Dow Corning, Midland, Mich., introduces Dow Corning CL-1000 optical silicone binder, a new, more thermally stable, high-refractive-index material that is formulated to expand design options for high-power chip-scale LED packaging (CSP).
IBM, Armonk, N.Y., announces the development of the first industry process for building silicon nanosheet transistors that will enable 5nm chips.
The Semiconductor Industry Association, Washington, D.C., reports that worldwide sales of semiconductors reached $31.3 billion for the month of April 2017, an increase of 20.9 percent from the April 2016 total of $25.9 billion, and 1.3 percent more than the March total of $30.9 billion.
Machine Tool Builders (MTB), Machesney Park, Ill., announces that it has launched Diablo Furnaces, a company that builds custom heat treating furnaces.
This video from A-Tech Videos shows how very large springs are formed. The video does not indicate the name of the company, only calling the facility an “Extreme Forging Factory.” The video shows a red-hot long steel forging being formed into a huge spring.
