EUV Suffers New Setback
posted on March 03, 2014 16:05
ASML Holding’s initial, production-worthy extreme ultraviolet (EUV) lithography tool has suffered a setback during a recent trial run at Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. Ltd. (TSMC).
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Single chip device to provide real-time 3-D images from inside the heart and blood vessels
posted on March 03, 2014 16:04
Researchers have developed the technology for a catheter-based device that would provide forward-looking, real-time, three-dimensional imaging from inside the heart, coronary arteries and peripheral blood vessels.
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No technical barriers seen for 450mm
posted on March 03, 2014 16:03
Paul Farrar, general manager of the G450C consortium, said early work has demonstrated good results and that he sees no real barriers to implementing 450mm wafers from a technical standpoint.
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Are Processors Running Out Of Steam?
posted on March 03, 2014 16:02
In 2004, Intel introduced a new line of Pentium chips that ran at 3.6GHz. Fast forward to today, and the company’s i7 processors run at 3.5GHz with a Turbo Boost to 3.9GHz.
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What Goes Around Comes Around: Moore’s Law At 10nm And Beyond
posted on March 03, 2014 16:01
Gordon Moore penned his famous observation in an era when the people developing the process were also the people designing the circuits.
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Semiconductor Industry Posts Record Sales in 2013
posted on February 10, 2014 14:05
The Semiconductor Industry Association (SIA), representing U.S. leadership in semiconductor manufacturing and design, today announced that worldwide semiconductor sales for 2013 reached $305.6 billion, the industry’s highest-ever annual total and an increase of 4.8 percent from the 2012 total of $291.6 billion.
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3D NAND: To 10nm and beyond
posted on February 10, 2014 14:04
In launching the iPod music player, Apple bumped consumption of NAND flash – a type of non-volatile storage device – driving down cost and paving the way for the growth of the memory technology into what is now a multibillion dollar market, supplying cost-effective storage for smart phones, tablets and other consumer electronic gadgets that do not have high density requirements.
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2014 IC Market Forecast
posted on February 10, 2014 14:03
Semiconductor Packaging News attended an IC Insights seminar last week in Boston, and the meeting was upbeat. The seminar was hosted by Bill McClean of IC Insights who provided predictions on the semiconductor markets for 2014.
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Rudimentary Computer Built From Nanowires
posted on February 10, 2014 14:02
A rudimentary nanocomputer built from an array of tiny wires could point the way to skirting the limits of Moore’s Law and lead to new kinds of biosensors or microcontrollers for robots.
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Internet Of Things Hype: The Sound And The Fury
posted on February 10, 2014 14:01
A lot of what’s proposed for the IoT isn’t new, and some of it is just plain ridiculous. Check out some of these concepts.
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