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In this issue: • SUNY Board appoints Dr. Alain Kaloyeros as founding president of SUNY Polytechnic Institute • IHS identifies technologies to transform the world over next five years • DRAM capacity rises from slump; Sector faces new challenges • Insights from the Leading Edge: Georgia Tech Interposer Workshop • Solving an organic semiconductor mystery • AKHAN Semiconductor first to invent fully transparent circuit creation process • UC Berkeley Extension launches three online programs in semiconductor technology • Zinc oxide materials tapped for tiny energy harvesting devices • Orbotech announces collaboration between SPTS and Fraunhofer on process development of wafer level packaging • Two companies honored with SEMI Award • JEOL and UC Irvine partner to develop electron microscopy and materials research center • Mentor Graphics acquires Flexras Technologies • Ultratech Cambridge NanoTech introduces the Savannah G2 ALD system	Share:
Top stories SUNY Board appoints Dr. Alain Kaloyeros as founding president of SUNY Polytechnic InstituteSUNY Polytechnic Institute (SUNY Poly) announced the SUNY Board of Trustees has appointed Dr. Alain Kaloyeros as the founding President of SUNY Poly.Share:    IHS identifies technologies to transform the world over next five yearsThe Internet of Everything, cloud computing/big data and 3-D printing are the three technologies most likely to transform the world during the next five years, according to IHS Technology.Share:    DRAM capacity rises from slump; Sector faces new challengesSEMI announced details from the SEMI World Fab Forecast Report illuminating the state of the semiconductor manufacturing industry, coincident with convening SEMI's Industry Strategy Symposium (ISS) in Half Moon Bay, Calif. Share:    Insights from the Leading Edge: Georgia Tech Interposer WorkshopDr. Phil Garrou continues his look at the GaTech Global Interposer Workshop.Share:
Tech News Solving an organic semiconductor mysteryBerkeley Lab researchers uncover hidden structures in domain interfaces that hamper performance.Share:    AKHAN Semiconductor first to invent fully transparent circuit creation processAdam Khan, founder and CEO of AKHAN Semiconductor, Inc. was granted a US patent by the US Patent and Trademark Office today for a groundbreaking process that adheres diamond, the only truly transparent semiconductor, to metals and alloys (including transparent metals) in a way that allows for reliable wire bonding and high conductivity. Share:    UC Berkeley Extension launches three online programs in semiconductor technologyUC Berkeley Extension announces three online integrated circuit (IC) semiconductor technology programs to meet the training needs of the surging worldwide semiconductor industry; the industry is predicted to reach $345 billion in sales this year.Share:    Zinc oxide materials tapped for tiny energy harvesting devicesNew research helps pave the way toward highly energy-efficient zinc oxide-based micro energy harvesting devices with applications in portable communications, healthcare and environmental monitoring, and more.Share:
Business News Orbotech announces collaboration between SPTS and Fraunhofer on process development of wafer level packagingOrbotech Ltd. announced that SPTS Technologies is collaborating with Fraunhofer IZM, an international institute specializing in applied and industrial contract research, on next generation wafer level packaging of microelectronic devices. Share:    Two companies honored with SEMI AwardSEMI announced that two companies, Brewer Science and Advanced Semiconductor Engineering, Inc. (ASE), are recipients of the 2014 SEMI Award for North America.Share:    JEOL and UC Irvine partner to develop electron microscopy and materials research centerJEOL USA and the University of California's Irvine Materials Research Institute (IMRI) have entered into a strategic partnership to create a premier electron microscopy and materials science research facility. Share:    Mentor Graphics acquires Flexras TechnologiesThe Flexras timing-driven partitioning technology will expand and strengthen the portfolio of tools available from Mentor to help engineers overcome the challenges of increasingly complex design prototyping.Share:
Product News Ultratech Cambridge NanoTech introduces the Savannah G2 ALD systemUltratech, Inc., a supplier of ALD systems, as well as lithography, laser-processing and inspection systems used to manufacture semiconductor devices and high-brightness LEDs (HB-LEDs), introduced the Ultratech Cambridge NanoTech Savannah G2 atomic layer deposition (ALD) system. Share:
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