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Next Generation Actel FPGAs to Use UMC's 65nm Low Leakage Process and Embedded Flash Technology

Actel Corporation (NASDAQ:ACTL), the leader in low power FPGAs and UMC (NYSE:UMC)(TSE:2303), a leading global semiconductor foundry, today announced that the two companies have cooperated for the production of Actel'...

From UMC 18 Nov 2008

BAE Systems to Invest GBP2 Million in Diamond Detectors

Diamond Detectors Ltd, a subsidiary company set up by Element Six to manufacture innovative diamond detectors and sensors for radiation monitoring applications, today announces that BAE Systems is to take a 50% holding i...

17 Nov 2008

Solterra to Compete in Quantum Dot Market Worth $700 Million

Hague Corp., a solar technology and quantum dot manufacturing company, today commented on recently released forecast for the Quantum Dot ("Solterra") market where it competes. A quantum dot is a semiconduct...

15 Nov 2008

Organic Nanotubes - New Approach to Nanoelectronics and Biomedicine

Organic nanotubes could make rapid strides as functional nanomaterials in a new approach to nanoelectronics and biomedicine, as they can be made of easily varied and modified building blocks. Researchers led by Chulh...

14 Nov 2008

Researchers Succeeded in Developing a High-Sensitivity THz Detector on a Chip

Now Yukio Kawano and Koji Ishibashi from the RIKEN Advanced Science Institute in Wako have succeeded in developing a high-resolution and high-sensitivity THz detector on a chip.

14 Nov 2008

Setting Record for the Longest Fuel-Cell-Powered Flight of a Radio-Controlled Aerial Vehicle

The longest fuel-cell-powered flight of a radio-controlled aerial vehicle has been achieved by students at the University of Michigan and engineers at Ann Arbor-based fuel-cell manufacturer Adaptive Materials Inc. The...

14 Nov 2008

Project Aims to Commercialize Nanotechnology Manufacturing

UT Dallas researchers will play a key part in a collaborative effort to develop a new nano-scale manufacturing technique that builds three-dimensional objects atom by atom.

14 Nov 2008

Microscopic "Powerhouses" Power New Explosives Detector

The experimental sensor, about the size of a postage stamp, represents the first of its kind to be powered by mitochondria, the microscopic "powerhouses" that provide energy to living cells, the researchers say.

14 Nov 2008

20-Year Industry Executive Joins Team to Pursue IP Licensing for Groundbreaking CMEMS Technology

Silicon Clocks, a leading semiconductor IP licensing company, announced the appointment of Didier Lacroix as its new President and CEO. Lacroix, a veteran of the semiconductor IP and MEMS (Microelectrical Mechanical Syst...

14 Nov 2008

Slow Cooling of Electrons in Nanocrystals Could Lead to Better Photovoltaic Devices

University of Chicago scientists have induced electrons in the nanocrystals of semiconductors to cool more slowly by forcing them into a smaller volume. This has the potential to improve satellite communications and the ...

14 Nov 2008