http://en.redtram.com/ News on "Semiconductor Technologies"  everywhere Copyright (c) 2009 RedTram. All rights reserved. webmaster@redtram.com (RedTram) en Thu, 26 Nov 2009 18:12:13 GMT 300 100 50 http://en.redtram.com/ http://img.en.redtram.com/rsslogo.gif 45947 | Novellus rolls ashable hardmask film http://en.redtram.com/go/232251504/top100/ 232251504 Novellus Systems Inc. has rolled out a suite of ashable hardmask (AHM) films, said to have up to 25 percent greater etch selectivity than rival amorphous carbon films. Thu, 26 Nov 2009 04:24:16 GMT http://en.redtram.com/go/232251504/top100/ 45947 | Ultra Clean acquires Singapore site http://en.redtram.com/go/232251477/top100/ 232251477 Ultra Clean Holdings Inc., a developer and supplier of subsystems, has opened its new manufacturing operation in Singapore. Thu, 26 Nov 2009 04:24:04 GMT http://en.redtram.com/go/232251477/top100/ 45947 | LED maker Seoul raises $248 million http://en.redtram.com/go/232251459/top100/ 232251459 LED manufacturer Seoul Semiconductor Co. Ltd. has announced that it and its affiliate company, Seoul Optodevice Co. Ltd., have raised $248 million by way of a share issue. Thu, 26 Nov 2009 04:23:54 GMT http://en.redtram.com/go/232251459/top100/ 45947 | Soitec builds growth strategy on 4 pillars, says CEO http://en.redtram.com/go/232251436/top100/ 232251436 The end of 2009 is fast approaching, and there is no better time to assess the year's achievements and highlight priorities for the coming year, and even years. At a press conference last week in Paris, André-Jacques Auberton-Hervé, president and Thu, 26 Nov 2009 04:23:46 GMT http://en.redtram.com/go/232251436/top100/ 45947 | Presented By: http://en.redtram.com/go/232251402/top100/ 232251402 Thu, 26 Nov 2009 04:23:31 GMT http://en.redtram.com/go/232251402/top100/ 45947 | ST uses Omron MEMS microphone in multi-die package http://en.redtram.com/go/232251376/top100/ 232251376 STMicroelectronics NV (Geneva, Switzerland) has started selling MEMS microphones that use sensor technology from Omron Corp. and has asserted that this will improve the sound quality, reliability, and cost-effectiveness for voice applications in cell phones, wireless devices and games. Thu, 26 Nov 2009 04:23:07 GMT http://en.redtram.com/go/232251376/top100/ 45947 | 'Intel inside' could mean thought-control chip in brain, say reports http://en.redtram.com/go/232251344/top100/ 232251344 Intel researchers are working on functional magnetic resonance imaging as a possible way to allow TVs, computers and cell phones to be controlled by human brain activity picked up by an implanted chip sensor, according to online reports. Thu, 26 Nov 2009 04:22:01 GMT http://en.redtram.com/go/232251344/top100/ 45947 | Infineon, Nokia agree to push LTE radios towards 1-Gbit/s http://en.redtram.com/go/232251309/top100/ 232251309 Infineon Technologies AG and Nokia have said they are going to cooperate on the development of RF transceivers for use in LTE wireless communications. The work could lead to systems which can deliver 1-Gbit per second data transfer rates. Thu, 26 Nov 2009 04:21:37 GMT http://en.redtram.com/go/232251309/top100/ 45947 | Hynix backers opt for December auction, say reports http://en.redtram.com/go/232251285/top100/ 232251285 Shareholders who bailed out memory chip maker Hynix Semiconductor Inc. in the early part of this decade are planning to put their holding up for auction in December, according to online reports. Thu, 26 Nov 2009 04:21:25 GMT http://en.redtram.com/go/232251285/top100/ 45947 | Infineon not a target for Samsung, says report http://en.redtram.com/go/232251262/top100/ 232251262 Samsung Electronics said market speculation that it may bid for German chipmaker Infineon was untrue according to a report from Reuters in Seoul. Thu, 26 Nov 2009 04:21:08 GMT http://en.redtram.com/go/232251262/top100/ 45947 | Israel research team develops silicon-air battery http://en.redtram.com/go/232251168/top100/ 232251168 Created from oxygen and silicon, the batteries are lightweight and said to have unlimited shelf life and tolerance for extreme conditions. Thu, 26 Nov 2009 04:20:26 GMT http://en.redtram.com/go/232251168/top100/ 45947 | iPhone heals, iPhone smells http://en.redtram.com/go/232251087/top100/ 232251087 Apple's iPhone is being applied to more diverse applications that one could have imagined when it first came on the scene. Thu, 26 Nov 2009 04:19:35 GMT http://en.redtram.com/go/232251087/top100/ 45947 | IMEC honors Wim Roelandts http://en.redtram.com/go/232251062/top100/ 232251062 The IMEC research center and the K.U.Leuven University in Leuven, Belgium, announced it has conferred the degree of doctor honoris causa on Wim Roelandts, ex-chairman and CEO of programmable logic device vendor Xilinx Inc. (San Jose, Calif.). Thu, 26 Nov 2009 04:19:21 GMT http://en.redtram.com/go/232251062/top100/