Latest Semiconductor device Stories

Pegasus provides silicon etch capability for production and process development NEWPORT, Wales, June 11 /PRNewswire/ -- Surface Technology Systems plc (STS), a leader in plasma process technologies for manufacturing MEMS and advanced semiconductor devices, today announced that they have received an order from Fraunhofer Institute for Silicon Technology ISIT for its market leading Pegasus system. This 200mm system will be used in a variety of projects within the research and development...

HEMLOCK, Mich., May 27 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- The Hemlock Semiconductor Group, which includes two Dow Corning joint ventures, has commenced operation of a new 8,500 metric tons polycrystalline silicon (polysilicon) production facility at its Hemlock, Mich. location. (Photo: http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20090527/DE22631 ) This new capacity, which has been brought online several months ahead of schedule, represents the completion of the first phase of the $1 billion expansion...

REHOVOT, Israel, March 30 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Nova Measuring Instruments Ltd. (NASDAQ: NVMI) provider of leading edge stand-alone metrology and the market leader of integrated metrology solutions to the semiconductor process control market, received a multiple tool order for its integrated NovaScan metrology solution for measurement of Copper line thickness by a leading foundry. The integrated systems will complement the already deployed standalone NovaScan systems as part of that...

Energy-saving technology helps TI deliver high-density, high-frequency power solutions with greater than 90-percent efficiency  DALLAS, Feb. 11 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Texas Instruments Incorporated (TI) (NYSE: TXN) today acquired Bethlehem, PA-based CICLON Semiconductor Device Corporation, a leading designer of high-frequency, high-efficiency analog power management semiconductors. The acquisition expands TI's capability to improve energy efficiency in today's end-equipment...

SAN JOSE, Calif., Jan. 19 /PRNewswire/ -- Celerity, Inc., a technology leader in precision instruments and advanced gas and liquid delivery solutions for the global semiconductor, solar and electronics industries, announced today the introduction of its new GF100 series mass flow controller (MFC) designed to precisely measure, monitor and control ultra high purity process gas chemistry in semiconductor device and solar cell manufacturing processes. The new Celerity GF100 series MFC is a...

New Sales, Marketing and Support Channel Creates Logical Benefits for SoC Designers with Release of TestStart PALO ALTO, Calif., Dec. 15 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- ChipStart LLC, a semiconductor intellectual property distribution company, announced today it has entered into a value-added reselling agreement with LogicVision, Inc. (Nasdaq: LGVN). Under this agreement, ChipStart will offer LogicVision's ETCreate series Built-In Self-Test (BIST) and Built-In Self-Repair (BISR) software and IP...

HEMLOCK, Mich. and CLARKSVILLE, Tenn., Dec. 15 /PRNewswire/ -- The Hemlock Semiconductor group, which includes two Dow Corning Corporation joint ventures, Hemlock Semiconductor Corporation and Hemlock Semiconductor LLC, will invest up to $3.0 billion to expand polycrystalline silicon (polysilicon) production, a key raw material used to manufacture solar cells and semiconductor devices. This expansion includes an initial investment of $1.2 billion to build a new site in Clarksville,...

Researchers working at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have demonstrated for the first time the existence of a key magnetic"”as opposed to electronic"”property of specially built semiconductor devices. This discovery raises hopes for even smaller and faster gadgets that could result from magnetic data storage in a semiconductor material, which could then quickly process the data through built-in logic circuits controlled by electric fields.Magnetic data storage...

SemiSouth Laboratories, Inc., a clean energy enabler specializing in silicon carbide (SiC) based power management, announced today the appointments of Chris Thompson and Dan Schwob as Vice President of Marketing and Vice President of Sales, respectively. Mr. Thompson and Mr. Schwob bring decades of global experience in the solar, wind, and power electronics markets to help SemiSouth capitalize on their new breakthrough products. "Dan is a veteran power semiconductor sales and marketing...

The material has been developed by UAB and CSIC researchers and could be used to manufacture smaller and faster computersIn the past few years, the design and manufacturing of circuits at nanoscopic scale for integrated devices has become one of the frontier fields in new material science and technology. The significant reduction achieved in these devices often is accompanied by new discoveries in how they behave precisely when the systems are of extremely small dimensions. Understanding this...