Variable-pressure SEM achieves 4-nm resolution

Hitachi High Technologies America Inc., Schaumburg, Ill., has released the FlexSEM 1000, a compact SEM system with a minimized, lab-friendly footprint, 6 to 100 Pa variable pressure, and 4 nm resolution, while offering superior ease of use for operators of all skill levels.

Mentor Graphics Valor software streamlines PCB assembly planning

Mentor Graphics Corp., Wilsonville, Ore., announces that its Valor Production Plan software has been certified by SAP as powered by the SAP NetWeaver technology platform, streamlining PCB assembly planning, including surface mount technology, manual assembly, and test.

Tezzaron cuts design time in half with Cadence SoC solution

Cadence Design Systems Inc., San Jose, Calif., announces that Tezzaron Semiconductor has adopted the Cadence full-flow digital register-transfer level (RTL)-to-signoff solution for its networking and supercomputing system on chips, cutting its development schedules in half.