ARM and GLOBALFOUNDRIES have introduced the first-its-kind 28 nm dual-core Cortex-A9 processor-based SoC test chip operating at over 2.5 GHz frequency. They have also announced the tape out of Cortex-A9 processor-based SoCs utilizing 20 nm technology qualification vehicle (TQV) of GLOBALFOUNDRIES.
Nanostart’s subsidiary, MagForce, a nanomedicine company specializing in oncology, has signed a letter of intent (LOI) with Delrus, a distributor of medical products based in Russia.
Synopsys has declared that GLOBALFOUNDRIES has achieved silicon success for its first major 20 nm chip using Synopsys’ IC Compiler-Advanced Geometry (AG), which is the 20-nm version of IC Compiler.
STMicroelectronics has declared that it has successfully produced first-of-its-kind semiconductor wafer, whose dice were completely tested devoid of contact probes.
ResearchMoz has added a new report titled ‘Mid Infrared (IR) Sensors Market Shares, Strategies, and Forecasts, Worldwide, Nanotechnology, 2012 to 2018’ to its offering.
By Dr. Cameron Chai
16 Dec 2011
HiSilicon Technologies, a company specializing in semiconductor designs for consumer electronics and communication industries, has become the licensee of eSilicon’s 40 nm silicon-proven ternary content-addressable memory (TCAM) macros for use in its future-generation, superior-performance network-application ASICs.
By Dr. Cameron Chai
16 Dec 2011
The initial showcase of presenters at beyondtheblue.boisestate.edu features Will Hughes, DNA Nanotechnology Expert. Will Hughes, whose team of researches are beneficiaries of a $1 million grant from the W.M. Keck Foundation.
Scientists at the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) of the U.S. Department of Energy have devised a potential low-cost method for synthesizing stretchable and flexible backplanes at a large-scale utilizing semiconductor-enhanced carbon nanotube solutions, which provide thin-film transistor networks with superior electrical properties and higher charge carrier mobility when compared to that of organic-based devices, paving the way to develop future plastic electronic devices.
Vorbeck Materials has declared that it has wrapped up a completely subscribed series 3 funding with a total amount of $10 million. The funding was completed on 9 December 2011. Fairbridge Venture Partners and Black Powder were the companies which led the funding that also comprised 15 more investors.
FSI International, a provider of surface conditioning devices for the production of microelectronics, has declared that a major semiconductor manufacturer has placed a follow-on order for the company’s ORION single wafer cleaning system for back-end-of-line applications.
By Dr. Cameron Chai
15 Dec 2011
Tronics, a major MEMS foundry, has declared that it has inked a deal with DelfMEMS for producing RF MEMS switches of DelfMEMS. The company has already started industrialization and will meet the high capacity demands of DelfMEMS in the fiscal year 2012.
A market report titled ‘Medical Nanotechnology: Industry Overview and Potential’ is now available from Research and Markets.
By Dr. Cameron Chai
15 Dec 2011
Analytical Pixels (APIX), the first startup of the Alliance for Nanosystems VLSI established by CEA-Leti and the California Institute of Technology (Caltech) has been established to develop, produce and commercialize miniaturized chromatography concept-based analysis systems.
According to an opinion study titled ‘Envisioning Emerging Nanotechnologies: A Three-Year Panel Study of South Carolina Citizens,’ very few people in the panel have expressed concern about the risk of nanotechnology and over 67% of the panel have said that the new technology will improve the quality of their lives, especially in the medical field.
By Dr. Cameron Chai
15 Dec 2011
Researchers at Mayo Clinic, Johns Hopkins Medicine and Wayne State University have demonstrated a novel sustained-release drug delivery system wherein dendrimers allow the delivery of steroids into the targeted cells causing damage through neuroinflammation, a major cause of retinitis pigmentosa and dry age-associated macular degeneration, thus paving the way to treat these incurable diseases.
By Dr. Cameron Chai
14 Dec 2011