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Soitec Announces FD-2D and FD-3D Wafer Roadmap for Planar and FinFET Transistors

Soitec, a provider of semiconductor materials for the energy and electronics markets, has outlined its fully depleted (FD) product roadmap consisting of two products intended for advanced planar and three-dimensional (FinFET) transistors.

18 Apr 2012

Micrel Secures High Performance Rating from Top-Tier MEMS Supplier

Micrel has earned a performance rating of 98% in a report that covers the company’s materials and services supplied to a major MEMS supplier in Q4 of 2011.

18 Apr 2012

ARM Releases New POP Configurations for TSMC 28 nm and 40 nm Process Technologies

ARM has expanded its portfolio of ARM Processor Optimization Pack (POP) solutions targeting several ARM Cortex processors for TSMC’s 28 nm and 40 nm process technologies. The company will release nine POP configurations for Cortex-A15, Cortex-A9, Cortex-A7, and Cortex-A5 processor cores.

18 Apr 2012

Nanotechnology Firm Receives Canadian Government Investment

Integran Technologies, a nanotechnology firm based in Mississauga, Canada, has received a repayable investment worth $399,386 from the Canadian government through the Strategic Aerospace and Defence Initiative.

17 Apr 2012

Veeco Unveils SPECTOR-HT System for Optical Thin Film Applications

Veeco Instruments, an equipment manufacturer for hard disk drives, solar cells, LEDs and optoelectronics, has unveiled an ion beam deposition system called the SPECTOR-HT at the SPIE Photonics Europe Trade Show in Brussels, Belgium.

17 Apr 2012

SMIC Unveils 40-nm Reference Flow for Low-Power Chips

An advanced-node, low-power integrated circuit (IC) design reference flow has been unveiled by Semiconductor Manufacturing International (SMIC) using its 40-nm production process and Cadence Design Systems’ Cadence Encounter digital technology.

From Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corporation (SMIC) 16 Apr 2012

Intel Presents 2011 Preferred Quality Supplier Award to DA NanoMaterials

Air Products’ subsidiary, DA NanoMaterials has received a 2011 Preferred Quality Supplier (PQS) award from Intel.

From Air Products and Chemicals, Inc 16 Apr 2012

MesoCoat to Supply Nanocomposite Materials to Canadian Industrial Pump Manufacturer

A major Canadian manufacturer and distributor of industrial pumps has signed a supply deal to procure MesoCoat’s PComP nanocomposite coating materials. MesoCoa is a majority owned subsidiary of Abakan.

11 Apr 2012

Srixon Produces Pro Tour Golf Gloves Using Teijin’s Nanofront Polyester Nanofiber

Teijin Fibers, a company of Teijin Group, has revealed that Srixon is fabricating its new Pro Tour golf gloves called Srixon GGG-S005 using Teijin Fibers’ Nanofront high-strength polyester nanofiber.

11 Apr 2012

NIH-STTR Grant to Advance NeuroSigma’s Thin-Film Nitinol-Covered Neurovascular Stent

The National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS) has awarded a Phase I NIH-STTR grant to advance NeuroSigma’s thin-film nitinol (TFN)-covered stent for potential brain aneurysm treatment.

11 Apr 2012