The Semiconductor Industry Association (SIA), Washington, D.C., announces that worldwide sales of semiconductors reached $28.0 billion for the month of August 2016, an increase of 3.5% over the previous month’s total of $27.1 billion, and an uptick of 0.5% over the August 2015 total of $27.9 billion.
Tektronix Inc., Beaverton, Ore., introduces the Keithley S540 Power Semiconductor Test System, a fully-automated, 48-pin parametric test system for wafer-level testing of power semiconductor devices and structures up to 3kV.
Mentor Graphics Corp., Wilsonville, Ore., has acquired Galaxy Semiconductor, a provider of test data analysis and defect reduction software for the semiconductor industry.
Four elements have been added to the periodic table this year, completing the seventh row. However, these new elements are not naturally occurring.
Grown like a snowflake and sharpened with a sewing machine, a novel device by Kansas State University researchers may benefit biomedical professionals and the patients they serve during electrode and organ transplant procedures.
