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In this issue: • Nanowires could be the LEDs of the future • IHS says Moore's Law led to trillions of dollars added to global economy • Pixelligent closes $3.4M in funding • "Easy does it" - Fabs trim spending plans • Dow Corning granted Korean patent for LED optical silicone encapsulant technology • World's thinnest lightbulb -- graphene gets bright • Next-generation illumination using silicon quantum dot-based white-blue LED • "What's next?" - Advances in technology at SEMICON West 2015 • Insights from the Leading Edge: IEEE ECTC part 1 Thermocompression Bonding • Global semiconductor sales increase five percent in May 2015 • OEM Group expands wafer surface preparation services to UBLED processing • Photolithography equipment & materials market is attracting new players, but success is not guaranteed • Ultratech Cambridge NanoTech ships 400th ALD system	Share:
Top News Nanowires could be the LEDs of the futureThe latest research from the Niels Bohr Institute shows that LEDs made from nanowires will use less energy and provide better light. Share:    IHS says Moore's Law led to trillions of dollars added to global economyFrom connectivity to globalization and sustainability, the "Law" created by Gordon Moore's prediction for the pace of semiconductor technology advances has set the stage for global technology innovation and contribution for 50 years.Share:    Pixelligent closes $3.4M in fundingPixelligent Technologies, producer of PixClear, a producer of nanocrystal dispersions for demanding applications in LED lighting, OLED Lighting, and Optical Coatings & Films markets, announced that it closed $3.4 million in new funding.Share:    "Easy does it" - Fabs trim spending plansStill capex and equipment spending expected to increase in 2015 and 2016.Share:
Tech News Dow Corning granted Korean patent for LED optical silicone encapsulant technologyDow Corning reported that the Korean Intellectual Property Office (KIPO) granted a patent protecting the company's high refractive index (RI) phenyl-based optical silicone encapsulant technology, which targets advanced LED lighting applications.Share:    World's thinnest lightbulb -- graphene gets brightA team of scientists from Columbia, Seoul National University (SNU), and Korea Research Institute of Standards and Science (KRISS) reported that they have demonstrated -- for the first time -- an on-chip visible light source using graphene, an atomically thin and perfectly crystalline form of carbon, as a filament.Share:    Next-generation illumination using silicon quantum dot-based white-blue LEDA hybrid LED is expected to be a next-generation illumination device for producing flexible lighting and display, and this is achieved for the Si QD-based white-blue LED.Share:    "What's next?" - Advances in technology at SEMICON West 2015The latest manufacturing, materials and production developments in semiconductor and related technologies will be featured at SEMICON West 2015 on July 14-16 at Moscone Center in San Francisco, Calif. Share:    Insights from the Leading Edge: IEEE ECTC part 1 Thermocompression BondingOver the next few weeks of the summer, I will be covering as much of the 65th IEEE ECTC as I can.Share:
Business News Global semiconductor sales increase five percent in May 2015The Semiconductor Industry Association (SIA), representing U.S. leadership in semiconductor manufacturing and design, announced worldwide sales of semiconductors reached $28.2 billion for the month of May 2015, an increase of 5.1 percent from May 2014, when sales were $26.8 billion.Share:    OEM Group expands wafer surface preparation services to UBLED processingGlobal semiconductor capital equipment manufacturer OEM Group announced today it has received first-in-fab and repeat tool orders for its Cintillio wet chemical processing system from several leading Ultra Bright LED manufacturers working in the automotive lighting market.Share:    Photolithography equipment & materials market is attracting new players, but success is not guaranteedGrowing photolithography equipment markets in advanced packaging, MEMS and LEDs are attracting new players; but they have to navigate complex roadmaps.Share:    Ultratech Cambridge NanoTech ships 400th ALD systemThe system was purchased by the University of Michigan.Share:
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