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Smaller, Faster Transistors Using Gallium Arsenide and Nanotechnology

Researchers at the University of Illinois have found a new way to make transistors smaller and faster. The technique uses self-assembled, self-aligned, and defect-free nanowire channels made of gallium arsenide. In a...

20 Apr 2009

LED Lighting Solution Designed for Architectural Applications

Advanced Power TopLED Plus is the new optimized LED from OSRAM Opto Semiconductors which has been designed particularly for architectural and sales lighting.

20 Apr 2009

Dual Device MOSFETs in Ultra Small Packages Now Available from Diodes Incorporated

Diodes Incorporated (Nasdaq:DIOD), a leading global manufacturer and supplier of high-quality application specific standard products within the broad discrete and analog semiconductor markets, today announced the release...

17 Apr 2009

Semiconductor Big Guns Collaborate on 28nm CMOS Technolgy

In a move that signals a firm and ongoing commitment to advanced semiconductor technology leadership, IBM, Chartered Semiconductor Manufacturing Ltd., GLOBALFOUNDRIES, Infineon Technologies, Samsung Electronics, Co., Ltd...

17 Apr 2009

Applied Materials Thin Film Line Approved for Production of Taiwan's Largest Solar Panels

Green Energy Technology Inc., Ltd. (GET) has certified its SunFab Thin Film Line™, supplied by Applied Materials, Inc., for the production of Taiwan’s largest solar photovoltaic panels.

From Applied Materials Inc 17 Apr 2009

Strontium Titanate Could be the Key to Next Generation Memory Devices

The technology of storing electronic information - from old cassette tapes to shiny laptop computers - has been a major force in the electronics industry for decades. Low-power, high-efficiency electronic memory coul...

17 Apr 2009

Kobe Steel Licences Copper Alloy Technology to Wieland-Werke AG

Kobe Steel, Ltd. announces that it has licensed Germany's Wieland-Werke AG to produce and sell Kobe's Super KFC series of three copper alloys for leadframes. Leadframes are the metal frames on which semicondu...

From Kobe Steel 16 Apr 2009

Industrial Applications for LED Lighting Technology

With six powerful thin-film chips and a hemispherical lens the infrared OSTAR Lighting produces 3.5 W of optical output power at an operating current of 1 A. The beam angle and radiant intensity can be varied with standard secondary optics, available on the market.

16 Apr 2009

Diamonds, A Physicists Best Friend

In the quest for quantum information processing, diamonds may be a physicist's best friend.

16 Apr 2009

New Technology Dramatically Improves Interconnect Density

ZettaCore, Inc., a developer of molecular electronics, today announced Molecular Interface(TM) (MI) technology. This nano treatment technology makes possible dramatic improvement in interconnect density without requiring...

16 Apr 2009

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