SEMICONDUCTORS
MAGAZINE
05/01/2013
Volume 56, Issue 3
SEMICONDUCTORS BLOGS
SEMICONDUCTOR ARTICLES
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NSF and SRC to fund research to create failure-resistant systems and circuits
05/21/2013
Leaders of the National Science Foundation (NSF) and the Semiconductor Research Corporation (SRC) today announced 18 new projects funded through a joint initiative to address research challenges in the design of failure-resistant circuits and systems. |
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Eleven companies move up in Q1’13 top 20 semi supplier ranking
05/21/2013
Qualcomm, TSMC, and SK Hynix each register greater than 20 percent year-over-year growth. |
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Mouser Electronics’ president and CEO celebrates 40 years of service
05/21/2013
In 1973, Pong was cutting edge in the world of video games, music came on eight-track tapes, TV viewing was limited to three networks and Glenn Smith was a college kid who went to work part-time in the warehouse of what was little more than a mom and pop electronics catalog start-up in San Diego.
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Qualcomm and Samsung pass AMD in MPU ranking
05/21/2013
Slow notebook and desktop PC sales and strong growth in mobile processors for smartphones and tablet PCs continues to lower Intel's marketshare as well. |
Toshiba to start mass production of next generation NAND flash memory
05/21/2013
Toshiba Corporation today announced that the company has developed second generation 19nm process technology that it will apply to mass production of 2-bit-per-cell 64 gigabit NAND memory chips later this month. |
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Imec and GLOBALFOUNDRIES collaborate to advance high-density memory technology
05/21/2013
Imec and GLOBALFOUNDRIES announced today that they have expanded joint development efforts to advance STT-MRAM (spin-transfer torque magnetoresistive random access memory) technology. |
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First quarter results for graphics chip shipments: Nvidia a clear winner but bad news for Intel
05/20/2013
Jon Peddie Research (JPR) announced estimated graphics chip shipments and suppliers’ market share for 2013 Q1. The news was disappointing for Intel, but encouraging for Nvidia and for AMD on the desktop. |
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HEADLINES
USPTO ISSUES TRADEMARK: TOUCHCODE
ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 21 -- The trademark TOUCHCODE (Reg. No. 4333236; International Reg. No 1093496) was issued on May 14 ...
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Fairchild Semiconductor Leverages Camstar Manufacturing Platform
Camstar Systems, Inc. announced that Fairchild Semiconductor, a provider of design and manufacture of power and mobile sem...
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Contract Award: Semitronics Wins Federal Contract for "THYRISTOR SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE"
WASHINGTON, May 20 -- DLA Acquisition Locations (Defense Logistics Agency), DLA Land and Maritime - BSM, has awarded a $11...
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Irresistible Materials secures GBP290,000 from Mercia and business angels
Irresistible Materials (IM), a UK materials technology company spun-out from the University of Birmingham, has secured GBP...
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ZMDI, a Global Semiconductor Company, Extends its Portfolio of IPv6-Based Low-Power Wireless Mesh-Networking Modules With Advanced Network Layer Security With the ZWIR4512AC2
DRESDEN, GERMANY--(Marketwired - May 21, 2013) - Editors Note: There is an image associated with this press release. ...
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WEALTHMAKERS.COM Issues Bearish Research Reports on AGII, ASCA, BHLB, CAMT, CCMP, CIE
May 20, 2013WEALTHMAKERS.COM / www.wealthmakers.com , a Wall Street research and trading firm providing unbiased statistic...
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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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3M announces QDEF; to bring 50% more color to LCD devices
May 21, 2013
3M announced today it is in the final stages of scale-up for its new 3M Quantum Dot Enhancement Film (QDEF). The new film allow...
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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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