Keysight Technologies, Inc. (NYSE: KEYS), a technology company that helps enterprises, service providers and governments accelerate innovation to connect and secure the world, has validated an innovative new software approach, leveraging Artificial Intelligence (AI) and advanced data analytics, in Nokia’s 5G base station manufacturing processes, significantly improving test efficiency.
Renesas Electronics Unveils Industry’s Highest Performance Wideband mmWave Synthesizer
Renesas Electronics Corporation (TSE:6723), a premier supplier of advanced semiconductor solutions, today introduced a next-generation wideband mmWave synthesizer with the industry’s highest performance and unique set of features optimized for 5G and broadband wireless applications. The flagship 8V97003 device is ideal as a local oscillator (LO) for mmWave and beamforming, or a precision reference clock for a high-speed data converter in numerous applications such as test and measurements, optical networking, and data acquisition.
Olympus Supports FMC/TFM Training with OmniScan X3 Flaw Detectors
Olympus, a leading manufacturer of nondestructive testing (NDT) inspection equipment, is delivering new OmniScan X3 phased array flaw detectors with FMC/TFM to the University of Ultrasonics to support their advanced training courses.
Synopsys Introduces Machine Learning-Based Auto Segmentation Module for 3D Image Processing
Synopsys, Inc. (Nasdaq: SNPS) today announced the release of a major update to Simpleware™ ScanIP software, which extends its capabilities for segmenting anatomical regions through a new module, Simpleware AS Ortho (Auto Segmenter for Orthopedics). This new product offering is a machine learning (ML)-based auto segmentation module that builds on Synopsys’ ScanIP software, a comprehensive solution for 3D image processing and segmenting images generated by computed tomography (CT) or magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scanners.
Infineon and pmdtechnologies Collaborate With Qualcomm to Enable High-Quality Standard Solution for 3D Authentication
Infineon Technologies AG (FSE: IFX / OTCQX: IFNNY) worked with Qualcomm Technologies, Inc. to develop a reference design for 3D authentication based on the Qualcomm® Snapdragon™ 865 Mobile Platform. Infineon is thus extending its application portfolio of its 3D sensor technology for mobile devices.
Advent of 5G and AI Chip Manufacturing Renews the Need for Advanced Semiconductor Testing Systems
A surge in semiconductor test volumes and stringent test demands from the communication, consumer electronics, automotive and healthcare verticals are expected to revive the semiconductor industry following a sharp decline in revenues for the global semiconductor automated test equipment market in 2019.
Park Systems Announces $1 Million Dollar Nano Research Grant Fund for Researchers Setting up Nanoscience Labs in North America
Park Systems, world-leading manufacturer of Atomic Force Microscopes, announces a $1 Million Dollar Nano Research Grant Fund to support researchers who are starting new nanoscience labs in North America. The Park Systems Nano Research Grant Fund provides up to twenty grants of $50,000 towards the purchase of any AFM system and accessories manufactured by Park Systems.
EUV Materials Small But Strategic Fraction of $1.6B IC Photoresists Market
The global market for Photoresists and Ancillary Materials declined in 2019 due to semiconductor fabrication market challenges.
Transistor Count Trends Continue to Track with Moore’s Law
Though growth rates in some product categories have slowed, doubling of transistors per chip every two years remains a guideline that the industry continues to follow.
SkyWater Chosen by Applied Novel Devices (AND) to Produce New High-Performance Si Power MOSFETs
SkyWater Technology, the innovator’s trusted foundry partner, and Applied Novel Devices Inc, a designer, developer and supplier of novel semiconductor device technologies (“AND”), today announced the companies have entered into a licensing and manufacturing agreement to offer an improved standard process flow for Si power MOSFETs (metal oxide semiconductor field-effect transistors).
