Samsung at$13.1bn capex,Intel at$11.2bn,TSMC at$8.3bn,Hynix at$3.7bn and GlobalFoundries at$3.1bn are expected to account for 64%of the$61.4bn in semiconductor capex forecast for 2012,says IC Insights. Back in 2005,the top 5 companies ...
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NTNU researchers have patented and are commercializing GaAs nanowires grown on graphene,a hybrid material with competitive properties.Semiconductors grown on graphene are expected to become the basis for new types of device systems,and ...
The research project Low Energy Electronics Systems (LEES) has started its work with a kick-off meeting. The program's initiator is the renowned Singapore MIT Alliance for Research and Technology (SMART) Center based in Singapore. The LEES ...
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The research project Low Energy Electronics Systems (LEES) has started its work with a kick-off meeting. The program’s initiator is the renowned Singapore MIT Alliance for Research and Technology (SMART) Center based in Singapore. The ...
Tags: Lights, Lighting, Smart, LED Professional
CrayoNano of Norway has grown GaAs nanowires on graphene, a patented hybrid material with competitive optoelectronic properties. "We have managed to combine low cost, transparency and flexibility in our new electrode," says Professor ...
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STMicroelectronics is the third largest spender on R&D in the semiconductor industry and has the second highest ratio of R&D spend to sales revenue among the major players,reports IC Insights. ST came third after Intel and Samsung in ...
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Albeo wins patent for integrating bare LED die directly in fixtures(Updated)14 Aug 2012 Albeo's chip-in-fixture approach holds promise of lower manufacturing costs for SSL troffers,although products are a year or more away. ...
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Following Intel and contract chip maker Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. (TSMC), Samsung Electronics will invest US$976 million in Dutch chip manufacturing equipment maker ASML to further development of next-generation lithography ...
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As the semiconductor industry moves to 28nm,20nm and below process technologies,demand for equipment used to make more advanced chips is set to boom allowing Scientech to work toward a promising future,according to company president ...
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Survey of more than 7500 people working in photonics suggests that nearly nine in ten find their job highly satisfying. Aerospace on top again:salary by discipline A new survey has found that the vast majority of people working in the ...
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The US National Science Foundation(NSF)has awarded Rochester Institute of Technology(RIT) 1.2million dollars to develop,fabricate and test a new family of infrared detectors grown on silicon substrates by Raytheon Visions Systems(RVS)of ...
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Soraa will lead DOE funded research on GaN LED substrates 08 Aug 2012 The DOE's transformational-energy agency ARPA-E has selected GaN-on-GaN startup Soraa to lead a project on the development of bulk GaN substrates. Startup Soraa emerged ...
Tags: Soraa, DOE, GaN, GaN-on-GaN, LED, LED Substrates, ARPA-E
Toshiba plans silicon-based LED production; Azzurro installs Veeco MOCVD 31 Jul 2012 Veeco Instruments announced that Azzurro Semiconductors has commissioned a new Veeco MOCVD reactor for silicon-based LED production while Toshiba plans to ...
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 ...
Tags: Zeiss, 7M, EUV optics project, 02 Aug 2012, from 20nm to 14nm
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