IBM Research, Schenectady, N.Y., reports that its scientists have demonstrated reliably storing three bits of data per cell using a relatively new memory technology known as phase-change memory (PCM).
Protochips, Morrisville, N.C., has released its Fusion multi-functional heating and electrical system for in-situ electron microscopy.
Lindberg/MPH, Riverside, Mich., has shipped a Pacemaker integral quench furnace with an endothermic gas generator to a company in the die forging industry.
The University of Manchester, England, announces that a research team has developed a pulsed magnetic field instrument incorporating ultrafast lasers that enable 100 measurements per pulse, with the goal of facilitating rapid progress in semiconductor device development.
The University of Utah, Salt Lake City, and the National Renewable Energy Laboratory, Golden, Colo., report that its researchers have discovered that if light is shone on semiconductor alloys as they are fired in a furnace at high temperatures, the light generates extra electrons that could suppress the growth of defects.
