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IMEC obtains record conversion efficiency of 24.7% for GaAs solar cells on Ge substrate

February 25, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 2 vote(s) ) | User comments: 1

IMEC has realized a single-junction GaAs solar cell on a Ge substrate with a record conversion efficiency of 24.7%. The efficiency was measured and confirmed by NREL (National Renewable Energy Laboratory, ...


NXP announces world's smallest high-performance MOSFET

February 25, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 4 vote(s) ) | No comments yet

NXP Semiconductors, the independent company founded by Philips, today announced a new range of small signal MOSFET devices housed in one of the world’s smallest packages, the SOT883. Boasting an ultra-small 1.0 x 0.6 mm footprint, ...


Advanced engineered substrates boost chip performance

February 21, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 2 vote(s) ) | No comments yet

A single platform that combines the benefits of strained silicon and silicon-on-insulator technologies hopes to offer much improved performance for future chip generations.


Breaking the performance barrier of 22-nm CMOS technology

February 19, 2008 | User rating: 4.3 / 5 after 26 vote(s) | User comments: 1

A major initiative has been launched in Europe with a top-ranked project called DUALLOGIC, Dual channel CMOS for (sub)-22 nm high performance logic.


SEMATECH Achieves Single Digit EUV Mask Blank Defect Goal

February 11, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 1 vote(s) ) | User comments: 4

Technologists at SEMATECH have successfully demonstrated world-class results in low defect density for mask blanks used in extreme ultraviolet lithography (EUVL)—pushing the technology another significant step toward readiness ...


EPIC: Building the Perfect Chip

February 07, 2008 | User rating: 4.6 / 5 after 8 vote(s) | No comments yet

Three years ago a team from Bell Labs took on a very daunting challenge – put an optical networking system on a commercially manufactured silicon chip, load it with a smorgasbord of sophisticated opto-electronic devices in ...


Toshiba develops the world's fastest speed embedded DRAM technology

February 06, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 4 vote(s) ) | No comments yet

Toshiba Corporation today announced that it has realized the world's fastest circuit technology for embedded DRAM for System LSI, achieving a speed of 833MHz at 32Mb density. The technology will be applied ...


SanDisk to Launch 43-Nanometer Multi-Level NAND Flash Memory in Mass Production

February 06, 2008 | User rating: 4.5 / 5 after 6 vote(s) | No comments yet

SanDisk Corporation today announced the introduction of Multi-Level (MLC) NAND flash memory using 43 nanometer process technology co-developed with Toshiba Corporation in Japan.


IMEC realized full CMOS multiple antenna receiver for 60 GHz

February 06, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 4 vote(s) ) | No comments yet

At today’s IEEE International Solid State Circuit Conference, IMEC introduced its prototype of a 60GHz multiple antenna receiver, and invites industry to join its 60GHz research program. The 60GHz band offers ...


Intel, STMicroelectronics Deliver Industry's First Phase Change Memory Prototypes

February 06, 2008 | User rating: 4.3 / 5 after 20 vote(s) | User comments: 1

Intel Corporation and STMicroelectronics reached a key industry milestone today as they began shipping prototype samples of a future product using a new, innovative memory technology called Phase Change Memory (PCM). The ...


Infineon Ships Industry's First CMOS RF Switches with GaAs Performance

February 04, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 3 vote(s) ) | No comments yet

Today Infineon Technologies announced it is shipping in volume the world’s first RF switches that are manufactured in a CMOS-based process on silicon wafers and offer the equivalent performance of RF switches manufactured ...


Copper's not coping: new chips call on light speed

January 18, 2008 | User rating: 4.2 / 5 after 32 vote(s) | No comments yet

The tiny copper wires that connect different areas of an integrated circuit may soon limit microchip-processing speeds. So European researchers have developed technologies to produce and combine semiconductor ...


Measurement innovations add up to big savings for semiconductors

January 09, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 1 vote(s) ) | No comments yet

A new report from the National Institute of Standards and Technology shows that investment in measurement science has and will continue to have a dramatic effect on innovation, productivity, growth and competitiveness ...


ASML, Zeiss and Canon Cross-license Lithography Equipment Patent Portfolios

December 21, 2007 | User rating: not shown ( 1 vote(s) ) | No comments yet

ASML Holding NV and Carl Zeiss SMT today announce that each has signed an agreement with Canon for the global cross-license of patents in their respective fields of semiconductor lithography and optical components, used to ...


IBM Alliances Announce Advancement in High-K/Metal Gate Technology

December 14, 2007 | User rating: 4.6 / 5 after 33 vote(s) | No comments yet

IBM and its joint development partners -- AMD, Chartered Semiconductor Manufacturing, Freescale, Infineon, and Samsung -- announced an innovative approach to speed the implementation of a breakthrough material ...


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