Increases Intel's ability to deliver silicon convergence, integrate hardware and software programmability US based programmable logic application provider Altera has signed a deal with Intel to manufacture field-programmable gate array ...
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Skyworks Solutions Inc of Woburn, MA, USA (which manufactures high-reliability analog and mixed-signal semiconductors) says that several OEMs and smartphone providers are leveraging its SkyOne front-end solution. The SkyOne platform, ...
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SEMATECH of Albany, NY, USA (the international research consortium of semiconductor device, equipment, and mterials manufacturers) says that South Korean annealing furnace manufacturer Poongsan has joined its Front End Processes (FEP) ...
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The global gallium nitride (GaN) semiconductor device market will grow at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 18% over 2012-2016, forecasts a new report from TechNavio (the market research platform of Infiniti Research Ltd). ...
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Gigabit Ethernet (GbE) is a balanced high-speed communication standard that is widely used around the world. Until recently, the majority of its applications were in non-hostile environments. New applications in industrial control and smart ...
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The Optogan group of companies is a vertically integrated producer of High Brightness LEDs based in St. Petersburg, Russian Federation. The group is also active in Finland and Germany. Founded in 2004 by 3 graduates of Ioffe ...
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Power semiconductor device maker International Rectifier Corp (IR) of El Segundo, CA, USA has announced that co-founder Eric Lidow passed away on 18 January. Born in Vilnius, Lithuania (then part of Russia) over 100 years ago in 1912, ...
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Dynex Semiconductor has officially opened a new Lincoln-based £1.8m R&D centre as part of an £11.25m investment which will create up to 40 engineering jobs and safeguard its 315-strong workforce in the city. Dynex designs ...
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Power semiconductor device maker International Rectifier Corp(IR)of El Segundo,CA,USA has appointed Gary Tanner as executive VP&chief operations officer,effective 2 January 2013. Tanner will be responsible for the continued implementation ...
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Back in 1960 Electronics Weekly was born into a ferment of III-V semiconductor research that within two years would produce the first practical LED. In 1960 Dr Nick Holonyak of General Electric was developing an unusual material,GaAsP,as ...
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Intel retained the market leadership in terms of revenues Worldwide semiconductor industry achieved a slower growth in 2011 when compared to 2010 primarily due to the macroeconomic uncertainties in the US and Europe, the earthquake and ...
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Plasma process equipment maker Plasma-Therm LLC of St Petersburg,FL,USA has provided a two day plasma processing workshop at Stanford University's Nanofabrication Facility(SNF). Presentations addressed both fundamental and advanced plasma ...
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The sales of semiconductor devices are expected to reach $20bn in 2012 The sales of semiconductor devices which include discrete, modules and ICs, used in the power electronics industry are expected to reach $20bn in 2012, according ...
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Plasma process equipment maker Plasma-Therm LLC of St Petersburg, FL, USA has provided an advanced plasma processing workshop at Suzhou Institute of Nano-tech and Nano-bionics Chinese Academy of Sciences (SINANO CAS), with presentations on ...
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Plasma process equipment maker Plasma-Therm LLC of St Petersburg, FL, USA has provided an advanced, one-day plasma processing workshop at The University of Texas at Austin Microelectronics Research Center (MRC), part of the NNIN (National ...