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Crystal clear: Understanding magnetism changes caused by crystal lattice expansion

By sdavis December 7, 2018Blog

The pattern of arrangement of atoms in a crystal, called the crystal lattice, can have a huge effect on the properties of solid materials. Controlling and harnessing these properties is…

Vertiv completes acquisition of MEMS maintenance business

By sdavis December 7, 2018Blog

Vertiv announced today that it has completed the purchase of the maintenance business of MEMS Power Generation (MEMS), a privately-owned company headquartered in the United Kingdom that specializes in temporary…

Global semiconductor sales increase 12.7% year-to-year in October

By sdavis December 6, 2018Blog

The Semiconductor Industry Association (SIA), representing U.S. leadership in semiconductor manufacturing, design, and research, today announced worldwide sales of semiconductors reached $41.8 billion for the month of October 2018, an…

Colloidal quantum dots make LEDs shine bright in the infrared

By sdavis December 6, 2018Blog

The ideal optoelectronic semiconductor material should be a strong light emitter i.e. should emit light very efficiently upon optical excitation as well as be an efficient charge conductor to allow…

Global demand growth for flat panel display expected to ease through 2021

By sdavis December 6, 2018Blog

After hitting 7.3 percent growth in 2018, global demand for flat panel displays (FPDs) in terms of area is forecast to expand 6.4 percent to 228 million square meters in…

Artificial synapses made from nanowires

By sdavis December 5, 2018Blog

Scientists from Jülich together with colleagues from Aachen and Turin have produced a memristive element made from nanowires that functions in much the same way as a biological nerve cell.…

SEMI welcomes efforts to reduce U.S.-China trade tensions

By sdavis December 5, 2018Blog

SEMI, the global industry association representing the electronics manufacturing supply chain, today applauded the United States and China for agreeing to take first steps to reduce trade tensions. The U.S.…

A new light on significantly faster computer memory devices

By sdavis December 4, 2018Blog

A team of scientists from Arizona State University’s School of Molecular Sciences and Germany have published in Science Advances online today an explanation of how a particular phase-change memory (PCM)…

CEA-Leti moves 3D sequential integration closer to commercialization

By sdavis December 4, 2018Blog

Leti, a research institute at CEA Tech, has reported breakthroughs in six 3D-sequential-integration process steps that previously were considered showstoppers in terms of manufacturability, reliability, performance or cost. CoolCubeTM, CEA-Leti’s…

New quantum materials could take computing devices beyond the semiconductor era

By sdavis December 4, 2018Blog

Researchers from Intel Corp. and the University of California, Berkeley, are looking beyond current transistor technology and preparing the way for a new type of memory and logic circuit that…