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TSMC Adopts Synopsys Galaxy Custom Designer as iPDK Development and Validation Platform

Synopsys, Inc. (NASDAQ:SNPS) , a world leader in software and IP for semiconductor design, verification and manufacturing, today announced that Synopsys and TSMC have entered into a comprehensive multi-year agreement to ...

From TSMC Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company 21 Jul 2009

Consortium Focuses on Developing New Battery Materials

Development of high-performance batteries is an indispensable prerequisite for the economic efficiency of electric cars. For Germany to reach a top level in international electrochemistry research again, the Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) is now funding a consortium of selected universities and non-university research institutions in southern Germany.

21 Jul 2009

New Anticancer Molecules Engineered to Self-Assemble Using Synthetic DNA

Parabon NanoLabs, a leading designer and manufacturer of breakthrough products at the nanoscale, announced today its award of a National Science Foundation (NSF) Small Business Innovative Research (SBIR) grant. The grant...

From Parabon NanoLabs 21 Jul 2009

Veeco Launches Dimension Icon P-Series of Atomic Force Microscope Systems

Veeco Instruments Inc. (Nasdaq: VECO), the leading provider of atomic force microscopes (AFMs) to the nanoscience community, announced today the launch of its Dimension® Icon® P-Series of Atomic Force Microscope Systems.

21 Jul 2009

AEON NVM on a Standard CMOS Process Eliminates Need for Additional Masks and Processing Steps Required in Traditional Solutions

Virage Logic Corporation (NASDAQ:VIRL), the semiconductor industry's trusted IP partner, today announced it offers the broadest portfolio of embedded non-volatile memory (NVM) at TSMC, with fully qualified IP solutio...

From TSMC Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company 21 Jul 2009

KIT Opens New Physics Laboratory for Pupils

On July 22, the Department of Physics at The Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) will open a new pupils laboratory. Students have conceived the five stations of the laboratory that is named "PSI - The Physics Pupils Laboratory Initiative".

21 Jul 2009

HamaTech Advanced Process Equipment Enters Partnership with MIET

HamaTech Advanced Process Equipment (APE) GmbH + Co. KG, a member of the Singulus Group and an established market leader of semiconductor equipment, today announced it has entered into a partnership with the prestigious ...

21 Jul 2009

Industry-Wide Collaborative Development Effort Delivers First Unified iPDK for 65nm Process

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd. (TWSE: 2330, NYSE: TSM) today announced the release of the semiconductor industry's first interoperable process design kit (iPDK) for advanced technology.

From TSMC Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company 21 Jul 2009

TSMC Unveils iDRC and iLVS for TSMC 40 nm Process Technology

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd. (TWSE: 2330, NYSE: TSM) today unveiled interoperable design rule check (iDRC) and layout-versus-schematic (iLVS), two unified electronic design automation (EDA) data forma...

From TSMC Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company 21 Jul 2009

Targeted Nanoparticles Overcoming Dose-Limiting Toxicities of Arsenic Trioxide

Arsenic trioxide has a long history as a potent human poison, but it also has proven valuable as one of the primary treatment options for acute promyelocytic leukemia. Efforts to use arsenic trioxide to treat other types...

21 Jul 2009

Detecting and Differentiating Normal, Cancerous and Metastatic Cells using Nanoparticle-Polymer Sensor Arrays

Using a "chemical nose" array of nanoparticles and polymers, researchers at the University of Massachusetts Amherst have developed a fundamentally new, more effective way to differentiate not only between healthy and cancerous cells but also between metastatic and nonmetastatic cancer cells.

21 Jul 2009