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In this issue: • STMicroelectronics tops five billion MEMS sensors shipped • Mergers, acquisitions reshape the automotive semi supplier landscape • Wearable sensor market to expand sevenfold in five years • New 'lab-on-a-chip' could revolutionize early diagnosis of cancer • Pittsburgh IMAPS Workshop • Next-generation nanoimprint lithography technology • MEMS Industry Group goes to the 'Shark Tank' for MEMS and sensor-based products • Magnetic mirrors enable new technologies by reflecting light in uncanny ways • IBM to pay GlobalFoundries $1.5B to take over chip fabs • IMAPS Award Winners for 2014 • Finalists announced for MEMS Executive Congress US 2014 • Semiconductor equipment book-to-bill declines in September	Share:
Top News STMicroelectronics tops five billion MEMS sensors shippedBeyond gaming systems, smartphones, tablets, navigation systems, and other widely adopted applications, ST's sensors have also been used in thousands of other useful, fun, and valuable applications. Mergers, acquisitions reshape the automotive semi supplier landscapeCapped by last week's announcement that Qualcomm Inc. would buy CSR PLC, the automotive semiconductor industry recently has been undergoing a wave of merger and acquisition activity that has shaken up the competitive order of the market. Wearable sensor market to expand sevenfold in five yearsDriven by rising demand for fitness and health monitoring features as well as by improved user interfaces, shipments of sensors used in wearable electronic devices will rise by a factor of seven from 2013 through 2019. New 'lab-on-a-chip' could revolutionize early diagnosis of cancerUniversity of Kansas Medical Center and KU Cancer Center have just published a breakthrough paper in the Royal Society of Chemistry journal describing their invention of a miniaturized biomedical testing device for exosomes.
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Tech News Pittsburgh IMAPS WorkshopPackaging means a lot of different things to a lot of different people. Webster's dictionary defines package as a "group or a number of things, boxed and offered as a unit." Next-generation nanoimprint lithography technologyEV Group introduced its SmartNIL large-area nanoimprint lithography (NIL) process. MEMS Industry Group goes to the 'Shark Tank' for MEMS and sensor-based productsMIG announces finalists for Elevator Pitch Session at MEMS Executive Congress US 2014. Magnetic mirrors enable new technologies by reflecting light in uncanny waysAs in Alice's journey through the looking-glass to Wonderland, mirrors in the real world can sometimes behave in surprising and unexpected ways, including a new class of mirror that works like no other.

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Business News IBM to pay GlobalFoundries $1.5B to take over chip fabsIBM and GLOBALFOUNDRIES announced that GLOBALFOUNDRIES will acquire IBM's global commercial semiconductor technology business. IMAPS Award Winners for 2014At the IMAPS (International Microelecronics & Packaging Society) meeting last week, several of their key annual awards were given out.  Finalists announced for MEMS Executive Congress US 2014Six companies selected from a pool of applicants will compete in MEMS Industry Group's MEMS & Sensors Technology Showcase at MEMS Executive Congress.  Semiconductor equipment book-to-bill declines in SeptemberWhile order activity moderated, equipment spending this year is expected to be robust and remain on pace for double-digit year-over-year growth.

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