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Cannibalistic materials feed on themselves to grow new nanostructures

By sdavis September 2, 2018Blog

Scientists at the Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory induced a two-dimensional material to cannibalize itself for atomic “building blocks” from which stable structures formed. The findings, reported in…

Universal Display Corporation announces recipients of the 2018 UDC Innovative Research and Pioneering Technology Awards at IMID Korea

By sdavis September 1, 2018Blog

Universal Display Corporation (Nasdaq: OLED), enabling energy-efficient displays and lighting with its UniversalPHOLED® technology and materials, announced today the recipients of the UDC Innovative Research Award in Organic Electronics and…

Large TFT LCD shipments hit record monthly high in July 2018

By sdavis September 1, 2018Blog

Large thin-film transistor liquid crystal display (TFT LCD) panel shipments hit a record monthly high in July 2018 in terms of unit and area shipment. Unit shipments increased by 10…

KLA-Tencor expands IC packaging portfolio

By sdavis August 31, 2018Blog

Today KLA-Tencor Corporation (NASDAQ : KLAC ) announced two new defect inspection products designed to address a wide variety of integrated circuit (IC) packaging challenges. The Kronos™ 1080 system offers…

ON Semiconductor collaborates with Optimal Plus for data analytic-driven visibility into manufacturing operations

By sdavis August 31, 2018Blog

ON Semiconductor is collaborating with Optimal Plus to gather, analyze and build actionable insights out of the company’s manufacturing data. As a supplier to the automotive industry, ON Semiconductor is…

Jumpstart Your Reliability Verification with Foundry-Supported Rule Decks

By sdavis August 30, 2018Blog

For many, formal reliability verification is a new process. Foundry-qualified and foundry-maintained reliability rule decks enable design and IP companies alike to establish baseline robustness and reliability criteria without committing…

Memory ICs to account for 53% of total 2018 semi capex

By sdavis August 30, 2018Blog

IC Insights forecasts total semiconductor capital expenditures will rise to $102.0 billion this year, marking the first time that the industry has spent more than $100 billion on capital expenditures…

Edwards to expand semiconductor offering with the planned addition of Brooks Automation’s cryogenic business

By sdavis August 29, 2018Blog

Atlas Copco Group has announced its agreement to acquire the cryogenic business of Brooks Automation, Inc through its wholly owned US entity Edwards Vacuum LLC. Once the deal is complete,…

All wired up: New molecular wires for single-molecule electronic devices

By sdavis August 28, 2018Blog

Scientists at Tokyo Institute of Technology designed a new type of molecular wire doped with organometallic ruthenium to achieve unprecedentedly higher conductance than earlier molecular wires. The origin of high…

Cymer announces customer installation of latest light source for chip production at advanced nodes

By sdavis August 28, 2018Blog

Cymer, a manufacturer of excimer lasers used in semiconductor manufacturing, today announced the first customer installation of its XLR 860ix light source, which is expected to be used in the…