NanoAl Superalloys to present six papers about its aluminum alloys at MS&T 2017

Published: October 01, 2017

NanoAl Superalloys, Skokie, Ill., announces that its engineers will present six papers about its high-strength aluminum alloys at MS&T 2017 in Pittsburgh in October, some in conjunction with engineers from universities and other companies.

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Witec’s RISE microscope is combined with Zeiss Sigma 300 FE-SEM in joint system

Published: September 25, 2017

WITec, Germany, announces that its solution for correlative Raman-SEM imaging is now available for Zeiss Sigma 300, a field emission scanning electron microscope (FE-SEM).

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SRC forms New Science Team to develop 2025 microelectronics technology roadmap

Published: September 24, 2017

Semiconductor Research Corporation (SRC), Durham, N.C., is establishing a new $300 million initiative to create a smart, autonomous, safe, connected, efficient, and affordable future through focused, long-term research that goes beyond traditional scaling.

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Global Foundries certifies Synopsys design platform for 22nm FD-SOI process

Published: September 24, 2017

Synopsys Inc., Mountain View, Calif., announces that Global Foundries has certified the Synopsys design platform for the GF 22nm FD-SOI (22FDX) process, ensuring that designers achieve optimized implementation and predictable signoff results using industry leading digital design tools.

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Most 2017 semiconductor capital spending to be for foundry and flash memory

Published: September 24, 2017

Following a substantial increase in semiconductor capital expenditures during the first half of this year, IC Insights Inc., Scottsdale, Ariz., raised its annual semiconductor capex forecast to a record high of $80.9 billion for 2017, a 20% increase from $67.3 billion in 2016.

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Bruker AXS X-ray diffraction systems integrated with Dectris Eiger pixel detectors

Published: September 24, 2017

Bruker, Madison, Wis., and Dectris, Switzerland, announce that they have collaborated to integrate the Dectris Eiger2 R 500K hybrid photon counting pixel detector with the Bruker D8 Advance and the D8 Discover instrument platform to further improve performance for numerous X-ray diffraction applications.

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Carbon nanomaterials may replace expensive metals in electronic devices

Published: September 24, 2017

Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden, announces that its researchers have shown that carbon nanomaterials such as graphene can replace expensive metals such as tin, silver, tungsten, beryllium, and indium in electronic devices.

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Northwestern University materials engineering R&D center receives $15.6 million grant

Published: September 24, 2017

Northwestern University, Evanston, Ill., announces that its Materials Research Science and Engineering Center has received a six-year, $15.6 million grant from the National Science Foundation.

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3D optical profiler combines rotational module with high-res translation platform

Published: September 17, 2017

Sensofar Metrology, Barcelona, announces the Five Axis, a new addition to its non-contact 3D surface metrology systems that combines a high-accuracy rotational module and a high-resolution translation platform, together with advanced inspection and analysis capabilities.

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Green laser enables additive manufacturing of copper by selective laser melting

Published: September 10, 2017

The Fraunhofer Institute for Laser Technology ILT, Germany, has developed a new approach that incorporates a green laser for selective laser melting of copper materials.

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