Advantest introduces semiconductor industry’s fastest image processing engine for testing CIS devices used in high resolution smart phones

Published: January 20, 2022

Advantest Corporation, Tokyo, Japan, has begun shipping the fourth generation of its high-speed image-processing engine that applies heterogeneous computing technology to detect defects in the data output from today's most advanced CMOS image sensors.

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Research collaboration to accelerate heterogeneous chip integration with hybrid bonding technology

Published: January 20, 2022

Applied Materials Inc., Santa Clara, Calif., and the Institute of Microelectronics, a research institute of Singapore’s Agency for Science, Technology and Research, announced a new phase of their research collaboration at the Center of Excellence in Advanced Packaging in Singapore.

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Hitachi launches two new FE-SEM models to support data-driven R&D

Published: January 20, 2022

Hitachi High-Tech Corp., Tokyo, launched two cutting-edge field-emission scanning electron microscope models, the SU8600 and SU8700 that feature new detectors, capabilities, advanced automation, and more.

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EDAX adds Velocity Pro to its EBSD camera series

Published: January 20, 2022

Ametek EDAX, Mahwah, N.J., a leader in x-ray microanalysis and electron diffraction instrumentation, is adding a new, fast, low-noise CMOS camera to its Velocity Electron Backscatter Diffraction camera series.

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FormFactor opens new manufacturing facility to expand capacity for semiconductor wafer probe card production

Published: January 20, 2022

FormFactor Inc., Livermore, Calif., a leading semiconductor test and measurement supplier, announced the opening of a new manufacturing facility, expanding its Livermore campus.

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WPI receives $1 million for new semiconductor security research center

Published: January 20, 2022

The Baker-Polito Administration announced a new $999,963 grant from the Collaborative Research and Development Matching Grant program to support a new research center at Worcester Polytechnic Institute, Worcester, Mass., focused on the security of semiconductors and hardware critical to key innovation industries.

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Optical superoscillation for nanoimaging and nanometrology

Published: December 09, 2021

Researchers at the University of Science and Technology of China collaborating with the Optoelectronic Research Center at the University of Southampton, England, explored and reviewed the basic attributes of superoscillations and current applications of the technology for optics.

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TSMC to build specialty technology fab in Japan with Sony Semiconductor Solutions

Published: December 09, 2021

TSMC, Taiwan, and Sony Semiconductor Solutions Corp., Japan, announced that TSMC will establish a subsidiary, Japan Advanced Semiconductor Manufacturing Inc., in Kumamoto, Japan to provide foundry service with initial technology of 22/28-nanometer processes to address strong global market demand for specialty technologies, with SSS participating as a minority shareholder.

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Scientists identify another reason why batteries can’t charge in minutes

Published: December 09, 2021

In a new study that seeks to identify the reasons that cause the performance of fast charged lithium-ion batteries to degrade in electric vehicles, scientists at the U.S. Department of Energy's Argonne National Laboratory, Lemont, Ill., found interesting chemical behavior in one of the battery's two terminals as the battery is charged and discharged.

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Samsung Electronics announces new advanced semiconductor fab in Texas

Published: December 09, 2021

Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., South Korea, a world leader in advanced semiconductor technology, announced that it would build a new semiconductor manufacturing facility in Taylor, Texas.

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