Semiconductors

Inducing and Tuning Spin Interactions in Layered Material

Magnetic-spin interactions that allow spin-manipulation by electrical control allow potential applications in energy-efficient spintronic devices.

Innovative Foundry Technologies Resolves Infringement Dispute with SMIC and Initiates New Patent Litigation

Innovative Foundry Technologies LLC (IFT) has resolved its patent dispute with Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corporation (SMIC).

New Manufacturing Technique for Flexible Electronics

Researchers at Stanford University have invented a manufacturing technique that yields flexible, atomically thin transistors less than 100 nanometers in length – several times smaller than previously possible.

Advantest Developing Innovative Methodologies for High-Speed Scan and Software-Based Functional Testing

Semiconductor test equipment supplier Advantest Corporation is pilot testing a next-generation solution for performing both high-speed scan testing and software-driven functional device testing on the V93000 platform by leveraging the existing high-speed serial I/O interfaces on advanced integrated circuits (ICs).

IC Insights Raises Its 2021 Worldwide IC Market Forecast to +24%

Global IC market expected to exceed $500 billion for the first time.

Alliance Memory Moves Taiwan Office to Larger Facility to Accommodate Global Growth

To help accommodate its rapid global expansion while providing room for future growth, Alliance Memory has moved into a new building in Taiwan with twice the warehouse and office space of the company’s previous local facility.

Imec Reports First Electrical Demonstration of Integrated Forksheet Devices to Extend Nanosheets Beyond 2nm Technology Node

This week, at the 2021 Symposia on VLSI Technology and Circuits (VLSI 2021), imec demonstrates for the first time fully functional integrated forksheet field-effect transistors.

Applied Materials Breakthrough in Chip Wiring Enables Logic Scaling to 3nm and Beyond

Applied Materials, Inc. today unveiled a new way to engineer the wiring of advanced logic chips that enables scaling to the 3nm node and beyond.

Graphcore and SiPearl Announce Strategic Partnership

Graphcore, the British maker of the Intelligence Processing Unit (IPU), a new type of microprocessor specifically designed to support artificial intelligence workloads, and SiPearl, the Franco-German company that designs the high computing power and low consumption microprocessor for supercomputers, have entered into a strategic partnership.

ETEL’s New Advanced Motion Controller Offers Real-Time Processing for Complex Manufacturing

ETEL’s new UltimET Advanced is a powerful and versatile multi-axis motion controller now available to bring fast real-time processing and a higher level of flexibility to a variety of complex manufacturing applications.

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