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SUNNYVALE, Calif., Jan. 24, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Akros Silicon Inc., a premier supplier of leading-edge intelligent energy management ICs, today announced that PowerPulse has named Akros one of the ten "Power Electronics Companies to Watch in 2013." (Photo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20130124/LA47596) (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20110309/LA62069LOGO) Published by the Darnell Group, PowerPulse is a leading power electronics publication with a substantial...
SANTA CLARA, Calif., Jan. 9, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- OmniVision Technologies, Inc. (NASDAQ: OVTI), a leading developer of advanced digital imaging solutions, today announced a new complete liquid crystal on silicon (LCOS) chipset solution for low-cost, low-power and high-definition (HD) pico projection systems. The single-chip LCOS panel OVP7200 displays native 720p HD video, while its companion chip, the OVP921, provides advanced image processing and a host of other...
New design for a basic component of all computer chips boasts the highest 'carry mobility' yet measured Almost all computer chips use two types of transistors: one called p-type, for positive, and one called n-type, for negative. Improving the performance of the chip as a whole requires parallel improvements in both types. At the IEEE's International Electron Devices Meeting (IEDM) in December, researchers from MIT's Microsystems Technology Laboratories (MTL) presented a p-type...
SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 31, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- CrowdOptic, a maker of crowd-driven mobile applications, announced today that it has closed additional debt financing from Silicon Valley Bank. The company will use the financing for product and market expansion, to capitalize on runaway demand for its mobile technology, and to deliver an end-to-end mobile enterprise solution based on its core mobile enterprise technology platform. In July 2011, CrowdOptic introduced the first technology...
RED BANK, N.J., Dec. 4, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Natcore Technology Inc. (TSX-V: NXT; NTCXF.PK) has commissioned the construction of an upgraded AR-Box(TM) solar cell processing station that will include black silicon capability. Like the original AR-Box, this second-generation device will be manufactured by MicroTech Systems, Inc., of Fremont, CA, a 12-year-old Silicon Valley company that designs and manufactures wet-bench manufacturing equipment for solar, LED, semiconductor,...
Michael Harper for redOrbit.com – Your Universe Online Scientists have been finding ways to shrink electronic circuits ever since they were first invented. But no matter how small these circuits get, they’ve been largely confined to rigid surfaces, typically silicon. Now, one University of Pennsylvania team have set out to free the electronic circuit from its stiff and rigid existence and, just as many other researchers have been doing in recent years, they looked to...
MILPITAS, Calif., Nov. 19, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Open-Silicon, Inc., a leading semiconductor design and manufacturing company, announced today that Robert Fulton, senior staff applications engineer for Open-Silicon, will present "Creating Successful Serial Interfaces" at the Server Design Summit in Santa Clara, CA on November 27. Mr. Fulton's presentation will address current serial interface challenges and the disciplines that contribute to the success of a working SerDes interface....
SAN JOSE, Calif., Nov. 3, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- CH Reynolds (www.chreynolds.com) was named number 30 on the 2012 Fastest Growing Private Companies List for the Silicon Valley Business Journal. This is the fourth year CH Reynolds has been recognized on this specific list. Other lists this year have been Top Electrical Contractor, Family Owned Business and Women Owned Business. "This is our fourth year being recognized by the Silicon Valley / San Jose Business Journal," said Shelly...
Rice University 'Crushed' porous silicon anodes show dramatic increase in charge-discharge cycles Researchers at Rice University have refined silicon-based lithium-ion technology by literally crushing their previous work to make a high-capacity, long-lived and low-cost anode material with serious commercial potential for rechargeable lithium batteries. The team led by Rice engineer Sibani Lisa Biswal and research scientist Madhuri Thakur reported in Nature's open access journal...
SAN DIEGO, Oct. 25, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- ASPE Annual Meeting - CoorsTek, Inc., a large technical ceramics manufacturer, and Ceramatec, Inc., a technical ceramics research and development company and subsidiary of CoorsTek, today introduced a new silicon carbide joining technology for improved strength and thermal stability for assemblies of ceramic components - this technology enables solutions when monolithic ceramic are impossible to produce because of size or complexity. This...
Latest Silicon Reference Libraries
Silica Gel, made synthetically from sodium silicate, is granular, vitreous, highly porous form of silica. Silica is a naturally occurring mineral that is purified and processed into either granular or beaded form. It has a strong affinity for water molecules. Silica gel is commonly used as a desiccant where it is packed in vapor-permeable plastic in order to control local humidity in order to avoid spoilage or degradation of some goods. Due to their high absorption of moisture and...
Germanium is a chemical element in the periodic table that has the symbol Ge and atomic number 32. This is a lustrous, hard, silver-white, metalloid that is chemically similar to tin. Germanium forms a large number of organometallic compounds and is an important semiconductor material used in transistors. Notable characteristics Germanium is a hard, grayish-white element that has a metallic luster and the same crystal structure as diamond. In addition, it is important to note that...
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