- Vishay to Get CyOptics Israeli Operations
Discretes and passives giant Vishay Intertechnology Inc. said today that its subsidiary, Vishay Israel Ltd., has signed a letter of intent to acquire the assets of CyOptics Israel Ltd., the Israeli subsidiary of CyOptics, Inc. The companies did not put a public price tag on the deal, but Malvern, Penn.-based ......
- Intel opens new microprocessor fab
Intel has opened its newest $3 billion microprocessor factory in Chandler, Ariz., and will begin shipping its first 45nm processors in November. The new factory is called Fab 32 and will manufacture microprocessors using Hafnium-based high-k metal gate silicon technology. Hafnium-based chips will be faster, have less energy leakage, and ......
- Intel opens new microprocessor fab
Intel has opened its newest $3 billion microprocessor factory in Chandler, Ariz., and will begin shipping its first 45nm processors in November. The new factory is called Fab 32 and will manufacture microprocessors using Hafnium-based high-k metal gate silicon technology. Hafnium-based chips will be faster, have less energy leakage, and ......
- Intel: U.S. tech leadership 'under
assault'.
San Jose -- The coming transition to nanoscale semiconductor devices means that leadership in information technology is up for grabs, warned the Semiconductor Industry Association in March. At a March news conference in Washington, DC, chief executives of U.S. semiconductor makers and a leading economist stressed the importance of continued ......
- TSMC Joins on Sub-45nm Research
Top foundry Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. (TSMC) has joined several other chipmakers in becoming a core partner in IMEC’s sub-45 nanometer CMOS research program. As a partner the foundry will collaborate on the technology in IMEC’s 300mmesearch facilities with other partners Infineon, Intel, Matsushita/Panasonic, Philips, Samsung, STMicroelectronics, and Texas Instruments....
- Tower teams with medical imaging supplier to create flat panel X-ray detectors
To develop and market X-ray detectors for medical applications, Migdal Ha’emek, Israel-based semiconductor wafer foundry Tower Semiconductor Ltd. http://www.towersemi.com has formed a partnership with Yoqneam, Israel-based CMT Medical Technologies Ltd. http://www.cmt-med.com , an advanced digital X-ray imaging systems supplier for medical diagnosis in radiography/fluoroscopy, cardiology, angiography, mammography and similar large-size ......
- SIA Launches Initiative to Keep Moore's Law in Effect
Noting that the laws of physics will eventually limit the implementation of CMOS scaling technology and Moore's Law, the Semiconductor Industry Association (SIA) today announced a research program aimed at assuring U.S. leadership in information technology well into the future. "We are rapidly approaching the time when the laws of ......