September 2, 2010
Daily Circulation Over 35,000
F&K Delvotec introduces
World's ONLY Rotary Head Ball Bonder
 F&K Delvotec continues our technology leadership with the New Model 62000-G5, worlds first & only Rotary Head Ball Bonder. Bonding the wire in-line with the ultrasonic motion can provide new stitch bonding solutions in demanding hybrid applications. Learn more…
F&K Delvotec
Test Your Knowledge
Which of these creatures is the fastest: Cheetah, Zebra, Marlin
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Jetting Systems Technology
New white paper
Jetting technology has become the preferred alternative to needle dispensing in many semiconductor packaging applications. Jetting allows designers to rewrite their design rules making smaller, less expensive, and more capable devices. Learn more…
Nordson ASYMTEK
On This Day
September 2, 1997 - After its Deep Blue chess-playing computer defeated world chess champion Gary Kasparov, IBM made the machine even faster and stronger. They announced its RS/6000 SP model was now 58% faster thanks to a new microprocessor.
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Metallization Lines by ASYS
 Over 8 GW installed
Lowest breakage rate in the industry, portfolio includes loading, unloading from stack or cassettes, inspection stations, printers, dryers, cooling units, laser edge isolation, buffers, cell testers & sorters. Visit us at Solar Power International, Booth # 421 or call us today at +1 866 GO 4 ASYS …
ASYS Group Americas Inc.
Cartoon of the Day
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"I actually have nothing to say, so my presentation should only last an hour or two."
Copyright © Randy Glasbergen
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Super-Flash Chips Run On SiOx, Not Graphite
 Stateside chip boffins say they have developed a radical new method of building memory, which will smash through the "brick wall" that Moore's Law is about to run into. The underlying ...
The Register
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Gartner ups 2010 semiconductor revenue growth estimate to 31.5%
Gartner brings its 2010 semiconductor revenue forecast up to $300 billion and reports that while 2011 will also see growth, it is expected to see ...
EDN
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A4 chip drives AppleTV, iPod Touch
With its latest products announcements, Apple Inc. has spread its A4 microprocessor across all it non-computer products, lowering its ...
EE Times
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TSMC's Shanghai Factory Swings to Profit
Reaping after-tax net income last quarter, Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co.'s factory at the Songjiang District of Shanghai ...
Taiwan Economic News
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Apple’s Entry into Booming Internet-Enabled Living Room Market
Steve Jobs' unveiling of the second-generation Apple TV will give Apple Inc. an entry in the market for Internet-enabled living room devices ...
iSuppli Corporation
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Examining the impact of tin whiskers
Lead-free solder has been in the mainstream for years, but there's still plenty of concern surrounding the production of high reliability circuit ...
IPC
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HP may not see 2010 notebook shipments surpass 40 million units
Due to a strong nosedive in global consumer notebook demand, all the first-tier notebook vendors except Apple, reduced their notebook orders ...
Digitimes
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Coming Soon to Save Moore's Law: Memristors
HP announced it is teaming up with chip-maker Hynix to bring the first memristors, or memory resistors, to market within three years. Able to ...
Discover Magazine
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IBM claims world's fastest-chip title
IBM Corp. says its new mainframe computer unveiled in July contains the world's fastest computer chip. The chip, known as the z196, is used to ...
Times Union
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Intel CEO: Jobs 'Very Happy' With Intel-Infineon Deal
In an interview on the Fox Business Network earlier, Intel CEO Paul Otellini claims that Apple CEO Steve Jobs is "very happy" with Intel's ...
Mac Rumors
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AMD Plans Tablet Chips, Won't Go Near Smartphones
Though Intel is quite bent on snatching some of ARM's smartphone chip share, Advanced Micro Devices is apparently disinclined to engage ARM ...
Softpedia
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Gartner Says Semiconductor Revenue to Grow 31.5% in 2010
Worldwide semiconductor revenue in 2010 is forecast to reach $300 billion, a 31.5% increase from 2009 revenue of $228 billion. Analysts ...
Gartner
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Lab-on-chip project aims to diagnose cancer faster
At the Engineering in Medicine and Biology Conference, imec and its project partners launched the European Seventh Framework Project MIRACLE ...
ElectroIQ
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RF-MEMS to boost NTT's cell phones
Both companies will pursue MEMS tunable filters to improve reception and mitigate dropped calls, thereby increasing performance and expanding ...
R & D Magazine
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Miracle chips to fix iPhone 4 antenna troubles
Fed up of your iPhone 4 constantly dropping calls? Technology to improve the performance of mobile phone antennas has arrived and is set to ...
Silicon Republic
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'Dark Silicon' Could Boost Smartphone Battery Life 11 X
It may sound like a mineral used in an evil scientist's death ray, but 'dark silicon' actually refers to underused transistors found in ...
Inhabitat
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Advances Offer Path to Shrink Computer Chips Again
Scientists at Rice University and Hewlett-Packard are reporting that they can overcome a fundamental barrier to the continued rapid miniaturization ...
Nanotechnology and Development News
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Today's Sponsor
PacTech's LAPLACE
Laser Flip-Chip Bonder
 Stress-free laser reflow and high speed assembly with an accuracy down to ±2µm - ideal for RFID, capacitor attach, high-accuracy flip-chip bonding, 3D probe card bonding. Learn more…
PacTech
5 Micron Placement Capable!
Small Footprint, Low Cost
 The new ONYX500 Benchtop is the ultimate precision, multifunctional system with a wide range of applications including MEMS with automatic pick, place, dispense and assembly. Learn more…
Air-Vac Engineering
Quote of the Day
"You affect the world by what you browse."
Tim Berners-Lee
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Die attach, flip chip placement, & SMT in one machine
 The CX-1 placement machine is capable of handling a wide range of components, including SiP and MCM doing the work of two machines, saving capital investment and simplifying operations & maintenance. Learn more…
Juki Automation Systems
Test Your Knowledge
Which of these creatures is the fastest: Cheetah, Zebra, Marlin
Answer: Cheetah
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