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eSilicon Strengthens Market Position with Establishment of New Operations Center in Shanghai

eSilicon Corporation, a leading Value Chain Producer (VCP) for the semiconductor industry, announced today that in support of the company's growing business, it has opened a new operations center in Shanghai, China. ...

21 Nov 2008

Joint AMD Collaboration Yield Next-Generation, High-Performance Logic Devices

Intermolecular, Inc. today announced that they have collaborated with AMD to develop advanced interconnect technology for next-generation, high-performance logic devices based on the process of molecular self-assembly. ...

20 Nov 2008

Johns Hopkins Researchers Demonstrate Nano Particle Rebellion

When atoms in a crystal are struck by laser light, their electrons, excited by the light, typically begin moving back and forth together in a regular pattern, resembling nanoscale soldiers marching in a lockstep formation.

18 Nov 2008

Rise of the Photonic Industry

The name has been around for four decades, but only now is a recognisable photonics community emerging in Europe. A European study has documented a fast-growing sector of more than 2100 companies and 700 research laborat...

17 Nov 2008

Consistency in Silicon Nanowires Ideal for Manufacturing Future Computer and Consumer Electronics

Nanowires might enable engineers to solve a problem threatening to derail the electronics industry. New technologies will be needed for industry to keep pace with Moore's law, an unofficial rule stating that the number of transistors on a computer chip doubles about every 18 months, resulting in rapid progress in computers and telecommunications. Doubling the number of devices that can fit on a computer chip translates into a similar increase in performance.

14 Nov 2008

Inducing Electrons in Nanocrystals of Semiconductors to Lead to Improvement in Solar Power

University of Chicago scientists have induced electrons in the nanocrystals of semiconductors to cool more slowly by forcing them into a smaller volume. This has the potential to improve satellite communications and the ...

14 Nov 2008

Dow Corning Silicon Technology Help Transform Next Generation of Light Emitting Diodes (LEDs)

Silicon technology from Dow Corning is helping usher in a new generation of light emitting diodes (LEDs) that since their introduction in the 1960s have held the energy-saving promise of replacing incandescent, halogen and fluorescent light bulbs.

13 Nov 2008

New Ion Beam Focus Technology Allows Nondestructive Imaging of Nanoscale Structures

Scientists at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have developed a radical new method of focusing a stream of ions into a point as small as one nanometer (one billionth of a meter).

13 Nov 2008

Joint Research Yields New Highly Sensitive Infrared Spectrometer for Industrial Applications

Scientists at Stanford University and Japan's National Institute of Informatics have created a new highly sensitive infrared spectrometer. The device converts light from the infrared part of the spectrum to the visible p...

13 Nov 2008

IBM Offerinng Industry’s First 45-Nanometer Silicon on Insulator (SOI) Foundry

IBM (NYSE: IBM) today announced immediate availability of the semiconductor industry’s first 45-nanometer (nm) Silicon on Insulator (SOI) foundry offering. The new offering adds industry-standard design tools and l...

12 Nov 2008

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