Samsung Electronics selects Optomec’s Aerosol Jet for next-generation electronics production

Published: July 17, 2019

Optomec, Albuquerque, N.M., announces that Samsung Electronics has commissioned an Aerosol Jet 5X System in its Printed Electronics Lab to enable next-generation electronics production.

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CyberOptics nanoresolution MRS sensor wins 2019 Best of West Award at SEMICON West

Published: July 17, 2019

CyberOptics Corp., Minneapolis, Minn., announces that it has won the 2019 Best of West award for the new NanoResolution MRS (Multi-Reflection Suppression) sensor, which “meticulously identifies and rejects multiple reflections caused by shiny components and mirror-like surfaces.”

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Denso and Toyota to establish a Joint Venture for R&D of in-vehicle semiconductors

Published: July 17, 2019

Denso Corp. and Toyota Motor Corp., both of Japan, have agreed to establish a Joint Venture for research and advanced development of next-generation, in-vehicle semiconductors, and they aim to establish the new company by April 2020.

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Purdue and Taiwan Semiconductor join to build secure semiconductor pipeline

Published: July 17, 2019

Purdue University, West Lafayette, Ind., and the Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. (TSMC), jointly announce plans to establish a Center for Secured Microelectronics Ecosystem.

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New microscope based on coherent extreme ultraviolet/vacuum ultraviolet laser sources

Published: July 17, 2019

KMLabs Inc., Boulder, Colorado, introduces the QM Quantum Microscope for next-generation imaging and analysis.

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UK Research Partnership to invest $37 million in semiconductor science and engineering

Published: July 17, 2019

Swansea University, Wales, announces that a new state-of-the-art facility that will bring together groundbreaking research with technology development in the field of semiconductor science and engineering is to be built at Swansea University.

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Safran, Oerlikon to invest $9 million in R&D lab and tech platform for aerospace coatings

Published: June 21, 2019

Safran, Oerlikon, Limoges University, and the French National Center for Scientific Research (CNRS) announced at the Paris Air Show that they have agreed to form two organizations to develop advanced surface treatments for aerospace applications.

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Audi joins SEMI to advance automotive electronics and harmonize technologies

Published: June 20, 2019

SEMI, Milpitas, Calif., the global electronics industry association, announces that Audi AG, a leading German manufacturer of luxury vehicles, has become the first automotive OEM to join SEMI.

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IMT’s eight-inch wafer fabrication capabilities double the number of devices per wafer

Published: June 19, 2019

Innovative Micro Technology Inc. (IMT), Santa Barbara, Calif., announces that it is now offering eight-inch (200 mm) wafer fabrication capabilities, thereby improving the economics of MEMS production by yielding roughly twice the number of devices per wafer.

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Lawrence Berkeley Lab develops map of possible stable ternary nitride compounds

Published: June 19, 2019

Lawrence Berkeley Lab, Calif., in close collaboration with the National Renewable Energy Laboratory and other institutions, has developed a large interactive stability map of the ternary nitrides, highlighting nitride compositions.

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