Features 27“Airbus for chips” could
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take European chip industry to the future
The semiconductor industry is fighting an uphill battle against the forces of the globalization: could the concept of an “Airbus for chips” generate new thrust?
30Design challenges of high to quadruple in five years
voltage instrument development
Designing an instrument capable of measuring very low currents and having an output stage capable of producing 3000V is extremely challenging.
34Digital power market forecast
The digital power market is currently one of the fastest growing segments of the power management industry for power supply and power IC manufacturers. IMS Research – now part of IHS offers an analysis of the digital power market.
37Driving innovation
“If I’d asked my customers what they wanted, they would have said a faster horse.” – Henry Ford. This quote from the automotive pioneer is bound to stir debate about how companies should approach the innovation process.
Research News 12 The race is on to replace silicon with InGaAs 14 Chips steer light in the right direction 17 Germanium p-Type transistor: highest ever ‘carrier mobility’ 19 Improving on diamond in supercomputers 21 Si-InP sandwich chips combine the best of both worlds
Industry Analysis 23 SEMI: FAB equipment to rocket 24% in 2014 24 IC suppliers to monopolise 300mm wafer space 25 Cu pillar and micro-bumping flip-chip invigorate the market
NEWS: 07 EV Group Ships 300mm wafer bonding system to China 07 Brewer Science upgrades production for CNT memory devices 07 imec announce launch of integrated silicon photonics platform 08 AGC and nMode collaborate 08 Axcelis wins order from major memory & flash device maker 09 Infineon’s 300mm CoolMOS silicon chips now shipping globally 09 Martin L. Edelman jumps on board at AMD 10 Oxford Instruments awarded patent for plasma film deposition 10 Watlow acquires Semiconductor Tooling Services 10 Silicon threatens to muscle in on III-V devices
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