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Yokogawa to Launch MT6530 Series Wafer Memory Test System at SEMICON Japan

The newly developed MT6530 series, which succeeds Yokogawa's MT6121 wafer memory test system, features enhanced test frequency and increased parallel testing efficiency. This results in a 75% reduction in test tim...

20 Nov 2010

United Solar to Supply 6 MW of Photovoltaics for Winch Energy Solar Projects in Italy

United Solar, a leading global manufacturer of light-weight, flexible thin-film solar modules and a wholly-owned subsidiary of Energy Conversion Devices announced today it will supply six megawatts of UNI-SOLAR brand photovoltaics for a 9.7 megawatt portfolio of solar projects developed by Winch Energy, in the region of Puglia, Italy.

20 Nov 2010

IMAPS Recognizes Nordson ASYMTEK for Technical Contribution in Microelectronics

Nordson ASYMTEK, a leader in dispensing, coating, and jetting technologies, announces it has received the 2010 Corporate Recognition Award from IMAPS (The International Microelectronics And Packaging Society).

20 Nov 2010

UAB Reseachers Develop Identification System to Individually Tag Embryos

Researchers from the Department of Cell Biology, Physiology and Immunology at Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (UAB), in collaboration with researchers from the Institute of Microelectronics of Barcelona (IMB-CNM) of the Spanish National Research Council (CSIC), have developed an identification system for oocytes and embryos in which each can be individually tagged using silicon barcodes. Researchers are now working to perfect the system and soon will test it with human oocytes and embryos.

20 Nov 2010

Researchers Image Stages in Calcification Process at Nano Scale

Atherosclerosis is characterized by hardening and thickening of artery walls, with serious health consequences. Researchers at Eindhoven University of Technology (TU/e) have imaged the stages in the calcification proc...

20 Nov 2010

New Microscopy Method to Deliver 3-D Image of Whole Living Cell

For the first time, there is no need to chemically fix, stain or cut cells in order to study them. Instead, whole living cells are fast-frozen and studied in their natural environment. The new method delivers an immediate 3-D image, thereby closing a gap between conventional microscopic techniques.

20 Nov 2010

New Micro Device for Quick Test of Cancer Biomarkers in Blood

Researchers at BYU have created a micro device that could both decrease the amount of blood and time needed to test for cancer-markers in a patient’s blood.

20 Nov 2010

Grandis Receives DARPA Contract to Develop Non-Volatile Spin Logic

Grandis, Inc., the leader in spin transfer torque random access memory (STT-RAM), today announced that it has been awarded a new contract from the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) to develop non-volatile...

19 Nov 2010

Synopsys Announces DesignWare ARC AS 221 BD Dual-Core Processor

Synopsys, Inc. (Nasdaq: SNPS), a world leader in software and IP for semiconductor design, verification and manufacturing, today announced the immediate availability of the DesignWare™ ARC™ AS 221 BD dual-core processor ...

From Synopsys, Inc. 19 Nov 2010

Pittcon 2011 Honors Scientists for Contributions in Electron and Ion Microscopy Research

Pittcon 2011 is pleased to announce the highlights of the 22nd James L. Waters Annual Symposium, “The Development and Application of Instrumentation in Electron and Ion Microscopy.”

From Pittcon 19 Nov 2010

Milan’s Research Proves Graphene's Potential in New Applications

Since graphene was first isolated in 2004 with the help of Scotch tape, researchers have excitedly turned to the material to discover its potential applications. A single layer of carbon atoms whose applications range fr...

19 Nov 2010

Cavitation Technologies, Desmet Ballestra Enter Deal for Nano Reactor Technology

Cavitation Technologies, Inc. (CTi) (OTC Bulletin Board: CVAT; Berlin, Stuttgart & Frankfurt: WTC). CTi announced today that n.v. Desmet Ballestra Group s.a. (Desmet) and CTi have entered into a new global tech...

19 Nov 2010

Open-Silicon Tapes Out High-Performance Processor with Cadence Silicon Realization Products

Cadence Design Systems (India) Pvt Ltd., a subsidiary of Cadence Design Systems, Inc., announced that Open-Silicon, Inc., a leading semiconductor company focused on ASIC design, develop-to-spec, and derivative ICs, has successfully taped out a breakthrough high-performance processor at over 2.4GHz under typical conditions utilizing the Cadence® Silicon Realization product line.

From Cadence Design Systems 19 Nov 2010

Synopsys and TowerJazz Join to Qualify Synopsys’ Custom Design Solution for 180-nm iPDK

Synopsys, Inc., a world leader in software and IP for semiconductor design, verification and manufacturing, and TowerJazz, the global specialty foundry leader, today announced that they have collaborated to qualify Synopsys’ custom design solution with TowerJazz’s 180-nanometer (nm) power management (PM) interoperable process design kit (iPDK) and analog/mixed-signal (AMS) PM reference flow.

From Synopsys, Inc. 19 Nov 2010

ORNL Researchers Develop New Method to Pack Tiny Circuits on Microchip Wafers

Computer chips are the raw material of the Cyber Age. As computer developers come up with machines that process more and more data faster and faster, they push the chip manufacturers closer to the limits of their production technologies.

19 Nov 2010

Nanotechnology News

Yokogawa to Launch MT6530 Series Wafer Memory Test System at SEMICON Japan

United Solar to Supply 6 MW of Photovoltaics for Winch Energy Solar Projects in Italy

IMAPS Recognizes Nordson ASYMTEK for Technical Contribution in Microelectronics

UAB Reseachers Develop Identification System to Individually Tag Embryos

Researchers Image Stages in Calcification Process at Nano Scale

New Microscopy Method to Deliver 3-D Image of Whole Living Cell

New Micro Device for Quick Test of Cancer Biomarkers in Blood

Grandis Receives DARPA Contract to Develop Non-Volatile Spin Logic

Synopsys Announces DesignWare ARC AS 221 BD Dual-Core Processor

Pittcon 2011 Honors Scientists for Contributions in Electron and Ion Microscopy Research

Milan’s Research Proves Graphene's Potential in New Applications

Cavitation Technologies, Desmet Ballestra Enter Deal for Nano Reactor Technology

Open-Silicon Tapes Out High-Performance Processor with Cadence Silicon Realization Products

Synopsys and TowerJazz Join to Qualify Synopsys’ Custom Design Solution for 180-nm iPDK

ORNL Researchers Develop New Method to Pack Tiny Circuits on Microchip Wafers

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