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Source Photonics closes new funding for next-generation technologies

03/01/2019  Source Photonics, a global provider of optical transceivers, today announced it recently closed more than $100M in equity to support its growing data center and 5G business.

Dr. Jonathan Rich appointed as Lumileds CEO

03/01/2019  Lumileds today announced the appointment of Dr. Jonathan Rich as Chief Executive Officer. Dr. Rich most recently served as Chairman and CEO of Berry Global, Inc., a Fortune 500 specialty materials and consumer packaging company, from 2010 to 2018.

Hybrid material may outperform graphene in several applications

03/01/2019  A structure comprising a molybdenum disulfide monolayer on an azobenzene substrate could be used to build a highly compactable and malleable quasi-two-dimensional transistor powered by light.

Organic electronics: Scientists develop a high-performance unipolar n-type thin-film transistor

03/01/2019  A research team at Tokyo Tech's Department of Materials Science and Engineering including Tsuyoshi Michinobu and Yang Wang report a way of increasing the electron mobility of semiconducting polymers, which have previously proven difficult to optimize.

Zips on the nanoscale

02/28/2019  New method of synthesising nanographene on metal oxide surfaces.

Hybrid material may outperform graphene in several applications

02/28/2019  A structure comprising a molybdenum disulfide monolayer on an azobenzene substrate could be used to build a highly compactable and malleable quasi-two-dimensional transistor powered by light.

New SEMI Task Force focuses on quality management to meet new, higher reliability standards

02/28/2019  Technologies promising huge growth such as Artificial intelligence (AI), 5G, machine learning, high-performance computing, and telematics are ratcheting up pressure on semiconductor manufacturers in the race among product makers to accelerate time to market and capture share.

97 IC wafer fabs closed or repurposed during past 10 years

02/28/2019  90% of closures were ≤200mm wafer fabs; greatest number of closures in Japan.

ON Semiconductor names 2018 Distribution Partner Award winners

02/27/2019  ON Semiconductor today announced its top distribution partners for 2018.

Nova and GLOBALFOUNDRIES jointly awarded the 'Best Metrology Paper' at SPIE Advanced Lithography conference

02/27/2019  Demonstrating adaptive metrology capabilities using machine learning engines.

IBM elects Michelle J. Howard to its Board of Directors

02/27/2019  The IBM board of directors today elected Admiral Michelle J. Howard to the board, effective March 1, 2019.

Qualcomm, Samsung name new Si2 board members

02/27/2019  Qualcomm Incorporated and Samsung Electronics have named two executives to join the Silicon Integration Initiative board of directors. Si2 is a global research and development joint venture that provides standard interoperability solutions for integrated circuit design tools.

Micron accelerates the mobile computing experience with introduction of new client SSD

02/27/2019  Micron Technology, Inc. today added a new cost-efficient solid-state drive (SSD) to its client computing portfolio.

French start-up moves to the edge with battery-operated devices

02/26/2019  The SEMI Europe Industry Strategy Symposium (ISS Europe) returns in Milan, Italy, this year from 31st March to 2nd April, 2019 to explore new opportunities and challenges in the digital economy.

It's all in the twist: Physicists stack 2D materials at angles to trap particles

02/26/2019  Scientists create a unique platform to study quantum optical physics on the nanoscale.

Sigma Labs joins Manufacturing Technology Centre to advance industrialization of additive manufacturing with in-process quality control

02/26/2019  Sigma Labs, Inc. was named a member of the Manufacturing Technology Centre (MTC) located at Ansty Park, Coventry, UK.

Nominations open for ESD Alliance Governing Council

02/26/2019  The Electronic System Design Alliance, a SEMI Strategic Association Partner, today opened nominations for member company executives to serve on the ESD Alliance Governing Council for the next two-year term.

ASML joins the eBeam Initiative

02/26/2019  eBeam Initiative achieves new milestone with 50 member companies from the semiconductor photomask and lithography supply chain.

Cadence CMP Process Optimizer enables Toshiba Memory to accelerate delivery of advanced 3D Flash memory devices

02/25/2019  Cadence Design Systems, Inc. today announced that Toshiba Memory Corporation has successfully used the Cadence CMP Process Optimizer, a model calibration and prediction tool that accurately simulates multi-layer thickness and topography variability for the entire layer stack, to accelerate the delivery of its advanced 3D flash memory devices.

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