June billings of North American equipment manufacturers fell nearly three percent when compared to the prior month.
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Edwards Joins MIT.nano as Founding Member
New MIT facility features state of the art lab space and equipment for nanoscale research.
SEMICON Europa Drives Smart: Transportation, MedTech, Design and Workforce
SEMICON Europa, Europe’s largest event connecting the entire electronics design and manufacturing supply chain, from innovation to application, will spotlight smart technologies and the talent vital to continuing industry growth 12-15 November, 2019 at Messe München, in Munich, Germany.
Quanergy Appoints Strategic Growth Marketer Enzo Signore as Chief Marketing Officer
Quanergy Systems, Inc., a provider of LiDAR (Light Detection and Ranging) sensors and smart sensing solutions, today announced it has appointed Enzo Signore as the company’s Chief Marketing Officer.
Tiny Vibration-Powered Robots Are the Size of the World’s Smallest Ant
Researchers have created a new type of tiny 3D-printed robot that moves by harnessing vibration from piezoelectric actuators, ultrasound sources or even tiny speakers.
Magnetite Nanowires with Sharp Insulating Transition
Osaka University-led researchers make ultra-thin nanowires of Fe3O4, with a remarkable ‘Verwey transition’ from metal to insulator at low temperature — a highly sought-after property for nanoelectronics.
Electronic Chip Mimics the Brain to Make Memories in a Flash
Engineers have mimicked the human brain with an electronic chip that uses light to create and modify memories.
Limitation Exposed in Promising Quantum Computing Material
Metallic surfaces no longer protected as topological insulators become thinner.
Worldwide PC Shipments Grew 1.5 Percent in Second Quarter of 2019
After two quarters of decline, the worldwide PC market grew 1.5% in the second quarter of 2019, according to preliminary results by Gartner, Inc. Shipments totaled 63 million units in the second quarter of 2019, up from 62 million units in the second quarter of 2018.
Standards Industry Leaders Honored at SEMICON West 2019
SEMI yesterday honored five industry leaders at SEMICON West 2019 for their outstanding accomplishments in developing Standards for the electronics and related industries. The SEMI Standards awards were announced at the SEMI International Standards 1000th Standard Celebration.
