Researchers at Stanford University have invented a manufacturing technique that yields flexible, atomically thin transistors less than 100 nanometers in length – several times smaller than previously possible.
Semiconductors
Advantest Developing Innovative Methodologies for High-Speed Scan and Software-Based Functional Testing
Semiconductor test equipment supplier Advantest Corporation is pilot testing a next-generation solution for performing both high-speed scan testing and software-driven functional device testing on the V93000 platform by leveraging the existing high-speed serial I/O interfaces on advanced integrated circuits (ICs).
IC Insights Raises Its 2021 Worldwide IC Market Forecast to +24%
Global IC market expected to exceed $500 billion for the first time.
Alliance Memory Moves Taiwan Office to Larger Facility to Accommodate Global Growth
To help accommodate its rapid global expansion while providing room for future growth, Alliance Memory has moved into a new building in Taiwan with twice the warehouse and office space of the company’s previous local facility.
Imec Reports First Electrical Demonstration of Integrated Forksheet Devices to Extend Nanosheets Beyond 2nm Technology Node
This week, at the 2021 Symposia on VLSI Technology and Circuits (VLSI 2021), imec demonstrates for the first time fully functional integrated forksheet field-effect transistors.
Applied Materials Breakthrough in Chip Wiring Enables Logic Scaling to 3nm and Beyond
Applied Materials, Inc. today unveiled a new way to engineer the wiring of advanced logic chips that enables scaling to the 3nm node and beyond.
Graphcore and SiPearl Announce Strategic Partnership
Graphcore, the British maker of the Intelligence Processing Unit (IPU), a new type of microprocessor specifically designed to support artificial intelligence workloads, and SiPearl, the Franco-German company that designs the high computing power and low consumption microprocessor for supercomputers, have entered into a strategic partnership.
ETEL’s New Advanced Motion Controller Offers Real-Time Processing for Complex Manufacturing
ETEL’s new UltimET Advanced is a powerful and versatile multi-axis motion controller now available to bring fast real-time processing and a higher level of flexibility to a variety of complex manufacturing applications.
Gartner Says Global Chip Shortage Expected to Persist Until Second Quarter of 2022
The worldwide semiconductor shortage will persist through 2021, and is expected to recover to normal levels by the second quarter of 2022, according to Gartner, Inc.
Rice Lab Peers Inside 2D Crystal Synthesis
Rice University theorists simulate the molecular transitions that take place inside a furnace to create 2D molybdenum disulfide, a semiconductor that could find a home in next-generation electronics.
