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AMD to acquire Xilinx, creating the industry’s high performance computing leader
Published: December 09, 2020
Advanced Micro Devices Inc. (Silicon Valley, Calif.) and Xilinx Inc. (San Jose, Calif.) announced they have entered into a definitive agreement for AMD to acquire Xilinx in an all-stock transaction valued at $35 billion.
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Liquid metals produce ultrathin semiconductors with no grain boundaries
Published: December 09, 2020
Researchers at the University of New South Wales’ School of Chemical Engineering, Sydney, Australia, have developed a new approach to deposit large scale ultrathin semiconductors without grain boundaries using liquid metals.
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GlobalFoundries and Soitec announce RF-SOI wafer supply agreement driven by accelerating demand for 5G RF solutions
Published: December 09, 2020
GlobalFoundries, Santa Clara, Calif., and Soitec, Paris, announce a multi-year supply agreement for 300mm radio frequency silicon-on-insulator wafers.
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UAH researchers develop new atomic layer deposition process using ultrasonics
Published: December 09, 2020
Researchers at the University of Alabama in Huntsville invented a new way to deposit thin layers of atoms as a coating onto a substrate material at near room temperatures.
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Optimized analysis tools provide solution for complex weld inspections
Published: November 24, 2020
Olympus, Waltham, Mass., released its WeldSight companion PC software for the OmniScan X3 phased array flaw detector, which provides inspectors with powerful tools to push the boundaries of flaw characterization and sizing.
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Leco adds hydrogen to the 828 series
Published: November 17, 2020
Leco Corporation, St. Joseph, Mich., announces the addition of hydrogen analysis capabilities to the 828 series, which will transform the way users determine carbon, hydrogen, and nitrogen in a variety of petrochemical and other organic materials.
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Team examines operating limits in solid-state batteries to improve range of EVs
Published: November 17, 2020
A collaboration among researchers at Vanderbilt University (Nashville, Tenn.), the University of Pennsylvania, (Philadelphia), the Advanced Photon Source, (Lemont, Ill.), and Toyota Research Institute North America (TRINA), a division of Toyota Motor North America R&D (Ann Arbor, Mich.), examined operating limits and failure mechanisms in a family of solid-state batteries based on thiophosphate materials.
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Hitachi High-Tech strengthens its photonics capabilities to serve global technology markets
Published: November 17, 2020
Hitachi High-Tech Corporation, Tokyo, acquires global leader VLC Photonics S.L., Valencia, Spain, adding photonic integration engineering, design, and test to its portfolio of services.
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Westcoast Energy fined for faulty stress corrosion monitoring that led to blast
Published: November 17, 2020
Westcoast Energy Inc., Calgary, Canada, has been fined for failing to prevent a fiery pipeline blast northeast of Prince George, B.C., in 2018 that led to natural gas shortages in the province through the winter.
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Penn State research lays groundwork for ultra-thin, energy efficient photodetector on glass
Published: November 12, 2020
Researchers at Penn State, University Park, Pa., published a new paper in ACS Nano integrating photodetectors with durable Gorilla glass, the material used for smart phone screens manufactured by Corning Incorporated.
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