Yorkshire-based PCB manufacturer, GSPK Circuits, believes it is the first in the UK to install an EPAG finish line. EPAG (electroless palladium autocatalytic gold) is a new direct palladium surface finish process with an optional gold layer. The thicker gold finish enables it to be used in gold wire bonding assembly as well as soldering. ...
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The idea that China can catch up with the leaders of the chip industry anytime soon is a fallacy, reports IC Industry. For instance, China’s first indigenous DRAM supplier, Changxin Memory Technologies (CXMT), is due to sample its first DRAM products by the end of this year. Changxin has a few thousand employees and a ...
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The House of Lords has today agreed to appoint a new special inquiry committee to investigate the impact of digital technologies on democracy. The Committee, which will be Chaired by Lord Puttnam will look at how the growth in digital technology has changed the way politics functions and what this means for the future of ...
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Q2 foundry revenue is down by about 8% on Q2 2018 to $15.4bn, says TrendForce. The top 5 in 2Q19 foundry rankings were unchanged from Q2 2018. PSC fell from seventh to ninth due to declining foundry demand for memory and display driver chips; VIS was overtaken by H-Grace falling down to eighth place, ...
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A Quantum Technology Leadership Group to represent industry in evaluating the commercial impact of quantum technologies has been set up. The group will be co-chaired by Dr Trevor Cross, group chief technology officer at Teledyne e2v and Dr Graeme Malcolm, CEO and co-founder at MSquared Lasers. Experimental quantum science is set to become a commercial ...
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Imec reports improved performance for both Ge-based n-type FinFETs and Ge-based p-type gate-all-around (GAA) devices. For Ge n-type FinFETs, pre-gate stack process optimization dramatically improved reliability and performance, with 100 percent improvement in positive bias temperature instability (PBTI) and improvement in GmSAT vs. SSSAT benchmark. For the Ge-based p-type GAA device, excellent short-channel control and ...
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One of the keys to unlock the potential of spintronics lies in the ability to quickly and efficiently magnetize materials.
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