TECHCET announces that the global market for chemical-mechanical planarization (CMP) consumable materials in semiconductor manufacturing is expected to total over US$2.5 billion this year.
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Changes to Bosch Rexroth Management in North America
Paul Cooke, President and CEO of Bosch Rexroth North America, based in Charlotte, NC, USA, will retire on December 31, 2020 after 38 years of distinguished service in various international positions within Bosch Rexroth. His successor as of December 1, 2020 will be Greg Gumbs, most recently Vice President & General Manager Electrical Automation Solutions at EATON Corporation. Greg will join Bosch Rexroth effective September 1, 2020 in preparation for…
Photonics Researchers Report Breakthrough in Miniaturizing Light-Based Chips
Photonic integrated circuits that use light instead of electricity for computing and signal processing promise greater speed, increased bandwidth, and greater energy efficiency than traditional circuits using electricity.
Olympus and Lavender International Collaborate to Support Advanced NDT Training
Olympus, a leading manufacturer of nondestructive testing (NDT) inspection equipment, has provided its new OmniScan X3 phased array flaw detectors with FMC/TFM to Lavender International’s US facility to support their advanced training courses.
Research Shows Thin-Film Lithium Niobate Photonic Integrated Circuits are Fundamentally Scalable and Highly Cost-Effective, Ideal for Use in Telecommunications and Quantum Computing
Scientists from HyperLight, a leader in the commercialization of lithium niobate (LN) integrated optical circuits, have teamed with Harvard University researchers to achieve a significant technical milestone for photonic integrated circuits (PICs).
Intel Collaborates with Argonne National Laboratory, DOE in Q-NEXT Quantum Computing Research
Intel today announced that it is among the leading U.S. quantum technology companies included in Q-NEXT, one of five new national quantum research centers established by the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP) and the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE).
Keysight Survey Reveals True Costs of Time Delays Caused by Test Equipment Misconfiguration, Maintenance and Training Issues
Keysight Technologies, Inc. has released the results of a third-party survey, conducted by Dimensional Research, that shows nearly all companies who design and develop electronic products, experience costly and preventable delays related to test equipment misconfiguration, maintenance or training issues.
Synopsys Collaborates with TSMC to Accelerate 3nm Innovation, Enabling Next-Generation SoC Design
Synopsys, Inc. (Nasdaq: SNPS) today announced that TSMC has certified Synopsys’ digital and custom design platforms for TSMC’s 3-nanometer (nm) process technology. This certification, based on TSMC’s latest design rule manual (DRM) and process design kits (PDKs), is the result of an extensive collaboration with rigorous validation to deliver design solutions for optimized power, performance, and area (PPA), which accelerate the path to next-generation designs.
Battery Life for Wearable Electronic Devices Could Be Improved
Researchers in WMG and the Department of Physics at the University of Warwick have found that asymmetric stresses within electrodes used in certain wearable electronic devices provides an important clue as to how to improve the durability and lifespan of these batteries.
Marvell and TSMC Collaborate to Deliver Industry’s Most Advanced Data Infrastructure Portfolio on 5nm Technology
With this collaboration, Marvell and TSMC are advancing the essential technology underpinning this infrastructure to provide the storage, bandwidth, speed, and intelligence that tomorrow’s digital economy demands.
