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New market research report “Silicon Carbide (SiC) Semiconductor Materials and Devices (Discretes & Chips) Market, Global Forecasts & Analysis (2012-2022)” prepared by MarketsandMarkets has been recently published by Market Publishers Ltd. London, UK (PRWEB) August 31, 2012 Silicon carbide (SiC) is an upcoming alternative material to pure silicon in the field of semiconductors & electronics. Currently, the overall SiC power semiconductors market accounts for less than 1%...
SHANGHAI, Aug. 30, 2012 /PRNewswire-Asia/ -- Major international semiconductor foundry Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corporation ("SMIC"; NYSE: SMI; SEHK: 981) today released its unaudited results for the six months ended June 30, 2012. Taking advantage of better-than-expected growth opportunities in the global semiconductor market, SMIC achieved stable growth in the first half of the year. Sales in the first half totaled US$755 million, an improvement of 4.4%...
Yield Engineering Systems, Inc. Announced They Are Exhibiting at IWLPC Livermore, CA (PRWEB) August 20, 2012 Yield Engineering Systems, Inc. (YES), a wafer level packaging process equipment manufacturer, announced today that they will be exhibiting at The 9th Annual International Wafer Level Packaging Conference (IWLPC) being held at the Doubletree by Hilton Hotel in San Jose on November 7-8, 2012. YES will be located at Booth #2. YES manufactures a wide variety of processing equipment...
Belgian Chocolate and Whole Grain Crispy Wafers Together?! No Way! Where Have You Been All My Life? Nyack, New York (PRWEB) August 20, 2012 Q.bel Foods LLC, makers of Q.bel™ better-for-you chocolate wafers, today announced their launch of the country’s first whole grain chocolate wafer bars. The line, called Q.bel Whole Grain Crispy Chocolate Wafers, will be available in September. “It’s the best of all worlds,” said Bahram Shirazi, Q.bel’s founder and president....
FARMINGTON, Conn., Aug. 14, 2012 /PRNewswire-iReach/ -- The high performance characteristics of silicon and inorganic thin film are diminished by cost and form factor among other limitations. The solution is to develop printable, flexible low-cost electronics without using the organic route. Tech firms are reengineering applications to use less semiconductor materials by miniaturizing wafers and implementing more flexible and lightweight circuitry. Researchers at organizations like MC10,...
TEMPE, Ariz., Aug. 9, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Amtech Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ: ASYS), a global supplier of production and automation systems and related supplies for the manufacture of solar cells, semiconductors, and sapphire and silicon wafers, today announced the implementation of further cost reduction measures anticipated to generate annual cost savings of $6-$7 million in fiscal 2013, when compared to the Company's annualized expense run rate of the first half of fiscal 2012. The...
SHANGHAI, Aug. 8, 2012 /PRNewswire-Asia/ -- Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corporation (NYSE: SMI; SEHK: 981) ("SMIC" or the "Company"), one of the leading semiconductor foundries in the world, today announced its consolidated results of operations for the three months ended June 30, 2012. First Quarter 2012 Highlights: Record-high quarterly revenue of $421.8 million in 2Q12, which was up by 26.8% from $332.7 million in 1Q12 and jumped by 19.7% year...
ATLANTA, Aug. 6, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Qcept Technologies Inc. today announced that it has received an order for its ChemetriQ(® )5000 non-visual defect (NVD) inspection system from a leading semiconductor technology innovator headquartered in North America. The ChemetriQ(®) 5000 system will be used to support the company's unit process development and process integration activities for advanced nodes, including 2X-nm and 1X-nm logic for both front-end-of-line and...
TEMPE, Ariz., Aug. 2, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Amtech Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ: ASYS), a global supplier of production and automation systems and related supplies for the manufacture of solar cells, semiconductors, and sapphire and silicon wafers, today announced that it will host a conference call to discuss the Company's financial results for the third quarter ended June 30, 2012 on Thursday, August 9, 2012 at 5:00 p.m. E.T. Executive Chairman J.S. Whang; President and CEO, Fokko...
RED BANK, N.J., Aug. 2, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- By adding new patents to its original license to Natcore Technology Inc. (TSX-V: NXT; NTCXF.PK), the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) has expanded that license under which Natcore will develop and commercialize a line of black silicon products based on NREL patents. "Black silicon" refers to the apparent color of the surface of a silicon wafer after it has been etched with nano-scale pores; the black color results from the...
