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In this issue: • Recovering economies driving growth in the industrial semiconductor market • Cypress and Spansion complete $5 Billion merger • 11 IC product categories to exceed total IC market growth in 2015 • Strong fab equipment spending expected in 2015; Slowing but positive 2016 • Mid-IR frequency combs enable high resolution spectroscopy for sensitive gas sensing • CEA-Leti announces launch of Silicon Impulse IC design competence center • Squeezing out new science from material interfaces • Graphene meets heat waves • Applied Materials honored as a 2015 World's Most Ethical Company • Dr. Zixue Zhou appointed as Chairman of SMIC • Boston Semi Equipment completes relocation of headquarters and Aetrium test handler business • Mentor Graphics joins the Center for Power Electronics Systems • Dramatic results achieved in cleaving glass using ultra-short pulsed lasers • MKS introduces the Cirrus 3-XD Atmospheric gas analysis system	Share:
Top stories Recovering economies driving growth in the industrial semiconductor marketThe industrial semiconductor market will post a 9.7 percent compound annual growth rate (CAGR) over the next several years as revenue rises from $34.8 billion in 2013 to $55.2 billion in 2018.Share:    Cypress and Spansion complete $5 Billion mergerCypress Semiconductor Corp. and Spansion, Inc. announced that they have closed the merger of the two companies in an all-stock, tax-free transaction valued at approximately $5 billion. Share:    11 IC product categories to exceed total IC market growth in 2015IC Insights' March Update to the 2015 McClean Report refreshes the forecasts for 33 major IC product categories through 2019.Share:    Strong fab equipment spending expected in 2015; Slowing but positive 2016 SEMI announced an update of the SEMI World Fab Forecast report which updates outlooks for 2015 and 2016. Share:
Tech News Mid-IR frequency combs enable high resolution spectroscopy for sensitive gas sensingThe results are an important step towards a small-footprint chip scale mid-infrared frequency comb source.Share:    CEA-Leti announces launch of Silicon Impulse IC design competence centerCEA-Leti announced the launch of its Silicon Impulse IC design competence center, a comprehensive IC technology platform offering IC design, advanced intellectual property, emulator and test services along with industrial multi-project wafer (MPW) shuttles. Share:    Squeezing out new science from material interfacesWith more than five times the thermal conductivity of copper, diamond is the ultimate heat spreader. But the slow rate of heat flow into diamond from other materials limits its use in practice. Share:    Graphene meets heat wavesIn the race to miniaturize electronic components, researchers are challenged with a major problem: the smaller or the faster your device, the more challenging it is to cool it down.Share:
Business News Applied Materials honored as a 2015 World's Most Ethical CompanyApplied Materials, Inc. announced it has been recognized as a 2015 World's Most Ethical Company by the Ethisphere Institute.Share:    Dr. Zixue Zhou appointed as Chairman of SMICSemiconductor Manufacturing International Corporation, the largest pure-play foundry provider in China, has appointed Dr. Zixue Zhou as the new chairman and executive director of SMIC. Share:    Boston Semi Equipment completes relocation of headquarters and Aetrium test handler businessThe new facility houses corporate functions as well as the Aetrium test handler business acquired in 2014 and relocated from Minnesota to Massachusetts. Share:    Mentor Graphics joins the Center for Power Electronics Systems Mentor Graphics Corporation announced that it has joined the Center for Power Electronics Systems (CPES) at Virginia Tech, the industry consortium dedicated to improving electrical power processing and distribution across various systems.Share:
Product News Dramatic results achieved in cleaving glass using ultra-short pulsed lasersROFIN-SINAR, Inc. introduces the SmartCleave FI laser process and the MPS glass handling system for high speed and precise cleaving and drilling of glass up to 10mm thickness.Share:    MKS introduces the Cirrus 3-XD Atmospheric gas analysis systemMKS Instruments, Inc., a global provider of technologies that enable advanced processes and improve productivity, has introduced the Cirrus 3-XD Atmospheric gas analysis system in both benchtop and rack mounted models. Share:
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