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Canon Buys Texas Imprint Lithography Firm
Canon is set to buy Molecular Imprints, a developer of imprinting lithography equipment.
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Global Production of Electric Vehicles to Surge 67 Percent This Year
Driven by tighter emission standards in Europe, worldwide production of electric vehicles (EVs) will soar by 67 percent this year. Total production of EVs—both pure electric models and plug-in...
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India Details Wafer Fab Subsidies
Indian government approves formally two $5 billion wafer fabs and sets out significant support packages.
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Intel Flexes its Manufacturing Muscle
Long considered its chief competitive advantage, Intel's manufacturing prowess may be available to all comers.
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Silicon Anode Structure Solves Breakage of Nanoparticles
The anodes are capable of storing 10 times the charge of those used in today's rechargeable lithium-ion batteries.
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Infineon CEO Calls for Pan-European Cooperation
Infineon CEO commits to strong capex spend in Germany and calls for more pan-European cooperation to reverse past declines.
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ISSCC: FDSOI Takes DSP Down to 400mV
At ISSCS STMicroelectronics and CEA-Leti have shown off the ability of the FDSOI manufacturing process for producing reasonable performance at near-threhsold voltages and ultralow power.
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Italy to sell stake in STMicroelectronics
Europe's leading chip company is about to be set free from its Italian government controlled roots.
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ISSCC: Toshiba Reduces SRAM Leakage
Toshiba has reported at the ISSCC in San Francisco on a low-leakage SRAM that is suitable as an off-chip battery-backed alternative to on-chip non-volatile memory.
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Startup Offers Compact Speech Recognition Core
Indian design team has come up with a compact IP core that can provide a hands-free, always-on speech recognizing user interface for consumer electronics equipment.
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Synopsys Buys Application Processor Pioneer
Target Compiler Technologies, a privately-held, pioneer of EDA tools to create application-specific instruction processor (ASIP) cores, has been acquired by Synopsys.
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Consolidator Microchip Makes Supertex Power Play
Microchip agrees to buy power chip vendor Supertex for $33 per share
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Researchers Develop SoC for Fully Implantable Cochlear Device
A wirelessly rechargeable implant would use the middle ear's natural microphone rather than a skull-mounted sensor.
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IBM Chip Unit Sale Would Send Tremor Through Industry
IBM’s reported plans to sell its chip unit serve as a negative indicator for chip manufacturers that have come to depend on IBM’s R&D; including Globalfoundries, UMC, STMicroelectronics and Samsung.
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January Sales Rise for Foundry Pair
Leading foundries TSMC and UMC were able to raise year-on-year sales despite the impact of the Chinese New Year in 2014.
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Sticky Electrolyte Makes for Safer Li-Ion Battery
A newly developed gum-like electrolyte material could be useful in future flexible electronics.
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U.S. R&D Remains Healthy Despite Competition from Asia
Asian economies, as a whole, now perform a larger share of global R&D than the U.S.
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Manufacturing Momentum Hits a Cold Snap
U.S. manufacturing growth slows, as new orders drop dramatically.
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Metatronic Circuits Achieve Technologically Significant Wavelength Range
Researchers at the University of Pennsylvania are employing metamaterials to create "lumped" nanocircuits that use light instead of electricity.
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Microscopic Fountain Pen to Be Used as a Chemical Sensor
The atomic force microscope will soon be augmented with a sensor to allow for highly localized measurements of the concentration of specific chemicals.
