Semiconductor and MEMS giant aims to integrate video-sharing devices within smart phones and laptops. Projector phone:Samsung's Galaxy Beam Swiss-headquartered STMicroelectronics,rated as the world's leading maker of ...
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Driven by the major acquisition of a wastewater pumps business and organic growth, order intake increased significantly by nominal 11% to CHF 2 025 million in the first half of 2012. Adjusted for currency effects as well as acquisitions and ...
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Rubicon Technology has placed an order of multiple units of the Zeta 300 series optical profiler from San Jose based Zeta Instruments for its sapphire substrate and wafer production. The company will use the Zeta-300 series optical ...
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Biolase has entered into a five-year agreement to distribute 3Shape's TRIOS digital intra-oral scanning system. Under the agreement, Biolase will distribute TRIOS system to dentists, dental specialists and dental schools in the US and ...
02 Aug 2012 German company will lead a new effort to shrink extreme ultraviolet (EUV) lithography resolution from 20nm to 14nm. EUV optics The optics giant Carl Zeiss is to lead a new project to improve the resolution of extreme ...
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For second-quarter 2012,GigOptix Inc of San Jose,CA,USA(a fabless supplier of semiconductor and optical components including modulator and laser drivers and transimpedance amplifier ICs based on III-V materials)has reported an 11th ...
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Biolase strikes deal with Aachen Dental Laser Center 01 Aug 2012 Partnership will promote laser dentistry and facilitate training in the field. A long-term agreement struck between Biolase and Professor Norbert Gutknecht of the Aachen ...
Latest issue of Semiconductor Today now available For coverage of all the key business and technology developments in compound semiconductors and advanced silicon materials and devices over the last month,subscribe to Semiconductor ...
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The Carola brand of spring water, sold in eastern France, has reportedly adopted new scribing lasers aimed at better flexibility, besides reducing the environmental impact. Nestlé Group's subsidiary Carola introduced the red, green ...
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Fiber laser firm stands to benefit from growing adoption of high-strength steel and aluminum in auto manufacturing. IPG Photonics sales and earnings:past six quarters IPG Photonics has posted record figures for both sales and net ...
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Laser giant ends June quarter with a record backlog,and will formally release its kilowatt fiber laser by the end of September. Microelectronics order boom Coherent,one of the world's leading laser vendors,says that it now has a record ...
Physicists at The University of Texas at Austin,in collaboration with colleagues at Taiwan's National Tsing-Hua University and National Chiao-Tung University and at the Beijing National Laboratory for Condensed Matter Physics and Institute ...
Backlog at Electro Scientific Industries swells to a six-year high on new design wins,prompting 20%stock bounce. ESI stock:up 20%on positive outlook Electro Scientific Industries(ESI),the provider of laser systems used in a variety ...
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Cymer reports improved EUV optics performance 25 Jul 2012 New coating on collector for extreme ultraviolet source increases effective lifetime by 50%. Bull run:Cymer hits long-term high Lithography light source provider Cymer has ...
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Optical communications and laser component,module and subsystem makers Oclaro Inc of San Jose,CA,USA and Opnext Inc of Fremont,CA,USA have announced shareholder approval of their merger(announced in late March).Opnext shareholders will ...