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Toshiba develops essential technology for spintronics-based MOS field-effect transistor

Technology / Semiconductors

Dec 09, 2009 | 4.9 / 5 (8) | 1

(PhysOrg.com) -- Toshiba Corporation today announced that it has developed MOSFET cell based on spin transport electronics, or spintronics, an advanced semiconductor technology that makes use of the spin and ...

Toshiba Develops High Performance CMOS Device Technology for 20nm Generation LSI

Technology / Semiconductors

Dec 09, 2009 | 5 / 5 (1) | 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Toshiba Corporation today announced that it has developed a breakthrough technology for steep channel impurity distribution that delivers a solution to a key problem for 20nm generation CMOS ...

Life after silicon: Using exotic materials to help microchips keep improving

Technology / Semiconductors

Dec 08, 2009 | 4.5 / 5 (8) | 1

(PhysOrg.com) -- The huge increases in the power and capacity of computers, cell phones and communications networks in the last 40 years have been the result of ever-shrinking silicon transistors. But silicon ...

Semiconductor giant Infineon upgrades outlook

Technology / Semiconductors

Nov 19, 2009 | 3.3 / 5 (3) | 0

German semi-conductor maker Infineon on Thursday upgraded its turnover and profits forecast over the next 12 months because of higher demand from the auto industry and cost cuts.

Toshiba develops molecular photoresist technology for EUV lithography

Technology / Semiconductors

Nov 17, 2009 | 1.9 / 5 (17) | 1

Toshiba Corporation today announced that it has developed a high resolution photoresist (photo-sensitive film) essential for future application of EUV (extreme ultraviolet) lithography in semiconductor fabrication, ...

New 'finFETs' promising for smaller transistors, more powerful chips

Technology / Semiconductors

Nov 10, 2009 | 4.9 / 5 (15) | 3

(PhysOrg.com) -- Purdue University researchers are making progress in developing a new type of transistor that uses a finlike structure instead of the conventional flat design, possibly enabling engineers ...

Samsung Develops Advanced Packaging Technology to Achieve a 0.6mm-thick 8-chip Package

Technology / Semiconductors

Nov 05, 2009 | 5 / 5 (2) | 0

Samsung Electronics announced today that it has developed the world's thinnest multi-die package, one that measures a mere 0.6mm in height. Designed initially for 32 gigabyte (GB) densities, the new memory ...

NXP Sets New Benchmarks for LED Drivers

Technology / Semiconductors

Nov 05, 2009 | 4 / 5 (1) | 0

NXP Semiconductors today announced three major developments in its portfolio of mains connected LED driver solutions: the success of its SSL2101 LED driver IC in matching LED lifetimes in an accelerated lifetime test; the ...

Intel Reports Breakthrough in Stacked, Cross Point Phase Change Memory Technology

Technology / Semiconductors

Oct 29, 2009 | 3.9 / 5 (11) | 4

Intel Corp. and Numonyx today announced a key breakthrough in the research of phase change memory (PCM), a new non-volatile memory technology that combines many of the benefits of today's various memory types.

STMicroelectronics and ARM Team Up to Power Next-Generation Home Entertainment

Technology / Semiconductors

Oct 28, 2009 | not rated yet | 0

STMicroelectronics, one of the world’s leading set-top-box chip makers, and ARM, announced today that ST has adopted the ARM Cortex-A9 MPCore processor, in addition to the Mali-400 graphics processor, for its upcoming set-top-box ...

SEMATECH Reports New Approach to Simulate Transistor Noise

Technology / Semiconductors

Oct 27, 2009 | 5 / 5 (1) | 0

Researchers from SEMATECH's Front End Processes (FEP) program have developed a comprehensive transistor noise model capable of extracting defect characteristics from low frequency noise data in advanced gate stack transistors ...

ARM Introduces New Cortex-A5 Power-Efficient and Cost-Effective Multicore Processor

Technology / Semiconductors

Oct 21, 2009 | not rated yet | 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- ARM today announces the launch of the ARM Cortex-A5 MPCore processor, the smallest, lowest power ARM multicore processor capable of delivering the Internet to the widest possible range of ...

Silicon Image Introduces New 18 MegaPixel Camera Processor IP Core

Technology / Semiconductors

Oct 12, 2009 | 5 / 5 (2) | 1

Silicon Image today introduced the camerIC-18, the newest member of its family of camerIC camera processor IP cores.

ARM Announces 45nm SOI Test Chip Results That Demonstrate 40 Percent Power Savings Over Bulk Process

Technology / Semiconductors

Oct 08, 2009 | 3 / 5 (1) | 2

ARM announced at the IEEE SOI Conference, Foster City, Calif., the results from a silicon-on-insulator (SOI) 45nm test chip that demonstrate potential power savings of up to 40 percent over traditional bulk process for manufacturing ...

Cooperative design shaves chip-making costs -- a boost for Europe's bottom line

Technology / Semiconductors

Oct 06, 2009 | 4.2 / 5 (5) | 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- A European-sponsored programme that gives universities inexpensive access to state-of-the-art microchip design tools and fabrication techniques, and helps even small businesses fabricate novel ...

Filming photons, one million times a second

Technology / Semiconductors

Oct 05, 2009 | 4.7 / 5 (9) | 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- European researchers have created a CMOS (semiconductor) camera capable of filming individual photons one million times a second. The breakthrough will impact on all the most advanced areas ...

Fujitsu Develops Millimeter-Wave Gallium-Nitride Transceiver Amplifier Chipset

Technology / Semiconductors

Sep 30, 2009 | 3 / 5 (1) | 1

Fujitsu announced today the development of the world's first gallium-nitride HEMT-based transceiver amplifier chipset for broadband wireless transmission equipment operating in the millimeter bandwidth, the ...

Elpida Unveils Industry's First 2-Gigabit DDR2 Mobile RAM

Technology / Semiconductors

Sep 29, 2009 | not rated yet | 0

Elpida Memory, Japan's leading global supplier of Dynamic Random Access Memory (DRAM), today announced that it had developed the industry's first 2-gigabit DDR2 Mobile RAM.