GLOBALFOUNDRIES teamed with Cadence Design Systems to create an open-access 28nm Analog/Mixed-Signal (AMS) production design flow development kit.
Pfeiffer Vacuum is unveiling a new series of high-performance magnetically levitated turbopumps, the HiPace M. HiPace M vacuum pumps have high pumping speeds (300 I/s, 700 I/s and 800 I/s) and achieve high compression ratios for all gases.
AMC concerns have changed over time: what were chip makers and exposure tool OEMs concerned about 10 years ago and now, with 248nm, 193nm, and 192 immersion processes? In this video interview, Jürgen M Lobert, Ph.D., Entegris, discusses AMC tools and process protection in micro lithograhy.
Applied Materials (NASDAQ:AMAT) today released Eterna, a new flowable CVD (FCVD) technology. Ajay Bhatnagar, director, global product management in the Gap Fill Dielectric Division, explains in-depth how it differs from conventional CVD. The technology is run on AMAT's Producer Eterna FCVD system. He also explains how it is being applied to new device architectures such as DRAM vertical transistors, NAND vertical bit stacks, and FinFETs.
Applied execs played coy about the "unique" technology behind their new Eterna FCVD tool, which targets a $400M market (and twice that in a couple of years), but analysis of what was said offers some insights into how it works.
(September 1, 2010) -- Military radio communications experts at the U.S. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) in Arlington, Va., are asking industry to design extremely efficient monolithic signal-recognition integrated circuits (ICs) for next-generation military cognitive radio communications, radar, and electronic warfare.
Intel's lowered 3Q outlook was at least expected, if not overdue, according to analysts and market watchers, who break down the news and what it means for consumer technology markets and equipment/materials suppliers.
Another month, another record -- and more signs that the chip industry might be softening a bit.
Intel plans to purchase Infineon’s Wireless Solutions Business (WLS) in a cash transaction valued at approximately $1.4b. Infineon will subsequently focus on automotive, industry and security technologies. The acquisition expands Intel’s current Wi-Fi and 4G WiMAX offerings to include Infineon’s 3G capabilities and supports Intel’s plans to accelerate LTE.
Is Intel soon to be unseated as the world's top semiconductor maker? The numbers say it could happen in less than four years, according to IC Insights.
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