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TSMC Announces Volume Production of 28-nm High Performance Compact Process

TSMC today announced its 28-nanometer High Performance Compact (28HPC) process is in volume production, making it the most power- and cost-efficient solution among all 28-nanometer technologies in the foundry segment. The achievement of this milestone demonstrates TSMC's commitment to providing industry-leading technology for customers looking to tap power and performance benefits in cost-effective SoC designs.

15 Sep 2014

Nanotechnology and Art at CCA 2014 Biennial

For her newest work, Korean artist Kimsooja wanted to explore a “shape and perspective that reveals the invisible as visible, physical as immaterial, and vice versa.”

15 Sep 2014

World’s Largest DNA Origami Created

Researchers from North Carolina State University, Duke University and the University of Copenhagen have created the world’s largest DNA origami, which are nanoscale constructions with applications ranging from biomedical research to nanoelectronics.

From North Carolina State University 12 Sep 2014

SMIC Launches 38nm NAND Process Technology

Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corporation ("SMIC";) announced the readiness of 38nm NAND Flash process technology, making it the only foundry to manufacture NAND products for its customers.

From Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corporation (SMIC) 12 Sep 2014

Researchers Present Paper on Resistless Nanofabrication by Stencil Lithography

Congratulations to Oscar Vazquez-Mena, Shenqi Xie and Guillermo Villanueva who co-authored a review paper about stencil lithography "Resistless nanofabrication by stencil lithography: A review" recently published on Microelectronic Engineering.

10 Sep 2014

Research on Synthesis, Self-Assembly of Gold Nanorods Wins NSF Special Creativity Award

Ounce for ounce, gold nanorods that are commercially available cost about 7,000 times more than bulk gold, but that may change, thanks to an award-winning research program in the laboratory of Rice University chemist Eugene Zubarev.

10 Sep 2014

Researchers Engineer Nanoscale Versions of Key Mass Spectrometry Components

Electrospray arrays can dramatically downsize systems and costs for onsite chemical analysis — and many other applications.

9 Sep 2014

Toshiba and SanDisk Begin Production in Second Phase of Fab 5 with 15nm NAND Flash Memory Process Technology

Toshiba Corporation and SanDisk Corporation today celebrated the opening of the second phase of the No. 5 semiconductor fabrication facility (Fab 5) and the start of construction of the new No. 2 fabrication facility (Fab 2) at Yokkaichi Operations, Toshiba’s NAND Flash memory plant in Mie prefecture, Japan.

9 Sep 2014

QuickLogic ArcticLink 3 S2 Ultra-Low Power Sensor Hub Leverages GLOBALFOUNDRIES’ 65nm Process Technology

QuickLogic Corporation, the innovator of ultra-low power programmable Customer Specific Standard Products (CSSPs), and GLOBALFOUNDRIES, a leading provider of advanced semiconductor manufacturing technology, today announc...

9 Sep 2014

Working OTP Bit Cells Demonstrated by Sidense in TSMC 16nm FinFET Technology

Sidense Corp., a leading developer of non-volatile memory OTP IP cores, today announced that it successfully demonstrated read and write capability for its 1T-OTP bit-cell architecture on test silicon fabricated in a 16nm CMOS FinFET process.

5 Sep 2014