TESCAN (Brno, Czech Republic) a leading global supplier of scanning electron microscopes and focused ion beam workstations, and ORSAY PHYSICS, a world leader in customized focused ion beam and electron beam technology, have merged to form TESCAN-ORSAY HOLDING. Cooperating since 2007, Orsay Physics has been the sole supplier of ion beam technology to TESCAN.
Revolutionizing transmission electron microscopy
FEI, Hillsboro, Ore., introduced three new systems that tailor the power of transmission electron microscopy (TEM) to specific application and industry needs. The new systems launched today provide efficient and effective application-specific workflows for semiconductor manufacturing and scientific research.
Kronos cell characterization platforms now include embedded memories
Mentor Graphics Corp., Wilsonville, Ore., has expanded the Kronos Cell Characterization and Analysis platform to include embedded memories. The platform quickly produces accurate performance models for standard cells, I/Os, complex cells, and embedded memories within an advanced, integrated environment. The Kronos Platform’s advanced algorithms and efficient job distribution reduces characterization time from weeks to days.
Avure HIP presses equipped with quenching furnaces improve mechanical properties
Avure Technologies, Franklin, Tenn., introduces hot isostatic presses equipped with new HIP quenching furnaces. Variable cooling and heating rates and pressure levels make it possible to precisely control the quality and mechanical properties of treated parts. They achieve a “super-plastic” behavior, where only compressive stresses exist, voids and cracks are eliminated, and post-treatment residual stresses are very low.
New kind of microscope uses neutrons
Researchers at Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, working with partners at NASA, developed a new concept for a microscope that would use neutrons-subatomic particles with no electrical charge-instead of beams of light or electrons to create high-resolution images. Among other features, neutron-based instruments have the ability to probe inside metal objects-such as fuel cells, batteries, and engines, even when in use-to learn details of their internal structure.