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Park Systems Selected for Forbes Asia’s Best Under a Billion list for 2020
Park Systems was selected this year for Forbes Asia’s Best Under A Billion list spotlighting 200 top performing publicly listed companies in the Asia-Pacific region with sales under $1 billion.
Intel Appoints Tech Industry Leader Pat Gelsinger as New CEO
Intel today announced that its board of directors has appointed 40-year technology industry leader Pat Gelsinger as its new chief executive officer, effective Feb. 15, 2021. Gelsinger will also join the Intel board of directors upon assuming the role. He will succeed Bob Swan, who will remain CEO until Feb. 15.
SOI Industry Consortium Joins SEMI as Strategic Association Partner
SEMI today announced that the SOI Industry Consortium, a leading industry organization representing the complete SOI-based microelectronics value chain, has joined SEMI as a Strategic Association Partner effective January 1, 2021.
ESD Alliance Reports Strong Electronic Design Automation Industry Revenue Growth for Q3 2020
Electronic Design Automation (EDA) industry revenue increased 15% in Q3 2020 to $2,953.9 million, compared to $2,567.7 million in Q3 2019, with all categories logging significant gains, the Electronic System Design (ESD) Alliance Market Statistics Service (MSS) announced today.
PC Sales Remain on Fire as Fourth Quarter Shipments Grow 26.1% Over the Previous Year, According to IDC
With the pandemic still in full swing, traditional PCs (inclusive of desktops, notebooks, and workstations) were once again an in-demand consumer technology.
Entangling Electrons With Heat
A joint group of scientists from Finland, Russia, China and the USA have demonstrated that temperature difference can be used to entangle pairs of electrons in superconducting structures.
SETi and Seoul Viosys Violeds Technology Demonstrated to Kill 99% of Coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2) in Less Than a Second
Sensor Electronic Technology, Inc. (SETi) and Seoul Viosys (KOSDAQ: 092190), the leading global providers of UV LED technology and subsidiaries of Seoul Semiconductor, announced that Violeds technology can quickly and effectively kill 99.437% of SARS-CoV-2 in just a second.
Semiconductor Industry Applauds NDAA Enactment, Urges Full Funding for Semiconductor Manufacturing and Research Provisions
The Semiconductor Industry Association (SIA) today applauded Congress for enacting the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA), legislation that includes Title XCIX, “Creating Helpful Incentives to Produce Semiconductors for America,” which authorizes federal incentives to promote semiconductor manufacturing and federal investments in semiconductor research.
New Discovery Brings Analogue Spintronic Devices Closer
The observation of nonlinearity in electron spin-related processes in graphene makes it easier to transport, manipulate and detect spins, as well as spin-to-charge conversion. It also allows analogue operations such as amplitude modulation and spin amplification.
