News tagged with semiconductor manufacturers
Japan's Renesas ups chip outsourcing to Taiwan giant
Japan's Renesas Electronics said Monday it will boost the outsourcing of its chip production to Taiwan's TSMC, but it declined comment on reports it would cut about 30 percent of its staff.
May 28, 2012 |
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LEDs on silicon can reduce production costs
A new manufacturing technology is expected to greatly reduce the cost of light-emitting diodes (LEDs) in the future. For the first time ever, researchers at the Siemens subsidiary Osram Opto Semiconductors ...
May 21, 2012 |
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New 'metamaterial' practical for optical advances
(Phys.org) -- Researchers have taken a step toward overcoming a key obstacle in commercializing "hyperbolic metamaterials," structures that could bring optical advances including ultrapowerful microscopes, computers and solar ...
May 15, 2012 |
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Study finds evidence nanoparticles may increase plant DNA damage
(Phys.org) -- Researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and the University of Massachusetts Amherst (UMass) have provided the first evidence that engineered nanoparticles are ...
Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine
Apr 18, 2012 |
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Micropatterning Director at TSMC suggests e-beam lithography may replace EUV
(PhysOrg.com) -- Most integrated circuits today are made by using extreme ultraviolet (EUV) lithography technology, but that could change, according to Burn Lin, Micropatterning Director at Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing ...
Feb 23, 2012 |
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All set and ready to glow
A new technique that paves the way for manufacturing affordable LED light bulbs is to be exploited in the UK, in a deal that researchers say could have a dramatic impact on carbon emissions.
Technology / Energy & Green Tech
Feb 07, 2012 |
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Japan collab transmits record data speeds on terahertz waves
(PhysOrg.com) -- Researchers from Japan-based semiconductor manufacturer Rohm, together with a team from Osaka University, have come up with a chip that, in experiments, has achieved a wireless data transmission ...
Nov 25, 2011 |
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Plasma etching pushes the limits of a shrinking world
Plasma etching (using an ionized gas to carve tiny components on silicon wafers) has long enabled the perpetuation of Moore's Law -- the observation that the number of transistors that can be squeezed into an integrated circuit ...
Nov 10, 2011 |
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Taiwan businesses call for industrial spying law
Taiwan businesses have called for a law on industrial espionage, especially by China, as growing ties have made it easier for mainland firms to steal secrets, officials and media said Thursday.
Nov 03, 2011 |
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TSMC reports shrinking profit, revenue in 3Q
(AP) -- Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co., the world's largest contract chip maker, said Thursday its earnings dropped by more than a third in the latest quarter amid uncertainties about the global economy.
Oct 27, 2011 |
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Researchers image graphene electron clouds, revealing how folds can harm conductivity
A research team led by University at Buffalo chemists has used synchrotron light sources to observe the electron clouds on the surface of graphene, producing a series of images that reveal how folds and ripples ...
Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials
Jun 28, 2011 |
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Researchers identify cost-effective method for eliminating contaminants from carbon nanotubes
Semiconductor Research Corporation (SRC), SEMATECH and The University of Texas at Dallas researchers are the first to demonstrate that specific potentially hazardous organic contaminants present in a type of single-walled ...
Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials
Jun 20, 2011 |
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Researchers advance design-dependent process monitoring for semiconductor wafer manufacturing
Semiconductor Research Corporation (SRC), the world's leading university-research consortium for semiconductors and related technologies, and researchers from the UCLA Henry Samueli School of Engineering and Applied Science ...
May 25, 2011 |
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Obama set to tour Intel plant as he pushes agenda
(AP) -- President Barack Obama is promoting his job-creation agenda at Intel Corp., the Silicon Valley giant known for its processors and a commitment to math and science education.
Feb 18, 2011 |
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New center aims to dramatically lower barrier to making silicon photonic chips
The University of Washington today announced the launch of a new program, co-funded by Intel Corp., that aims to make it dramatically easier and cheaper to manufacture silicon chips that combine light and ...
Feb 01, 2011 |
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