ClassOne Technology, global supplier of advanced electroplating systems for ≤200mm wafer processing, announced the sale of its Solstice® S4 system to the Ferdinand-Braun-Institut (FBH) in Berlin. The FBH is a major III-V compound semiconductor research institute that develops leading-edge microwave and optoelectronic devices for communications, energy, health, mobility and other industries.
New SEMI Job Skills Model for Growing Microelectronics Industry Talent Pipeline Released by U.S. Department of Labor – Employment and Training Administration
SEMI today announced the release of a central feature of its workforce development initiative, designed to grow the microelectronics industry’s talent pipeline, on the U.S. Department of Labor’s Competency Model Clearinghouse website. The Unified Competency Model (UCM) for Advanced Manufacturing identifies skill sets required across strategic industry sectors to strengthen connections among the microelectronics industry, workers, and education and training providers.
OnScale is Providing Free Cloud Core-Hours to Customers to Mitigate Engineering Productivity Loss Related to the Coronavirus Outbreak
OnScale, the global leader in Cloud Engineering Simulation, today announces that it will provide free cloud core-hours to customers to promote customer safety and mitigate any productivity loss due to office shutdowns. OnScale has already officially closed its global offices to protect the health and safety of OnScale employees.
Room-temperature Bonded Interface Improves Cooling of Gallium Nitride Devices
A room-temperature bonding technique for integrating wide bandgap materials such as gallium nitride (GaN) with thermally conducting materials such as diamond could boost the cooling effect on GaN devices and facilitate better performance through higher power levels, longer device lifetime, improved reliability, and reduced manufacturing costs.
Pathways Toward Realizing the Promise of All-Solid-State Batteries
In a review article published in the March 2020 issue of Nature Nanotechnology, nanoengineers at the University of California San Diego offer a research roadmap that includes four challenges that need to be addressed in order to advance a promising class of batteries–all-solid-state batteries–to commercialization. This article summarizes the team’s work to tackle these challenges over the past three years, which have been reported in several peer-reviewed articles published in various journals.
Finding Wafers Just Got Much Easier
Inseto launches comprehensive online store for selecting and ordering silicon, silica, glass, coated and SOI wafers.
Pfeiffer Vacuum Introduces Extremely Quiet, Dry Pumps
The HiScroll models from Pfeiffer Vacuum’s new range of scroll pumps are oil-free, hermetically sealed vacuum pumps with high nominal pumping speeds of 6 to 20 m³/h. The new pumps are characterized by their compact design and quiet, low-vibration operation (<47 dB[A], and <42 dB[A] in stand-by mode).
The Need for IoT Security At the Chip Level
A critical element to successful IoT security chips is public key infrastructure (PKI). All IoT devices with these chips require a strong identity, which will then be used for secure authentication.
MISUMI to Relocate North American HQ to Schaumburg Corporate Center
MISUMI, a global supplier of configurable components, is excited to announce the relocation of its North American corporate headquarters to Glenstar’s Schaumburg Corporate Center located at 1475 E. Woodfield Road. Located adjacent to Woodfield Mall, the total property is a 1 million-square-foot, three-building office complex. MISUMI plans to take occupancy in June 2020.
Water-Free Way to Make MXenes Could Mean New Uses for the Promising Nanomaterials
Ten years after producing the first sample of the now widely studied family of nanomaterials, called MXenes, Drexel University researchers have discovered a different way to make the atom-thin material that presents a number of new opportunities for using it. The new discovery removes water from the MXene-making process, which means the materials can be used in applications in which water is a contaminant or hampers performance, such as battery electrodes and next-generation solar cells.
