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Surrey NanoSystems Raise £4.5m to Commercialise Semiconductor Fabrication Technologies

Surrey NanoSystems has raised third round funding of £4.5 million (~US$7.1m) - one of the largest amounts secured by any UK semiconductor-focused company in the last year - from a consortium led by New Wave Venture...

From Surrey Nanosystems 7 Mar 2012

CALIENT Unveils 3D MEMS-Based High-Density Photonic Switch

CALIENT Technologies, a specialist in photonic switching technology, has introduced its new 320-port photonic switch called the S320, the company’s next-generation 3D MEMS switching technology.

7 Mar 2012

Cadence Unveils Advanced Digital Flow for High-Performance, Giga-Scale, 20 nm Design

Cadence Design Systems has unveiled an advanced Cadence Encounter RTL-to-GDSII flow for giga-scale, high-performance designs that include those at the newest 20 nm technology node.

From Cadence Design Systems 7 Mar 2012

AMD Expands its Award-Winning 28 nm GPU Line

AMD has expanded its proven 28 nm GPU line with the introduction of new sleek graphics cards called the AMD Radeon HD 7850 and AMD Radeon HD 7870 GHz Edition.

6 Mar 2012

GLOBALFOUNDRIES, AMD Agree to Negotiated Wafer Price Mechanism for 2012

AMD has amended its wafer supply agreement (WSA) with GLOBALFOUNDRIES. In this deal, the two companies have settled with an agreeable wafer price mechanism for the fiscal year 2012.

From GlobalFoundries 6 Mar 2012

Air Products to Buy Out Partner’s Stake in DuPont Air Products NanoMaterials

Air Products has announced that it has inked a definitive agreement to buy DuPont’s 50% stake in DuPont Air Products NanoMaterials. Terms of the deal were not revealed.

3 Mar 2012

Vascular Magnetics Receives Financing to Develop Magnetically Targeted Nanoparticle-Based Drug Delivery

The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia’s spin-out start-up company, Vascular Magnetics has amassed $7 million to develop a novel drug delivery system called vascular magnetic intervention utilizing magnetically targeted nanoparticles for the treatment of peripheral artery disease.

3 Mar 2012

Teledyne DALSA to Display Innovations in MEMS and MOEMS Fabrication at OFC/NFOEC 2012

Teledyne DALSA Semiconductor will display its advanced high voltage electrostatic actuator ICs as well as its latest developments in MEMS and MOEMS fabrication at OFC/NFOEC 2012, a major event for next-generation optical solutions, to be conducted from March 4 to 8, 2012 at the Los Angeles Convention Center.

3 Mar 2012

Maxwell Technologies Expands Production Capacity of Ultracapacitor Products

Maxwell Technologies is doubling its ultracapacitor electrode production capacity by the end of 2012 by setting up a new production facility in a 123,000-square-foot leased building located in Peoria, Arizona.

3 Mar 2012

Comprehensive Report Analyzes Market for Silicon MEMS Microphones and Speakers

According to a report titled ‘Silicon Microphones and Speakers: Technology, Market Analysis, and End-Applications’, silicon MEMS microphone shipments increased to 85% in 2011.

2 Mar 2012