Oxford Instruments Asylum Research launches software for EDS and AFM data correlation

Published: June 17, 2020

Oxford Instruments Asylum Research, Santa Barbara, Calif., has released the new “Relate” software package for correlative imaging with Asylum Research AFMs, electron microscopes, and Oxford Instruments NanoAnalysis EDS and EBSD detectors.

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CHIPS for America Act creates incentives to produce semiconductors in United States

Published: June 15, 2020

The Semiconductor Industry Association (SIA), Washington, applauds the introduction in Congress of the Creating Helpful Incentives to Produce Semiconductors for America Act (CHIPS for America Act), bipartisan legislation that would invest tens of billions of dollars in semiconductor manufacturing incentives and research initiatives over the next five to ten years.

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Tescan Solaris X FIB-SEM features rocking stage for fast milling of large cross-sections

Published: May 22, 2020

Tescan, Czech Republic, reports that its Solaris X FIB-SEM equipped with an iFIB+ Xe plasma FIB column delivers the high currents needed to speed material removal for large cross-sections, and its rocking stage allows continuous monitoring.

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Ultra Tec’s Ultrapol Fiberlab fiber optic modular polishing system provides angular control

Published: May 21, 2020

Ultra Tec Manufacturing Inc., Santa Ana, Calif., introduces the Ultrapol Fiberlab module system, which provides all the angular control and polishing features required for the effective processing of bare optical fibers to produce a range of end shapes, including cones, bevels, flats, chisels (screwdriver), and beveled ball tips.

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SIA announces that worldwide first quarter sales of semiconductors totaled $104.6 billion

Published: May 20, 2020

The Semiconductor Industry Association (SIA), Washington, announces that worldwide sales of semiconductors totaled $104.6 billion during the first quarter of 2020.

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Weber ultrasonic cleaner gently removes contaminants from monocrystalline wafers

Published: May 20, 2020

Weber Ultrasonics, Germany, has developed the intelligent SonoPower 3S megasound system with frequencies from 500 to 1000 kHz for cleaning sensitive components such as monocrystalline wafers in the semiconductor industry.

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Taiwan Semiconductor plans to build and operate advanced semiconductor fab in Arizona

Published: May 19, 2020

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) announces its intention to build and operate an advanced semiconductor fab in the United States with the mutual understanding and commitment to support from the U.S. federal government and the state of Arizona.

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Gatan Ilion II ion polisher designed for low-energy ion beam milling of samples for SEM

Published: May 18, 2020

Gatan, Pleasanton, Calif., offers the Ilion II ion polisher for cross-sectioning advanced packages for failure analysis.

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Rigaku introduces new dual-wavelength rotating anode x-ray diffractometer

Published: May 18, 2020

Rigaku, The Woodlands, Texas, introduces a new dual-wavelength single crystal system, the Rigaku XtaLAB Synergy-DW VHF dual-wavelength high-flux, rotating anode X-ray diffractometer.

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Thermo Fisher Scientific exploits SEM voltage contrast mechanism to probe FinFET transistors

Published: May 17, 2020

Engineers from Thermo Fisher Scientific discussed the voltage-contrast mechanism of a scanning electron microscope to probe electrical waveforms on FinFET transistors located within active integrated circuits, at the ASM International ISTFA 2019 conference in Portland, Oregon.

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