Covalent Metrology and Rigaku partner to deliver new semiconductor lab resources

Published: December 16, 2018

Covalent Metrology, Sunnyvale, Calif., a provider of analytical services, announces a new partnership with Rigaku Corp., Japan, a global leader in X-ray analytical instrumentation, to support American high-tech industries with the most advanced metrology capabilities in the world.

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Silicon Labs joins Semiconductor Industry Association

Published: December 15, 2018

Silicon Labs, Austin, Texas, announces that it has joined the Semiconductor Industry Association (SIA), which represents U.S. leadership in semiconductor manufacturing, design, and research. Silicon Labs joins several other companies that have become SIA members within the last year: Cree, Nvidia, Xilinx, Arm, SK Hynix, and KLA-Tencor.

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Advantest develops test capabilities for 5G medical devices, mobile electronics

Published: December 15, 2018

Advantest Corp., Tokyo, has developed advanced test solutions that enable 5G connectivity for such diverse applications as mobile electronics, medical devices, automotive systems, retail business, and big data.

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Shimadzu AG-X Plus universal testers deliver high-control with advanced software

Published: December 15, 2018

Shimadzu, Japan, announces its new AG-X Plus series of universal testers with enhanced rigidity, advanced software, and greater accuracy.

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Oxford Instruments launches sample automation for benchtop nuclear magnetic resonance

Published: December 15, 2018

Oxford Instruments, Oxfordshire, U.K., announces the launch of MQ-Auto, a sample automation system for the MQC+ range of benchtop nuclear magnetic resonance analyzers.

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Zeiss and Arivis expand partnership with virtual reality and cloud platform imaging

Published: December 12, 2018

Zeiss AG, Jena, Germany, and Arivis, Munich, announce the expansion of their partnership in materials research through development of improved high-resolution multidimensional image data and data sharing in microscope imaging systems.

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Olympus high-sensitivity imaging microscope provides three times more brightness

Published: December 12, 2018

Olympus Corp., Tokyo, announces the development of a new high-sensitivity model of the SpinSR10 super resolution imaging system that offers three times the brightness of the standard model.

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Astronics sells semiconductor testing business to Advantest for $185 million

Published: December 12, 2018

Astronics Corp., East Aurora, N.Y., announces an agreement to sell the intellectual property and certain assets associated with its semiconductor test business to Advantest Corp., Tokyo, for $185 million in cash.

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Goodfellow to offer Victrex mineral-filled semicrystalline and amorphous PEEK film

Published: December 06, 2018

Goodfellow, Coraopolis, Pa., announces a major expansion of its range of polyetheretherketone (PEEK) materials to include 12 different forms: film, sheet, fiber, monofilament, powder, granule, tube, rod, mesh, bolt, nut, and washer.

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Applied Materials META Center to develop advanced semiconductor materials/processes

Published: November 27, 2018

Applied Materials Inc., Santa Clara, Calif., announces plans for the Materials Engineering Technology Accelerator (META) Center, a major expansion of the company’s R&D capabilities aimed at creating new ways for Applied and its customers to drive innovation as classic Moore’s Law scaling becomes more challenging.

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