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TSMC, Spreadtrum Communications Unveil First 40 nm Baseband Chip

Spreadtrum Communications, Inc. and TSMC today unveiled their achievement on the first commercialized 40nm Time Division - Synchronous Code Division Multiple Access (TD-SCDMA) baseband processor.

28 Jan 2011

Research on Development of Graphene Spintronic Devices

A team of physicists has taken a big step toward the development of useful graphene spintronic devices. The physicists, from the City University of Hong Kong and the University of Science and Technology of China, pres...

28 Jan 2011

Iranian Physicists Creates Spintronic Device Using Graphane Nanoribbons

In a development that may revolutionize handheld electronics, flat-panel displays, touch panels, electronic ink, and solar cells, as well as drastically reduce their manufacturing costs, physicists in Iran have created a spintronic device based on "armchair" graphene nanoribbons.

28 Jan 2011

Measuring Van Der Waals Force Helps to Understand Structure of Atoms

Measuring the attractive forces between atoms and surfaces with unprecedented precision, University of Arizona physicists have produced data that could refine our understanding of the structure of atoms and improve nanotechnology.

From Arizona State University 28 Jan 2011

Researchers Use Nanotechnology to Improve Thermoelectric Performance of Bulk Semiconductor

Researchers from Boston College, MIT, Clemson and Virginia have used nanotechnology to achieve a 60-90 percent increase in the thermoelectric figure of merit of p-type half-Heusler, a common bulk semiconductor compound, ...

28 Jan 2011

Piezoelectricity Increases in Nanowires with Decrease in Diameter

Gallium nitride (GaN) and zinc oxide (ZnO) are among the most technologically relevant semiconducting materials.

28 Jan 2011

Ecliptek Adds Six New MEMS Clocks to its Product Line

Once again responding to engineers requests, Ecliptek Corporation has strengthened its line of clock oscillator solutions with six new product series covering an extensive breadth of technology.

27 Jan 2011

SiTime Offers New MEMS-Based Clock Generator for High-Performance Networking Applications

SiTime Corporation, the leader in MEMS-based silicon timing solutions, expanded its Programmable Clock Generator family with the SiT9105, a 3-PLL, 5 output device that is ideal for high-performance networking applications.

27 Jan 2011

InvenSense Exhibits Breakthrough in MEMS Motion Sensing Technology

InvenSense, Inc., the leading solution provider of MotionProcessor™ technology for consumer electronics, is showcasing the MPU-6000™, the world’s first and only 6-axis integrated MotionProcessor (gyroscope + accelerometer), with built-in Digital MotionProcessing™ (DMP) hardware accelerator to perform 10-axis sensor fusion.

27 Jan 2011

Eulitha and Dai Nippon Printing Announces Successful Patterning of 4” Wafers

Today, Eulitha AG of Switzerland and Dai Nippon Printing Co., Ltd. (DNP) of Japan announced the successful patterning of 4” wafers with Eulitha’s proprietary PHABLE technology. Photonic crystal patterns with 600 nm period and hexagonal symmetry was created uniformly over 4” wafers.

27 Jan 2011