December 22, 2012 - Just in time for Christmas, a team of GE scientists and engineers have introduced several new features to Santa’s sleigh. The updated vehicle incorporates a number of new technologies that promise to make ...
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Opens up new market opportunities in semiconductors, biomedical and energy Ultratech Inc of San Jose, CA, USA, which designs and manufactures photolithography and laser-processing systems used to make semiconductor devices and ...
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To enhance its service to customers throughout the USA, South Korea's Femto Science Inc, which manufactures plasma cleaning systems, etching (RIE and ICP) systems and Parylene coating systems (CVD), has selected UVOTECH Systems Inc of ...
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EV Group (EVG) of St Florian, Austria, a supplier of wafer bonding and lithography equipment for the MEMS (micro-electro-mechanical system), nanotechnology and semiconductor markets, has installed an EVG501 wafer bonding R&D system at Texas ...
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KLA-Tencor says its new fourth-generation LED wafer inspection system achieves greater flexibility, increased throughput, and improved efficiency for inspecting defects and performing 2D metrology in LED applications, as well as MEMS and ...
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STMicro's new plan is aimed at boosting operating margin rapidly to a targeted 10% Swiss semiconductor firm STMicroelectronics has confirmed its plans to conclude mobile chip venture with Swedish telecoms equipment manufacturer Ericsson ...
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Shanghai ultra-silicon layout of the Two Rivers Area LED project will be commissioned in the second half of the year. Reporter learned from the Two Rivers Area Administrative Committee, through the cooperation of domestic well-known ...
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UK-based etch and deposition system maker Oxford Instruments has been chosen by Sweden's Chalmers University of Technology to supply a FlexAL ALD (atomic layer deposition) system for installation in its cleanroom. FlexAL systems provide a ...
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STMicroelectronics is considering breaking itself up,reports Bloomberg.It is thought that the profitable analogue business will be split from the loss-making digital business,while the ST-Ericsson joint venture will be sold-probably to ...
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Operating profit of the company improved to $1.6m during the quarter, compared to $10m loss it reported during third quarter of 2011 UK based chipmaker Wolfson Microelectronics has reported a 32% surge in its revenue during third quarter ...
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Within the sensor market segment, accelerometers and gyroscope devices will be fastest growing product category. Worldwide sensor sales are expected to rise at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 18% between 2011 and 2016, reaching ...
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Process control and yield management solutions provider KLA-Tencor Corp of Milpitas, CA, USA has launched its next-generation LED patterned wafer inspection tool. Designed specifically for defect inspection and 2D metrology for LED ...
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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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KLA-Tencor has announced its next-generation LED patterned wafer inspection tool, the ICOS WI-2280. Designed specifically for defect inspection and 2D metrology for LED applications, the ICOS WI-2280 also provides enhanced inspection ...
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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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