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SmartKem Appoints The Scott Partnership to Drive PR Campaign

B2B PR agency The Scott Partnership has been appointed by innovative new start-up company SmartKem to drive a public relations campaign aimed at launching the innovative new company.

14 Dec 2009

3D Microprocessors Fitted on Supercomputers by 2015

The technological challenge is clear in terms of performance. But there is also an environmental stake. As John R. Thome, of the EPFL in Lausanne, explains: "In the United States, the industry's data centres already consume as much as 2% of available electricity. As consumption doubles over a five-year period, the supercomputers of 2100 would theoretically use up the whole of the USA's electrical supply!".

11 Dec 2009

UMC Showcases Unique 'Hybrid' High-K/Metal-Gate (HK/MG) Technology Approach for 28nm at 2009 IEDM

UMC (NYSE: UMC; TSE: 2303), a leading global semiconductor foundry, presented today at the 2009 International Electron Device Meeting (IEDM) held here, a unique 'hybrid' high-k/metal-gate (HK/MG) technology appro...

9 Dec 2009

Concept Chip Aimed at Scaling On-Chip Performance

Researchers from Intel Labs demonstrated an experimental, 48-core Intel processor, or "single-chip cloud computer," that rethinks many of the approaches used in today's designs for laptops, PCs and servers. This futuristic chip boasts about 10 to 20 times the processing engines inside today's most popular Intel® Core™-branded processors.

9 Dec 2009

Chip with the Most Advanced Computing and Storage Elements Made of Carbon Nanotubes

Stanford engineers have built what they believe is a chip with the most advanced computing and storage elements made of carbon nanotubes to date by devising a way to root out the stubborn complication of nanotubes that cause short circuits.

9 Dec 2009

Silicon-Germanium Semiconducting Nanowires for Potential Use in Next-Generation Transistors

Microchip manufacturers have long faced challenges miniaturizing transistors, the key active components in nearly every modern electronic device, which are used to amplify or switch electronic signals. Now, researche...

9 Dec 2009

International Nanoelectronics Conference 2010 to Take Place in Hong Kong

The International Nanoelectronics Conference (INEC) will take place from 3 to 8 January 2010 in Hong Kong. The aim of this conference is to identify the paths between fundamental research and potential electronic, ph...

9 Dec 2009

ASM and Air Liquide Group Signs License and Supplier Agreement for ALOHATM Advanced Precursors

ASM International N.V. (Nasdaq: ASMI and Euronext Amsterdam: ASM) and the Air Liquide Group (Euronext: AL.NX) announce that their collaboration has led to the signature of a license and preferred supplier agreement for ALOHATM advanced precursors.

From ASM International 9 Dec 2009

Partnership to Focus on CMOS, Memory, and Emerging Technologies

SUSS MicroTec, a leading supplier of process and test solutions for the semiconductor industry and related markets, and SEMATECH, a global consortium of chipmakers, announced today that SUSS MicroTec will join the Front ...

From SUSS MicroTec AG 9 Dec 2009

IMEC, Holst Centre and TNO Presents World-First Organic Transponder Circuit with Bit Rate of 50kbits/s

Today, at the International Electronics Devices Meeting, Holst Centre, imec and TNO presented the world-first organic transponder circuit with a bit rate of 50kbits/s. This bit rate approaches the requirements for the Electronic Product Coding (EPC) standards.

From IMEC 9 Dec 2009