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Major IC Manufacturer Places $2 Million Order for Aehr's Burn-In and Test Systems

Aehr Test Systems, a worldwide supplier of semiconductor test and burn-in equipment, today announced at the International Test Conference (ITC) that it has received $2 million in production orders for its burn-in and test systems from a leading manufacturer of advanced logic integrated circuits (ICs) for automotive, embedded processing, digital signal processing and analog applications.

10 Sep 2013

Rudolph Announces Availability of New NSX 220 Automated Macro Defect Inspection System

Rudolph Technologies, Inc. today announced the availability of its new NSX® 220 Automated Macro Defect Inspection System. The system provides fast, easy defect inspection for traditional back-end processes in the semiconductor, MEMS and LED market at a reduced price point.

From Onto Innovation 5 Sep 2013

Leading Foundry Places $10 M Order for Nova’s Integrated and Stand-Alone Metrology Products

Nova Measuring Instruments Ltd., provider of leading edge stand-alone metrology and the market leader of integrated metrology solutions to the semiconductor process control market, announced today that a leading pure play foundry recently placed over 10 million dollars in orders in the aggregate, for one of its global FABs.

3 Sep 2013

New Instrument Provides More Accurate Measurements for Testing Plastics

Plastics play an important role in many consumer items. But testing precisely how much load these plastic parts can bear has up to now been a very complicated task. Now, a new instrument achieves simpler and more accurate measurements.

2 Sep 2013

Point Grey Announces New 4.1 MP CMOS Grasshopper3 Cameras

Point Grey, a world-leading designer and manufacturer of innovative, high-performance digital cameras, today announced the addition of new 4.1 megapixel global shutter CMOS models to the Grasshopper3 family of high quality, high resolution USB 3.0 cameras.

From Teledyne FLIR LLC 30 Aug 2013

3D-TEST Workshop: FormFactor to Showcase 40µm Grid-Array Pitch Contactor Technology for Direct TSV Testing

FormFactor Inc. will present products from its portfolio of fine-pitch 40µm grid-array pitch probe solutions at the annual 3D-TEST Workshop, taking place September 12-13 at the Disneyland Hotel in Anaheim, Calif.

30 Aug 2013

NASA Designs and Tests Severe but Survivable Helicopter Crash

Engineers at NASA's Langley Research Center in Hampton, Va., dropped an old Marine CH-46E helicopter fuselage filled with 15 dummy occupants from a height of about 30 feet Wednesday to test improved seats and seatbelts and gather data on the odds of surviving a helicopter crash.

29 Aug 2013

NASA Tests Largest 3-D Printed Rocket Engine Component

The largest 3-D printed rocket engine component NASA ever has tested blazed to life Aug. 22 during an engine firing that generated a record 20,000 pounds of thrust.

28 Aug 2013

Global Metrology Services Market Anticipated to Grow to $720.3 Million by 2018

According to a new market report published by Transparency Market Research "Metrology Services Market - Global Industry Analysis, Size, Share, Growth, Trends, and Forecast, 2012 - 2018," the global metrology services market is expected to reach USD 720.3 million by 2018, growing at a CAGR of 8.2% from 2012 to 2018.

27 Aug 2013

Quest Integrity Develops Animation Featuring MANTIS External Steam Reformer Tube Inspection Solution

Quest Integrity Group, a global leader in the development and delivery of advanced inspection and engineering assessment services and software products, recently developed a high definition animation featuring MANTIS™, its external steam reformer tube inspection solution.

23 Aug 2013

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