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CROCUS NANO ELECTRONICS Receives ISO 14644-1 Certification for Cleanroom in Russia

CROCUS NANO ELECTRONICS (CNE), the joint venture founded in 2011 by Crocus Technology, a leading developer of magnetically enhanced semiconductor technologies, and RUSNANO, the Russian state-owned investment company focused on developing the Russian nanotechnology industry, is proud to announce that it has successfully passed certification of its cleanroom in Moscow (Russia) according to ISO 14644-1 requirements.

21 Jul 2014

New York State Partners in Launch of NY Power Electronics Manufacturing Consortium

Governor Andrew M. Cuomo today announced that the State will partner with over 100 private companies, led by SEMATECH and IBM, to launch the New York Power Electronics Manufacturing Consortium. The Consortium will invest over $500 million and create thousands of high-skilled, high-paying jobs in Upstate New York over the next five years – including at least 500 in Rochester– focusing on the development and manufacture of the next generation of materials used on semiconductors.

From College of Nanoscale Science and Engineering, University at Albany 17 Jul 2014

New Kind of Photoresist Needed to Extend Moore's Law

Over the years, computer chips have gotten smaller thanks to advances in materials science and manufacturing technologies. This march of progress, the doubling of transistors on a microprocessor roughly every two years, is called Moore's Law.

From Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory 16 Jul 2014

Public-Private Partnership to Launch New York Power Electronics Manufacturing Consortium

Governor Andrew M. Cuomo today announced that the State will partner with over 100 private companies, led by GE, to launch the New York Power Electronics Manufacturing Consortium.

From College of Nanoscale Science and Engineering, University at Albany 16 Jul 2014

3-D Boron Nitride Nanostructure May Benefit Nanoelectronics

A three-dimensional porous nanostructure would have a balance of strength, toughness and ability to transfer heat that could benefit nanoelectronics, gas storage and composite materials that perform multiple functions, according to engineers at Rice University.

16 Jul 2014

UMC Licenses Cypress's SONOS Embedded Flash Memory IP for 55-nm Process Technology Node

Cypress Semiconductor Corp., a leading provider of embedded nonvolatile memory solutions, and United Microelectronics Corporation ("UMC"), a leading global semiconductor foundry, today announced that UMC licensed Cypress's SONOS (Silicon Oxide Nitride Oxide Silicon) embedded Flash memory intellectual property (IP) for the 55-nanometer process technology node.

From United Microelectronics Corporation 15 Jul 2014

TSMC Certifies Cadence Quantus QRC Extraction Solution for TSMC 16nm FinFET

Cadence Design Systems, Inc., a leader in global electronic design innovation, today announced that TSMC has certified Cadence Quantus QRC Extraction solution for TSMC 16nm FinFET. Cadence Quantus QRC Extraction Solution successfully passed TSMC's rigorous parasitic extraction certification requirements to achieve best-in-class accuracy against the foundry golden data for FinFET technology.

From Cadence Design Systems 15 Jul 2014

Novel Nanotech Microchip for Diagnosis of Type-1 Diabetes

An inexpensive, portable, microchip-based test for diagnosing type-1 diabetes could improve patient care worldwide and help researchers better understand the disease, according to the device's inventors at the Stanford University School of Medicine.

14 Jul 2014

Rice Employs Nanoporous Silicon-Oxide Material in New RRAM Memory Devices

Rice University's breakthrough silicon oxide technology for high-density, next-generation computer memory is one step closer to mass production, thanks to a refinement that will allow manufacturers to fabricate devices at room temperature with conventional production methods.

11 Jul 2014

SUNY CNSE/SUNYIT and SEMATECH Create Chemical Mechanical Planarization Center

The newly merged SUNY College of Nanoscale Science and Engineering (CNSE) / SUNY Institute of Technology (SUNYIT) and SEMATECH today announced the creation of the Chemical Mechanical Planarization (CMP) Center, based at the Albany Nanotech Complex.

From College of Nanoscale Science and Engineering, University at Albany 11 Jul 2014