SEMICONDUCTORS
MAGAZINE
05/01/2013
Volume 56, Issue 3
SEMICONDUCTORS BLOGS
SEMICONDUCTOR ARTICLES
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Printed, flexible and organic electronics sees 15.2% CAGR over the next decade
05/17/2013
The new report from IDTechEx titled "Printed, Organic & Flexible Electronics: Forecasts, Players & Opportunities 2013-2023" finds that the total market for these technologies will grow from $16.04 billion in 2013 to $76.79 billion in 2023. |
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Samsung announces industry-first 45nm embedded flash logic process development
05/17/2013
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., a provider of advanced semiconductor solutions, today announced the industry’s first 45nm embedded flash logic process development called eFlash. Samsung successfully implemented the new process into the smart card test chip, which means that this process technology...
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GT Advanced Technologies acquires Thermal Technology LLC
05/16/2013
GT Advanced Technologies today announced that it has acquired substantially all of the business of Thermal Technology LLC for purchase consideration. |
SMIC deploys NanoYield High-Sigma for 28nm process development
05/16/2013
ProPlus Design Solutions, Inc. announced today that Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corporation has deployed ProPlus' NanoYield High-Sigma (HS) within its advanced technology development flow. |
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Vishay Intertechnology enhances precision thin film chip resistor arrays
05/16/2013
Vishay Intertechnology, Inc. today announced that the company has enhanced its ACAS 0606 AT and ACAS 0612 AT precision thin film chip resistor arrays with tighter absolute tolerance, relative tolerance, and relative TCR for the new S, T, and U accuracy grades. |
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Imec and Renesas collaborate on ultra-low power short range radios
05/16/2013
Imec and Renesas Electronics Corporation announced today that they have entered into a new strategic research collaboration at Holst Centre. |
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Silicon Valley foundry Noel Technologies adds advanced lithography services
05/16/2013
Foundry hires former ASML’s Keith Best as director of photolithography; tasked with driving roadmap to 0.15 microns |
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HEADLINES
FORM 8-K: FREESCALE SEMICONDUCTOR FILES CURRENT REPORT
WASHINGTON, May 18 -- Freescale Semiconductor Ltd., Austin, Texas, files Form 8-K (current report) with Securities and Exc...
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MICROCHIP TECHNOLOGY REPORTS DISPOSITION BY VP WORLDWIDE SALES AND APPLICATIONS LITTLE (Arizona)
WASHINGTON, May 18 -- Microchip Technology Inc. (MCHP), Chandler, Ariz., has filed a Form 4 with the Securities and Exchan...
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MICROCHIP TECHNOLOGY REPORTS MULTIPLE TRANSACTIONS BY CEO SANGHI (Arizona)
WASHINGTON, May 18 -- Microchip Technology Inc. (MCHP), Chandler, Ariz., has filed a Form 4 with the Securities and Exchan...
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FREESCALE SEMICONDUCTOR REPORTS MULTIPLE TRANSACTIONS BY SENIOR VP DEITRICH (Bermuda)
WASHINGTON, May 18 -- Freescale Semiconductor Ltd. (FSL), Hamilton, Bermuda, has filed a Form 4 with the Securities and Ex...
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FORM 8-K: CYPRESS SEMICONDUCTOR FILES CURRENT REPORT
WASHINGTON, May 18 -- Cypress Semiconductor Corp., San Jose, Calif., files Form 8-K (current report) with Securities and E...
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FirstClose Hires Industry Veteran Chip Caldwell as VP, Southeast Region Manager
FirstClose, a recognized aggregator in mortgage settlement services, announced that it hired Chip Caldwell to manage the ...
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FINANCIALS
TECHNOLOGY PAPERS
Rapid Defect Indentification with Layout-Aware Diagnosis
Scan logic diagnosis is a powerful tool to help failure analysis engineers determine the root cause of a failing die. Yield engineers, on the other hand, are...
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Flip Chip Devices get Flat and Happy
Thin is definitely in, but what our modern flip chip devices really want is to be flat and happy! As flip chip die have become increasingly thinner in recent...
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WEBCASTS
Surface Cleaning and Preparation
This introduction requires the development of new critical and selective cleans tackling galvanic corrosion, pattern collapse both in FEOL and BEOL...
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450mm Status Report
Hear from the G450C General Manager, Paul Farrar Jr., on the current status of activities, key milestones and schedules, and imec’s senior business...
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VIDEOS
EVENTS
2013 25th International Conference on Indium Phosphate and Related Materials (IPRM)Kobe, Japan , Japan
+81-3-5452-5151
+81-3-5452-5156
May 19, 2013
- May 23, 2013
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2013 14th International Vaccuum Electronics Conference (IVEC)Paris, France , France
+31 71 565 6704
+31 71 565 4596
May 21, 2013
- May 23, 2013
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2013 IEEE EnergytechCleveland, OH , United States
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Magnesium Workshop Madrid 2013: An International Workshop on Processing-Microstructure-Mechanical Property of Magnesium AlloysMadrid, Spain
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2013 5th IEEE International Memory Workshop (IMW)Monterey, CA , United States
408-765-5249
May 26, 2013
- May 29, 2013
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NEW PRODUCTS
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COMSOL Multiphysics 4.3b offers new additions to simulation platform
May 16, 2013
COMSOL Inc., a multiphysics simulator software developer, recently announced the release of major new additions to the COMSOL s...
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Spectra-Physics introduces industrial picosecond laser
May 10, 2013
Spectra-Physics, a Newport Corporation brand, introduces Spirit ps 1040-10, an industrial-grade picosecond laser for precision ...
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Multitest announces ecoAmp for high-power applications
May 8, 2013
Multitest announces that its ecoAmp high power Kelvin contactor successfully passed a challenging evaluation for an automotive ...
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EV Group rolls out EVG120 processing system
May 7, 2013
EV Group (EVG), a supplier of wafer bonding and lithography equipment for the MEMS, nanotechnology and semiconductor markets, t...
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