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UMC Fab 12i Wins MediaTek's 2008 Best Fab Award

UMC (NYSE:UMC) (TSE:2303), a leading global semiconductor foundry, today announced that MediaTek Inc., a leading fabless semiconductor company for wireless communications and digital multimedia solutions, has awarded UMC...

From UMC 9 Feb 2009

Freescale Introduces High-Performance, Low-Power Device Based on 45-nm Silicon-on-Insulator Technology

Freescale Semiconductor has introduced the MPC8569E PowerQUICC™ III communications processor - a high-performance, low-power device based on 45-nm silicon-on-insulator (SOI) technology. The processor is ideal for a...

9 Feb 2009

Scientists Create Microchip That Uses 30 Times Less Electricity

In the first real-world test of a revolutionary type of computing that thrives on random errors, scientists have created a microchip that uses 30 times less electricity while running seven times faster than today's best technology.

9 Feb 2009

AMD Extends the Mainstream Value of Dragon Platform Technology with 45nm AMD Phenom II Triple-Core Processors

AMD (NYSE: AMD) extended the value and lifespan of its heralded Dragon platform technology today with five new additions to its AMD Phenom™ II processor family, including the industry's only 45nm triple-core pr...

9 Feb 2009

Event Showcases Latest Innovative Micro and Nanosensing Technologies

Advances in micro and nanotechnology has significantly influenced the growth of the next generation sensors which are small in size, consume less power, have better specificity and low weight. The availability of novel t...

8 Feb 2009

Nanowire Lasers Setting World Record in Wavelength Tunability

A single semiconductor laser chip with world-record wavelength tuning range of 200 nanometers - from 500 to 700 nanometers - has been demonstrated by a research team led by Cun-Zheng Ning, a professor in the Department of Electrical Engineering in the Ira A. Fulton School of Engineering at Arizona State University.

8 Feb 2009

Conference Highlights Latest Trends and Techniques Available in Brazing and Soldering Industry

Advances in brazing and soldering technology and applications provide the technical focus for the fourth International Brazing + Soldering Conference, to be held April 26-29 in Orlando, Florida at the Hilton Walt Disney World hotel.

8 Feb 2009

First Crystal Nanostructure of Intermediate Particle in Virus Assembly

The structure, described February 8 in an advance online publication of the journal Nature, provides fresh insights into the elegant dance that viral proteins perform to create the infectious structure that causes all ma...

8 Feb 2009

CEMMNT Network of Metrology Welcome Latest Member

CEMMNT
is pleased to announce that the Cardiff based company, metaFAB, has joined the
CEMMNT network of metrology companies.

8 Feb 2009

Unique Platform Greatly Streamlines DNA-Sequencing Research

Agilent Technologies, Inc. (NYSE: A) chose the Advances in Genome Biology and Technology (AGBT) meeting to introduce the Agilent SureSelect Target Enrichment System, a unique tool for greatly streamlining DNA-sequencing ...

8 Feb 2009

Battelle Developing Real-World Solutions to Real-World Problems

When it comes to accelerating innovation to make products and uncover solutions to enhance or save our lives, there's no disputing that Battelle is a world leader. From breakthroughs in nanoscience, biotechnology...

8 Feb 2009

First State-of-the-Art NanoHealth Facility Given the Green Light

Plans for the £21.6 million Centre for NanoHealth at Swansea University were given the green light after securing more than £10 million from the Convergence European Regional Development Fund through the Welsh Assembly Government today (Thursday, February, 05, 2009).

7 Feb 2009

Cytogenetics Report Analyses Main Technologies, Markets and Companies

Research and Markets has announced the addition of Jain PharmaBiotech's new report "Cytogenetics - Technologies, Markets and Companies" to their offering. Report deals with cytogenetics in a broader sen...

From Research and Markets 7 Feb 2009

The Largest and Most Anticipated Nanotechnology Event in North America

We are just three months away from Nanotech 2009 Conference & Expo in Houston, Texas. We have received a record number of business and technical submissions for our conference program, which is a clear indication that the event will be an even bigger success than it was last year in Boston.

7 Feb 2009

Applied Scintillation Technologies Upgrades Measurement and QC Equipment for CsI Production Facility

Phosphor and scintillator detector specialist, Applied Scintillation Technologies (AST), has upgraded its measurement and quality assurance equipment for its caesium iodide (CsI) production facility with the addition of ...

7 Feb 2009