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Fairchild Commences Mass Production at TowerJazz Panasonic Semiconductor Fabrication Facility in Japan

TowerJazz, the global specialty foundry leader, announced today that Fairchild Semiconductor has started mass production at TowerJazz Panasonic Semiconductor Co.’s (TPSCo’s) fabrication facility in Tonami, Japan. This is a process transfer from Fairchild of their state of the art discrete devices for the industrial and consumer markets.

10 Dec 2014

Nanolithography Technique Uses Nanoscale Spheres to Create 3D Nanostructures

A new nanolithography technique that uses nanoscale polystyrene spheres to create 3D nanostructures for biomedical, photonic and electronic applications has been developed by researchers at the North Carolina State University (NC State).

10 Dec 2014

Synopsys’ IC Compiler II Place and Route Solution Offers Early Support for 10-nm Process Technology

Synopsys, Inc., a global leader providing software, IP and services used to accelerate innovation in chips and electronic systems, today announced availability of the 2014.12 release of its new IC Compiler™ II place and route solution.

From Synopsys, Inc. 9 Dec 2014

Wax Nanostructure on Beetle’s Back Harvests Water from Dew

Insects are full of marvels – and this is certainly the case with a beetle from the Tenebrionind family, found in the extreme conditions of the Namib desert. Now, a team of scientists has demonstrated that such insects can collect dew on their backs – and not just fog as previously thought.

9 Dec 2014

AI Bio Awards Ceapro Grant to Develop Beta Glucan Formulation for Energy Drink

Ceapro Inc., a growth-stage biotechnology company focused on the development and commercialization of active ingredients for health care and cosmetic industries, announced today that it has been awarded a non-reimbursable grant of $198,000 by Alberta Innovates Bio Solutions (AI Bio) to develop the Company's proprietary Beta Glucan formulation in combination with certain bioactives, for use in an energy drink.

5 Dec 2014

Veeco Instruments Acquires Solid State Equipment Holdings

Veeco Instruments Inc. today announced that it has acquired privately held Solid State Equipment Holdings LLC, based in Horsham, Pennsylvania. SSEC is a leading innovator in single wafer wet etch, clean and surface preparation equipment targeting high growth segments in advanced packaging, micro-electro-mechanical systems (MEMS) and compound semiconductor.

From Veeco 5 Dec 2014

Entegris Introduces Next Generation 450mm Wafer Carrier Solutions for Semiconductor Manufacturing

Entegris, Inc., a leader in yield-enhancing materials and solutions for highly advanced manufacturing environments, announced the release and global availability of their next generation of 450 mm wafer carrier solutions (P2) for the safe and reliable transport of 450 mm wafers used in semiconductor manufacturing.

From Entegris 5 Dec 2014

Researchers Examine TRAAK Channel Involved in Painful Touch Sensation at Molecular and Atomic Levels

Whether stubbing a toe or stroking a cat, the sensation of touch starts out as a mechanical force that is then transformed into an electrical signal conveying pain or other sensations. Tiny channels in neurons act as translators by helping to formulate that signal to the brain. However, scientists know little about the fine details of how these channels work.

4 Dec 2014

Altatech Introduces AltaCVD 3D Memory Cell for Depositing Ultra-Thin Semiconductor Films

Altatech, a division of Soitec, has introduced the AltaCVD 3D Memory Cell(TM), a new member of its AltaCVD product line designed to deposit ultra-thin semiconductor films that enable the manufacturing of high-density, low-power memory ICs used throughout mobile electronics.

4 Dec 2014

Novel Shapes at the Nanoscale Can Make Light Behave in Specific Ways

Stanford engineers have designed and built a prism-like device that can split a beam of light into different colors and bend the light at right angles, a development that could eventually lead to computers that use optics, rather than electricity, to carry data.

4 Dec 2014