Semiconductor Industry Association reports global sales up 16.5% year-to-year

Published: April 24, 2017

The Semiconductor Industry Association (SIA), Washington, announces that worldwide sales of semiconductors reached $30.4 billion for the month of February 2017, an increase of 16.5% compared to the February 2016 total of $26.1 billion.

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Intel Xeon processor E3-1200 has higher speed, memory, security, and reliability

Published: April 24, 2017

Intel Corp., Santa Clara, Calif., introduces the Xeon Processor E3-1200 v6 product family, which includes eight new versions that provide key improvements in processor speed, enhanced memory capabilities, hardware-enhanced security, and reliability features with support for the latest Intel graphics.

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QuesTek CEO & ASM Fellow Aziz Asphahani elected to National Academy of Engineering

Published: April 20, 2017

QuesTek Innovations LLC, Evanston, Ill., announces that Dr. Aziz Asphahani, Questek President & Chief Executive Officer and a Fellow of ASM International, has been elected to the U.S. National Academy of Engineering.

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Supercritical carbon dioxide carries thin-film coating to protect silicon

Published: April 07, 2017

The Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A-STAR) Institute of Materials Research and Engineering, Singapore, reports that its researchers have now developed a new way to coat silicon with a layer of protective molecules using supercritical carbon dioxide (scCO2).

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New STEM electron microscope pixel array detector multiplies image information

Published: April 03, 2017

Cornell University, Ithaca, N.Y., announces that its physicists have developed an electron microscope pixel array detector (EMPAD) for scanning transmission electron microscopes that extracts much more information from the image than possible with conventional detectors.

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Buehler supports ASM World Training Center with metallographic and test equipment

Published: April 02, 2017

ASM International, Materials Park, Ohio, announces that Buehler, an ITW Company in Lake Bluff, Ill., has renewed its collaboration with ASM by supporting the ASM World Training Center with new metallographic and test instruments.

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Hitachi launches transmission electron microscope with improved electro-optics.

Published: March 20, 2017

Hitachi High-Technologies Corp., Tokyo, introduces the HT7800 Series Transmission Electron Microscope, which features digital operation under normal room light conditions (like the HT7700 model) and also incorporates improved electro-optics with many new functions.

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Jeol module enables mass spectrometer materials analysis by ambient ionization

Published: March 20, 2017

Jeol, Peabody, Mass., announces that a new FilterSpray module developed for the AccuTOF-Dart Mass Spectrometer makes it possible to spot a sample on a disposable paper triangle for analysis by ambient ionization.

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Hitachi launches transmission electron microscope with improved electro-optics

Published: March 20, 2017

Hitachi High-Technologies Corp., Tokyo, introduces the HT7800 Series Transmission Electron Microscope, which features digital operation under normal room light conditions (like the HT7700 model) and also incorporates improved electro-optics with many new functions.

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Cadence to collaborate with TSMC for design innovation with its 12FFC process

Published: March 20, 2017

Cadence Design Systems Inc., San Jose, Calif., announces its collaboration with the Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. (TSMC) to further advanced-node design innovation with TSMC's new 12nm FinFET Compact (12FFC) process technology.

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