Dutch microchip manufacturing equipment maker ASML said on Wednesday it was acquiring US company Cymer for 1.95 billion euros to develop equipment for making the next generation of processors.
Electronics & Semiconductors
Oct 17, 2012
0
0
Within optical microchips, light finds its way through channels, waveguides, made of silicon. Light from a glass fiber, for example, is led through a structure of optical channels with splitters and couplers. Silicon is the ...
Optics & Photonics
Sep 21, 2012
0
0
(Phys.org)—Microchips are pervasive in today's high-tech society, playing integral roles in the inner workings of your cell phone to your Keurig coffee machine.
Nanophysics
Aug 27, 2012
0
0
Here is a new microchip that can transfer data the size of 80 MP3 song files (or 250 megabytes) wirelessly between mobile devices, in the flick of a second. Or how about transferring a typical 2-hour, 8-gigabyte DVD movie ...
Electronics & Semiconductors
May 24, 2012
4
0
(AP) -- Micron Technology Inc. has settled a lawsuit in which Oracle Corp. accused the Idaho memory chipmaker and other companies of artificially inflating prices for microchips.
Business
Mar 30, 2012
0
0
SK Hynix, the world's second largest microchip maker, said Friday it has submitted a preliminary bid for its struggling Japanese rival Elpida Memory.
Business
Mar 30, 2012
0
0
Infectious diseases can spread very rapidly, so quickly identifying them can be crucial to stopping an epidemic. However, current testing for such diseases can take hours and days. But not for much longer.
Analytical Chemistry
Feb 29, 2012
2
0
Hundreds of geeks and gamers braved Sao Paulo's torrid heat Tuesday to play online video games at the fifth edition of Brazil's Campus Party, an annual, week-long technology fest.
Software
Feb 8, 2012
0
1
ARM Holdings, the British company whose microchip designs are used to help power Apple's iPads, posted strong fourth-quarter profits Tuesday thanks to keen demand for smarter technology.
Business
Jan 31, 2012
0
0
The head of Russia's space agency said Tuesday that cosmic radiation was the most likely cause of the failure of a Mars moon probe that crashed to Earth this month, and suggested that a low-quality imported component may ...
Space Exploration
Jan 31, 2012
4
0
