on a flexible plastic substrate.

09/17/2012 

The 58th annual IEDM will take place December 10-12, 2012 at the San Francisco Hilton Union Square, preceded by a full day of Short Courses on Sunday, Dec. 9 and by a program of 90-minute afternoon tutorial sessions on Saturday, Dec. 8.

09/17/2012 

IBM researchers have peered further inside a molecule's structure to distinguish the individual bonds, pointing the way to building an understanding of how graphene devices could work.

09/14/2012 

Researchers at Rice U. and the Université catholique de Louvain in Belgium have devised a method for converting discarded silicon into a key material for lithium-ion batteries.

09/14/2012 

As the dust settles after the launch of the iPhone 5, analysts tally which suppliers in the semiconductor ecosphere are most likely to gain the most.

09/14/2012 

Dow Electronic Materials introduced its new IKONIC polishing pad platform for chemical mechanical planarization (CMP).

09/13/2012 

The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) says it's combined scanning techniques and statistical data to both more precisely and less expensively measure features on a chip -- and two big chip firms are already on board.

09/12/2012 

Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. has held a groundbreaking ceremony for a new leading-edge NAND memory fab line in Xi'an, China, to be fully on line by 2014 making "10nm-class" process technologies.

09/12/2012 

Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., held a groundbreaking ceremony for a major new memory fabrication line in Xi'an, China. Once completed, the new facility will make use of advanced 10-19nm technology to produce NAND flash memory chips, according to the company.

09/12/2012 

Global demand for semiconductor manufacturing equipment slipped -4% in 2Q12 with softness in just about every region -- except Taiwan which stepped on the pedal during the quarter, according to updated data from SEMI and SEAJ.

09/12/2012 

Researchers at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology in Trondheim (NTNU)  have patented and are commercializing GaAs nanowires grown on graphene.

09/12/2012 

A team led by University of Toronto physicists has developed a simple new technique using Scotch poster tape that has enabled them to induce high-temperature superconductivity in a semiconducto.

09/12/2012 

Semiconductor Research Corporation (SRC) recognized two outstanding professors in SRC-supported, chip-related research and education for 2012.

09/11/2012 

Demand for power management semiconductors recovered in 2Q12 after declining for half a year, thanks to strong demand from electronic products such as smartphones and media tablets, according to IHS iSuppli.

09/11/2012 

Taiwan's two biggest semiconductor foundries saw sales jump in August, and business for the full third quarter is looking up as customers pull in some orders.

09/10/2012 

EV Group's updated modular EVG150 high-volume coater/developer adds new modules for conformal coating of high topography surfaces, and coating surfaces with vertical sidewall angles, such as through-silicon vias (TSV).

09/10/2012 

Taiwanese DRAM manufacturer Nanya Technology has received a $27M equity investment from a subsidiary of Integrated Silicon Solution to bolster the companies' foundry partnership.

09/10/2012 

09/07/2012 

Analysts weigh the reasons behind Intel's downwardly-revised 3Q12 results, from macroeconomic sluggishness to tablet-PC cannibalization -- and whether its pullback in 2012 capex plans spells trouble for the market overall.

09/07/2012 

Analysts weigh the reasons behind Intel's downwardly-revised 3Q12 results, from macroeconomic sluggishness to tablet-PC cannibalization -- and whether its pullback in 2012 capex plans spells trouble for the market overall.