Precious metal additive manufacturing system for jewelry enables lower cost

Published: November 10, 2014

Cooksongold, England, and EOS GmbH, Sweden, have launched the Precious M 080 Direct Metal Laser Sintering (DMLS) system.

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ASM International Elects Sunniva R. Collins ASM Board President

Published: November 06, 2014

Case Western Reserve University professor and former ASM Board Vice President to assume Presidency.

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ASM International Welcomes Jon Tirpak as ASM Board Vice President

Published: November 06, 2014

Senior program manager of SCRA Applied R&D brings decades of experience to ASM.

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ASM International Elects 2014-2015 ASM Board Officers and Trustees-Elect

Published: November 06, 2014

President, Vice President, Treasurer and three Trustees elected by ASM membership.

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Imaging innovation could detect acoustically invisible cracks

Published: November 04, 2014

The University of Bristol, UK, announces that its researchers have developed a nonlinear acoustic imaging technique that can detect cracks that cannot be seen by conventional acoustic imaging methods.

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Crystal growth furnace can produce 660-lb sapphire boules

Published: November 04, 2014

ARC Energy, Nashua, N.H., has announced the CHES 500 crystal growth furnace, designed to produce the world's largest-ever sapphire boules with a mass of 660 lb and diameter of 500 mm.

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Simplifying superconducting circuits

Published: October 24, 2014

New circuit design could unlock the power of experimental superconducting computer chips.

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GlobalFoundries to acquire IBM’s global semiconductor business

Published: October 20, 2014

IBM, Armonk, N.Y., and GlobalFoundries, Santa Clara, Calif., today announced that they have signed a Definitive Agreement under which GlobalFoundries plans to acquire IBM's global commercial semiconductor technology business, including intellectual property, world-class technologists and technologies related to IBM Microelectronics, subject to completion of applicable regulatory reviews.

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Samsung to invest $14.7 billion in new semiconductor fab

Published: October 20, 2014

Samsung Electronics, South Korea, announces plans to invest $14.7 billion in a new semiconductor fabrication facility in Pyeongtaek, South Korea to meet growing demand from smartphones, enterprise computing and the emerging "Internet of Things" market.

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SEMI announces silicon wafer shipment forecast

Published: October 20, 2014

SEMI, San Jose, Calif., recently completed its annual silicon shipment forecast for the semiconductor industry.

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