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Top 25 semiconductor company rankings reveal big winners, big losers 04/05/2012 The top 10 and top 25 semiconductor suppliers registered 7% and 4% growth, respectively. However, 15 of the top 25 semiconductor sales leaders posted negative results in 2011. Only 9 of the top 25 suppliers outperformed the total worldwide semiconductor industry 2011/2010 growth rate.
Intel 22nm trigate transistor process chosen for next-gen Netronome flow processors 04/05/2012 Flow processor developer Netronome extended its strategic relationship with Intel Corp., manufacturing its next-generation Netronome flow processors (NFP) using Intel’s 22nm tri-gate transistor architecture.
Power electronics grow on SiC and GaN innovation 04/05/2012 Power electronics will grow to $15 billion in sales of discrete components in 2020, says Lux Research. New materials -- SiC and GaN -- are taking a 22% market share for $3.3B in sales. Expect this year to set a record for funding to power electronics companies.
Top 5 counterfeited semiconductors: Analog ICs top the list 04/05/2012 The top-5 most commonly counterfeit components (based on reported cases) are analog ICs, microprocessors, memory ICs, programmable logic devices, and transistors, shows IHS.
	The effect of pumping methods on wet etching processes 04/04/2012 The effect of pumping methods on the etching of PE-TEOS wafers was investigated. Jung-Soo Lim, R. Prasanna Venkatesh, and Jin-Goo Park, Dept. of Materials Engineering, Hanyang University, Ansan, 426-791, Korea
Nanophotonics researchers install NanoInk patterning tool at Osaka U 04/04/2012 Osaka University’s Photonics Advanced Research Center in Japan installed a NanoInk NanoFabrication Systems DPN 5000 System for patterning various materials with nanoscale accuracy and precision. Osaka University scientists will develop and fabricate nanoscale plasmonic and nanophotonics devices.
Semiconductor foundry integrates Nova metrology for CMP at various nodes 04/04/2012 Metrology tool supplier Nova Measuring Instruments Ltd. (NASDAQ:NVMI) will provide the production tools of record performing CMP metrology at a leading foundry.
	Defect removal using dry cryogenic aerosols 04/03/2012 The high particle removal efficiency of cryogenic aerosol cleans can provide yield advantages in the BEOL after in-line testing, without altering substrate properties. Jeffery W. Butterbaugh, FSI International, Chaska, MN

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