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Moore's Law and China's Fast-Growing IC Industry
Mar 20, 2017At Semicon China 2017, executives at chip giant Intel, IC packager Advanced Semiconductor Engineering, equipment vendors ASML, Lam Research and Tokyo Electron (TEL), and nano-electronics research institute Imec talked about innovation to ...
Tags: IC, Semiconductor, IC Industry
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NASA Documents Large Solar Storm on Mars
Dec 29, 2015NASA has documented a solar storm blasting away Mars' atmosphere. The event provides an important clue as to how water disappeared from the planet. NASA said on Thursday its Mars-orbiting MAVEN spacecraft caught such a storm on March 8. ...
Tags: NASA, Large Solar Storm, Mars
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Element Six Aims to Extend Its R&D LED to The Third Consecutive Year of High Growth
Jan 23, 2015Luxembourg-registered synthetic diamond materials firm Element Six (a member of the De Beers Family of Companies) says that its Technologies Group experienced more than 20% growth in 2014, marking its third consecutive year of high growth. ...
Tags: synthetic diamond solutions, emerging markets, Electrical
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Global Market for Industrial Laser Systems Worth $10.7bn in 2013
Apr 18, 2014Global market for industrial laser systems worth $10.7BN in 2013, says Optech’s Arnold Mayer. Respected industrial laser market forecaster Arnold Mayer says that the global market for laser materials processing systems hit a record ...
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Imec Has Grown to Be a Multi-Disciplinary Expertise Center
Jan 21, 2014Last week nanotechnology research institute imec of Leuven, Belgium celebrated its 30th anniversary. Founded in 1984 as a non-profit organization, imec has grown to be a multi-disciplinary expertise center in the fields of semiconductor ...
Tags: FinFETs, III-V CMOS, ASML of Veldhoven, TSMC
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SEMICON West Expanded Its Global Manufacturing Capabilities
Jul 11, 2013At the SEMICON West 2013 event in San Francisco (9-11 July), Luxembourg-registered synthetic diamond materials firm Element Six (a member of the De Beers Family of Companies) has announced that it has expanded its global manufacturing ...
Tags: Electrical, Electronics
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Lasers & Photonics Marketplace Seminar Hears Cautious But Positive Forecasts
Feb 7, 2013Lasers & Photonics Marketplace Seminar hears cautious but positive forecasts. Growth in global sales of lasers and laser systems this year will range from flat to only a modest improvement of a few percentage points, according to ...
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Globalfoundries Is to Build $2bn New York R&D Facility
Jan 9, 2013Globalfoundries is to build an R&D facility at its Fab 8 campus in Saratoga County,N.Y which it calls its Technology Development Center(TDC). The TDC will cost nearly$2bn,increasing the total capital investment for the Fab 8 campus to ...
Tags: TDC, Tech Valley, investment, manufacturing
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The Agreement Will See The World's Leading Chip Maker Fund R&D and Take an Equity Stake
Dec 26, 2012$4 billion agreement will see the world's leading chip maker fund R&D and take an equity stake in ASML. Eric Meurice:pushing Moore's law Intel is set to acquire up to a 15%equity stake in the semiconductor equipment specialist ...
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TSMC Investing US$1 Billion in Netherlands Tools Maker ASML
Dec 26, 2012IDG News Service - Following Intel's lead, contract chip maker Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. (TSMC), is investing A!838 million (US$1 billion) in Netherlands tools maker ASML to speed up the development of faster and more ...
Tags: Intel, Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing, ASML, Smaller Chips
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It Was Hit by Slumping Metal Prices and Floods in Thailand
Dec 24, 2012After a fiscal year in which it was hit by slumping metal prices and floods in Thailand, II-VI reports mixed demand trends. The diversified optics and materials company II-VI has reported sales of $534.6 million for its fiscal year ...
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WFE Spending Is Estimated at US$31.4 Billion in 2012
Dec 13, 2012Taipei,Oct.17,2012(CENS)--Worldwide wafer fab equipment(WFE)spending is estimated at US$31.4 billion in 2012,for a decline of 13.3%from 2011's US$36.2 billion,according to market consulting firm Gartner,Inc. The global WFE spending is ...
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Samsung Signed an Agreement with Dutch Chipmaker ASML to Invest €779m
Dec 11, 2012Samsung will invest €503m to acquire 3% in ASML Samsung Electronics has signed an agreement with Dutch chipmaker ASML to invest €779m in the latter's Customer Co-Investment Program that aims to develop new chip making ...
Tags: new chip, Samsung, ASML, semiconductor
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ASML Agreed to Acquire The Us Based Cymer for The Development of EUV Technology
Dec 11, 2012The transaction is expected to close in the first half of 2013 Dutch chipmaker ASML has agreed to acquire the US based Cymer for €1.95bn to accelerate the development of extreme ultraviolet (EUV) semiconductor lithography technology. ...
Tags: ASML, extreme ultraviolet, semiconductor lithography, smartphones, tablets
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Intel Will Invest $4.1bn to Buy 15% of Dutch Semiconductor Equipment Provider ASML
Dec 11, 2012The acquisition will boost ASML's development work on the next generation of chipmaking technology Intel will invest around $4.1bn to buy 15% of Dutch semiconductor equipment provider ASML, to help fund its research into new chip ...
Tags: Intel, semiconductor equipment, ASML, Dutch chipmaker
