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Electronic stickers to streamline large-scale ‘internet of things’

By sdavis July 17, 2018Blog

Billions of objects ranging from smartphones and watches to buildings, machine parts and medical devices have become wireless sensors of their environments, expanding a network called the “internet of things.”…

Silicon Labs expands senior management team

By sdavis July 16, 2018Blog

Silicon Labs (NASDAQ: SLAB), a provider of silicon, software and solutions for a smarter, more connected world, announces two new executive appointments. Daniel Cooley has been named Senior Vice President…

Bruker announces acquisition of JPK Instruments

By sdavis July 15, 2018Blog

Bruker Corporation today announced that it has acquired JPK Instruments AG (JPK), located in Berlin, Germany. In 2017, JPK Instruments had revenue of approximately 10 million Euro. JPK provides microscopy…

Broadcom to acquire CA Technologies for $18.9B in cash

By sdavis July 14, 2018Blog

Broadcom Inc. (NASDAQ: AVGO), a semiconductor device supplier to the wired, wireless, enterprise storage, and industrial end markets, and CA Technologies (NASDAQ: CA), one of the world’s leading providers of…

Nano-kirigami: ‘Paper-cut’ provides model for 3D intelligent nanofabrication

By sdavis July 14, 2018Blog

Kirigami (also called “paper-cuts” or “jianzhi”) is one of the most traditional Chinese folk arts. It is widely used in window decorations, gift cards, festivals, and ceremonies, etc. Kirigami involves…

Electrical contact to molecules in semiconductor structures established for the first time

By sdavis July 13, 2018Blog

Electrical circuits are constantly being scaled down and extended with specific functions. A new method now allows electrical contact to be established with simple molecules on a conventional silicon chip.…

HEIDENHAIN announces new CEO | Solid State Technology

By sdavis July 12, 2018Blog

HEIDENHAIN announced the appointment of David Doyle as CEO of HEIDENHAIN CORPORATION, effective Oct. 1, 2018. At that time, Doyle will assume full responsibility for the HEIDENHAIN CORPORATION customer-focused operations…

Next on-chip: Human organs | Solid State Technology

By sdavis July 11, 2018Blog

By Pete Singer Many new innovations were discussed at imec’s U.S. International Technology Forum (ITF) on Monday at the Grand Hyatt in San Francisco, including quantum computing, artificial intelligence, sub-3nm…

The outlook for new metrology approaches

By sdavis July 10, 2018Blog

BY PAUL VAN DER HEIDE, director of materials and components analysis, imec, Leuven, Belgium To keep up with Moore’s Law, the semiconductor industry continues to push the envelope in developing…

Patterned wafer geometry grouping for improved overlay control

By sdavis July 9, 2018Blog

Process-induced overlay errors from outside the litho cell have become a significant contributor to the overlay error budget including non-uniform wafer stress. BY HONGGOO LEEa, SANGJUN HANa, JAESON WOOa, JUNBEOM…