Carnegie Mellon University’s Center for Silicon System Implementation, Pittsburgh, has received a $2.6 million grant from the National Science Foundation to develop next-generation ultra-efficient silicon chips that could trigger a revolution in how chips are designed and operated. The three-year initiative involves eight faculty members who have expertise in a variety of areas that include circuit design, computer architecture, and integrated circuit chip manufacturing.
IMS Members Named ASM Fellow
In 1969, ASM established the honor of Fellow of the Society to provide recognition to members for their distinguished contributions to materials science and engineering and to develop a broad based forum of technical and professional leaders to serve as advisors to the Society. We are pleased to announce the following IMS members will be among the 2013 inductees. Dr. Richard W.
XMC licenses semiconductor process technology from IBM
XMC, China, announces a licensing agreement with IBM under which XMC will license semiconductor process technology including underlying patents for several of IBM’s production-proven advanced manufacturing offerings. XMC has agreed to license both low power 65-nm RF and the 45-nm low power technology node. XMC will install the IBM process technologies in the second half of 2013 at its facilities in China. The current facility can be configured to produce up to 60,000 300mm wafers per month.
Grieve announces 550°F floor-level cabinet oven
Grieve Corp., Round Lake, Ill., announces the No. 1030 cabinet oven, a 550ºF floor-level electric cabinet oven, currently used for heating large gears at the customer’s facility. Workspace dimensions of this oven measure 48 x 48 x 60 in. The 40 kW heating system is installed in Incoloy-sheathed tubular elements to heat the oven chamber, while a 2000 CFM, 2-HP recirculating blower provides horizontal airflow across the workload. This oven features 6 in.
Pulsed light keeps the beat (with video)
As a focused speck of light in the lab of Oscar Abilez at Stanford University, Calif., shines on a cluster of heart cells, they expand and contract-demonstrating the rhythm of a heart can be controlled using just light. Currently, four million Americans suffer from some degree of cardiac arrhythmia, wherein a person’s heart beats too slowly, too quickly, or at irregular intervals. Such heart rhythm problems can cause a shortness of breath, fainting and, in worst-case scenarios, death.