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<title><![CDATA[2013: Accelerating R&D and decreasing time to yield]]></title>
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<pubDate><![CDATA[Thu, 03 Jan 2013 10:07:00 EST]]></pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[In order to maintain profitability manufacturers must increase the productivity and return from their R&D investments.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[FEI introduces Helios NanoLab 450 F1 DualBeam for failure analysis]]></title>
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<pubDate><![CDATA[Mon, 12 Nov 2012 17:06:00 EST]]></pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[FEI, Hillsboro, OR, has introduced its new Helios NanoLab 450 F1 DualBeam system designed to provide faster, better images of their most advanced device architectures.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[FEI, Hitachi High-Tech settle focused ion beam patent dispute]]></title>
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<pubDate><![CDATA[Tue, 21 Aug 2012 15:47:00 EDT]]></pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[FEI will pay $15M to settle the dispute over focused ion beam systems, in exchange for dropping litigation and cross-licensing FIB technologies.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Conference Report: MRS Spring 2012, Day 4]]></title>
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<pubDate><![CDATA[Fri, 13 Apr 2012 15:10:00 EDT]]></pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Blogger Michael A. Fury, Techcet Group, reports from the MRS Spring 2012 meeting in San Francisco. Highlights from the fourth day: nanowire FETs, laminate MEMS, nanoparticles in security printing, graphene nanoribbons, Ta 2 O 5 memristors, redox flow batteries, graphene, and more.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Semiconductor metrology beyond 22nm: Defect inspection and review]]></title>
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<pubDate><![CDATA[Thu, 23 Feb 2012 15:10:00 EST]]></pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[As semis are manufactured at the 2X and 1Xnm nodes, new metrology technologies must evolve to fill the gaps. In Part 3 of this 3-part metrology series, SEMATECH discusses the inspection/metrology options for advanced semiconductors.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Semiconductor metrology beyond 22nm: 3D memory metrology]]></title>
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<pubDate><![CDATA[Thu, 16 Feb 2012 11:37:00 EST]]></pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[The 22nm node marks the beginning of a major transition from conventional scaling of planar memory devices to complex 3D architectures. SEMATECH authors examine the metrology needs of 3D memory device architectures in Part 2 of this three-part series.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Semiconductor metrology beyond 22nm: FinFET metrology]]></title>
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<pubDate><![CDATA[Thu, 09 Feb 2012 15:33:00 EST]]></pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[SEMATECH authors discuss semiconductor metrology solutions currently being investigated to address the challenges of future nodes. FinFETs raise new metrology complexities, as the entire 3D structure becomes critical for process control, including fin and gate dimensions, profiles and roughness, ...]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Camtek launches TEM for advanced semiconductor makers]]></title>
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<pubDate><![CDATA[Mon, 09 Jan 2012 12:36:00 EST]]></pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Camtek launched Xact200, a transmission electron microscope (TEM) sample preparation system for the semiconductor industry. Camtek calls the system an alternative to FIB analysis.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[MEMS packaging and test project aims for space]]></title>
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<pubDate><![CDATA[Tue, 08 Nov 2011 10:54:00 EST]]></pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[The Heterogeneous Technology Alliance in Europe is developing new packaging and test methods for MEMS targeting space missions.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[TESCAN combines nano-analysis tools in one platform]]></title>
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<pubDate><![CDATA[Tue, 26 Jul 2011 16:41:00 EDT]]></pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[TESCAN introduced the LYRA GM focused ion beam and scanning electron microscope (FIB--SEM) workstation, calling the system a multifunctional tool for nanotechnology.]]></description>
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