Category: news

Mentor Graphics EZ-VIP provides re-usable building blocks to cut testbench assembly time

Mentor Graphics Corp., Wilsonville, Ore., announces the immediate availability of its new Mentor EZ-VIP PCI Express Verification IP (VIP).

Helios PFIB designed for semiconductor failure analysis and process development

FEI Corp., Hillsboro, Ore., offers the Helios PFIB for large area deprocessing to enable electrical fault isolation of advanced process ICs, and advanced failure analysis of 3D packages.

Fourth-generation Intel Core processor enables 50% longer battery life

Intel Corp., Santa Clara, Calif., has introduced the 4th generation Intel Core processor family, with power levels as low as 6 watts, up to 50% improvement in battery life over the previous generation in active workloads, and two to three times improvement in standby battery life.

Bruker launches NanoForce nanomechanical testing system

Bruker, Billerica, Mass., introduces the NanoForce nanoindenting and nanomechanical testing system.

Cadence system SoC verifier enables up to ten times improvement in productivity

Cadence Design Systems Inc., San Jose, Calif., has developed the Cadence Perspec System Verifier platform, a software-driven system-on-chip (SoC) verification solution.

Ultrasound treatment removes hydrogen from molten aluminum

Researchers at Brunel University London report that an ultrasound treatment could be a much cheaper and more environmentally friendly way to remove hydrogen from aluminum alloys than conventional methods.

Ipsen ships vacuum furnaces to aerospace companies

Ipsen, Cherry Valley, Ill., reports that three separate companies recently purchased different Ipsen furnace models, all of which are for the aerospace industry.

Reliance Steel & Aluminum completes acquisition of Fox Metals and Alloys

Reliance Steel & Aluminum Co., Los Angeles, announces that it has acquired all of the capital stock of Fox Metals and Alloys Inc., Houston.

Alcoa cuts production time for auto alloys from 20 days to 20 minutes

Alcoa, Pittsburgh, Pa., has developed a technology called Micromill, that is said to reduce production time for automotive aluminum alloys from 20 days to 20 minutes.