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LFoundry and Marsica JV formed to control recently acquired semiconductor plant
LFoundry stated in its release "Joint Venture aimed to control Avezzano’s site has been formed. The shares are equally divided (50-50) between LFoundry Europe and Marsica Innovation SpA, the company owned by the Italian management. Moreover, the Avezzano management plays important positions within L
2 min readST signs agreement with Rambus to expand licenses
STMicroelectronics said it has signed a comprehensive agreement with Rambus to expand existing licenses between the two Companies, settles all outstanding claims, and commits both organizations to explore additional opportunities for collaboration. Rambus gains access to ST’s Fully-Depleted Sili
4 min readUMC to work with IBM alliance for its 10nm node tech
UMC to join the IBM Technology Development Alliances as a participant in the group’s development of 10nm CMOS process technology. “Established over a decade ago, the IBM alliance allows the partners to leverage our combined expertise and collaborative research and innovative technology developme
2 min readSilicon Photonics is up for bigger impact
For the bandwidth hungry internet, the electrical communication over wire is severe limitation for GHz and above frequency not only off-chip but also on-chip. The chip-to-chip and inter-chip data transfer need optical interconnect to rise the speed of computing as well as communication to serve the
3 min readAltatech installs one more CVD system at Fraunhofer Research Institution
Semiconductor manufacturing equipment vendor Altatech, a subsidiary of Soitec has said it has installed and qualified its Chemical Vapour Deposition (CVD) based semiconductor equipment AltaCVD system at the Fraunhofer Research Institution for Modular Solid State Technology EMFT in Munich where it wi
3 min readUS Army validates SiOnyx XQE sensor performance
SiOnyx Inc, a rapidly growing innovator in advanced imaging technology, announced independent validation of its image sensor technology. The U.S. Army’s premier agency for night vision technology, tested the SiOnyx XQE-1310 sensor in its labs and confirmed imaging at 1 mLux (1×10-4 Ft-candles). “
2 min readIPC forecasts slow growth for electronics
IPC said in its release "Global economic growth is picking up, but the continuing economic crisis in the 17-nation euro area is delaying a meaningful recovery. Leading macroeconomic indicators and electronics supply chain indicators point to slow growth in the second quarter of 2013, according to IP
2 min readTowerJazz ramp the volume production for CMOSIS’ 12-megapixel image sensor
TowerJazz said it has ramped the volume production for CMOSIS’ 12-megapixel CMV12000, following the very successful volume production of its CMV products. CMV12000 is manufactured in TowerJazz’s Fab-2 in Migdal Haemek, Israel using 0.18μm specialty CIS process (TS18IS). "We have enjoyed a ve
2 min readMemristor based VLSI design innovation by Panasonic replicates human thought
Japanese electronics conglomerate Panasonic is presenting an innovative VLSI technology design at 2013 Symposia on VLSI Technology and Circuits to be held at the Rihga Royal Hotel Kyoto, Japan on June 11-14, where the digital signals are handled as analog signal. By using ferroelectric memristor, th
3 min readFreescale appoints Krishnan Balasubramanian to board of directors
Freescale Semiconductor has appointed Krishnan Balasubramanian to its board of directors in May 2013. Mr. Balasubramanian (known as Bala) brings more than 37 years experience in the semiconductor industry to his new role on Freescale's board of directors. Bala currently serves on the board of Me
1 min readIPC: 85% of the components placed are SMT and rest 15% are PTH
IPC Study of Quality Benchmarks for the Electronics Manufacturing Services (EMS) Industry for 2013 is now available from IPC — Association Connecting Electronics Industries. The annual study provides data to EMS companies interested in comparing their key 2012 quality metrics to those of other EMS
2 min readeSilicon and GLOBALFOUNDRIES together offering package services for QuickLogic
eSilicon has announced it has worked with GLOBALFOUNDRIES in providing cost-effective packaging solutions to QuickLogic Corporation's ArcticLink III family of display bridges. QuickLogic has employed eSilicon services to pack its ArcticLink devices in most needy package to different customers with i
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