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In this issue: • Light sensors market to grow 16 percent between 2013 and 2016 • Strong fab equipment spending expected in 2015; Slowing but positive 2016 • MicroWatt Chips shown at ISSCC • NC State researchers create 'nanofiber gusher' • Rice fine-tunes quantum dots from coal • EV Group releases new configurations to its high-vacuum wafer bonding technology • New technology may double radio frequency data capacity • Small powerful systems give rise to medical semiconductor sales • AKM Semiconductor signs global distribution agreement with Digi-Key • Poised for more growth • High tech start-ups to connect with investors at SEMICON Europa 2015	Share:
Top News Light sensors market to grow 16 percent between 2013 and 2016Samsung, Apple and Chinese OEMs will drive revenue in the light sensor market to grow 16 percent between 2013 and 2016, according to a new report released today from IHS Inc. 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.  MicroWatt Chips shown at ISSCCWith much of future demand for silicon ICs forecasted to be for mobile devices that must conserve battery power, it was natural for much of the focus at the just concluded 2015 International Solid State Circuits Conference (ISSCC) in San Francisco to be on ultra-low-power circuits that run on mere microWatts. (From SemiMD)
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Tech News NC State researchers create 'nanofiber gusher'Engineers and researchers at North Carolina State University and one of its start-up companies have now reported a method that can produce unprecedented amounts of polymer nanofibers, which have potential applications in filtration, batteries and cell scaffolding. Rice fine-tunes quantum dots from coalRice University scientists gain control of electronic, fluorescent properties of coal-based graphene. EV Group releases new configurations to its high-vacuum wafer bonding technologyEV Group introduced two new configurations to its EVG 580 ComBond series of automated high-vacuum covalent wafer bonding systems. New technology may double radio frequency data capacityColumbia engineers invent nanoscale IC that enables simultaneous transmission and reception at the same frequency in a wireless radio.

Business News Small powerful systems give rise to medical semiconductor salesMarket for medical semiconductors seen rising to $8.2 billion in 2018. AKM Semiconductor signs global distribution agreement with Digi-KeyGlobal electronic components distributor Digi-Key Corporation, a provider of electronic component selection, availability and delivery, has partnered with AKM Semiconductor Inc., to facilitate the global distribution of AKM's products. Poised for more growthStrong fab equipment spending expected in 2015; Slower but positive 2016. High tech start-ups to connect with investors at SEMICON Europa 2015SEMICON Europa 2015 (October 6-8) will prominently feature second edition of this very successful program connecting early-stage companies with strategic investors, venture capitalists and other relevant stakeholders.

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