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New Graphene 'Nanomesh' Could Change the Future of Electronics

Graphene, a one-atom-thick layer of a carbon lattice with a honeycomb structure, has great potential for use in radios, computers, phones and other electronic devices. But applications have been stymied because the semi-...

25 Feb 2010

Magma Design Automation and CDICC Jointly Open IC Design Lab in China

Magma Design Automation (Nasdaq:LAVA), a provider of chip design software, and Chengdu ICC (CDICC), a government-funded organization that promotes integrated circuit (IC) design in Chengdu, today announced the recent ope...

25 Feb 2010

By Mimicking Cells, Researchers Design Electronic Circuits for Ultra-Low-Power and Biomedical Applications

A single cell in the human body is approximately 10,000 times more energy-efficient than any nanoscale digital transistor, the fundamental building block of electronic chips. In one second, a cell performs about 10 million energy-consuming chemical reactions, which altogether require about one picowatt (one millionth millionth of a watt) of power.

25 Feb 2010

ASM International Extends Market Leadership for High-k ALD

ASM International N.V. (NASDAQ: ASMI and Euronext Amsterdam: ASM), today announced two new Pulsar® orders from leading logic customers. One system was purchased by a new customer for the development of next generatio...

From ASM International 24 Feb 2010

Sandia Researcher Named IEEE Fellow for Microelectronics Research

Paul Dodd, a Sandia National Laboratories researcher, has been named a Fellow of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) "for contributions to the understanding and simulation of single-event effects in microelectronic," according to a notification sent out by the organization.

From Sandia National Laboratories 24 Feb 2010

New Molecular Switch that Changes its Configuration as Function of pH of the Environment

In nanotechnology, mastering the machinery of chemical bonds is tricky business - and the fact that they are tiny, at the molecular level, is just one hurdle. Dartmouth researcher Ivan Aprahamian and his team have develo...

24 Feb 2010

Symposium Reveals New Methods for Making Future Lighter, Smarter and More Economical Computers and Mobile Phones

A symposium which will reveal new methods for making future low-power, lighter, smarter and more economical computers and mobile phones will take place at the University of Southampton next week and has attracted almost 100 delegates.

24 Feb 2010

Altera Announces Ship in Production of 40-nm Arria II GX FPGA Products

Altera Corporation (NASDAQ:ALTR) today announced it is shipping in volume production the first members of its 40-nm Arria® II GX FPGA family. The Arria II GX device family delivers customers a low-power, low-cost and...

24 Feb 2010

SmartKem Announces New Website Featuring Information on SmartKem Printed Electronics Technology

SmartKem Ltd, the developer of novel materials and processes that create high resolution microelectronic components directly onto thin flexible materials, today announces the launch of its new website - www.smartkem.com.

24 Feb 2010

ALLVIA Integrates Embedded Thin Film Capacitors on Silicon Interposers

ALLVIA, the first through-silicon via (TSV) foundry, has integrated embedded capacitors on Silicon Interposers, a key interface between a silicon device and an organic substrate needed for managing high interconnect densities.

24 Feb 2010