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Elpida Completes Development of 1-Gigabit GDDR5

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Nov 20, 2009 | not rated yet | 0

Elpida Memory, Japan's leading global supplier of Dynamic Random Access Memory, today announced that it had developed a 1-gigabit GDDR5 (product name: EDW1032BABG) that operates at a world-class high speed ...

Semiconductor giant Infineon upgrades outlook

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Nov 19, 2009 | 2.5 / 5 (2) | 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 | 2.5 / 5 (11) | 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, ...

SEMATECH Reports New Approach to Simulate Transistor Noise

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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.

Moore's Law Marches on at Intel

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Sep 22, 2009 | 4.3 / 5 (30) | 10

Intel President and CEO Paul Otellini today displayed a silicon wafer containing the world's first working chips built on 22nm process technology. The 22nm test circuits include both SRAM memory as well as ...

IMEC unveils promising mechanically-stacked GaAs/Ge multijunction solar cell

Technology / Semiconductors

Sep 22, 2009 | 3 / 5 (2) | 0

At the European Photovoltaic Solar Energy Conference (Hamburg, Germany), IMEC presents a mechanically-stacked GaAs/Ge multijunction solar cell. This is the first promising demonstrator of IMEC’s novel technology ...

IMEC presents large area solar cells with 18.4% conversion efficiency, featuring Cu-plated contacts

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Sep 22, 2009 | 4 / 5 (4) | 0

At the European Photovoltaic Solar Energy Conference (Hamburg, Germany), IMEC presents a large-area solar with a conversion efficiency of 18.4%.

Sharp's New Semiconductor Laser for Triple- and Quadruple- Layer Blu-ray Discs

Technology / Semiconductors

Sep 18, 2009 | 4.7 / 5 (11) | 5

(PhysOrg.com) -- Sharp Corporation has announced the development of a new 500 mW semiconductor laser for triple- and quadruple- layer Blu-ray discs.

Two chips in one: Researchers combine microprocessor materials

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Sep 16, 2009 | 5 / 5 (11) | 1

(PhysOrg.com) -- An MIT team led by Tomás Palacios, assistant professor in the Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, has succeeded in combining two semiconductor materials, silicon ...

Taiwan's chip makers still face dangers: analysts

Technology / Semiconductors

Sep 16, 2009 | 4.7 / 5 (3) | 0

Taiwan's chip makers, powerful drivers of growth on the island, may have survived their worst crisis ever, but lacklustre sales and new rivals still make these risky times.

Elpida Completes Development of Cu-TSV (Through Silicon Via) Multi-Layer 8-Gigabit DRAM

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Aug 31, 2009 | 4.8 / 5 (4) | 0

Elpida Memory today announced that it has completed development of a Cu-TSV (Through Silicon Via) multi-layer 8-Gigabit DRAM.