Posts Tagged ‘semiconductor’
NI Technology Updates Outlooks for EZ… – Reuters
NI Technology Updates Outlooks for EZchip Semiconductor ... Reuters Coming soon, Next Inning will publish a special report covering the tech companies most likely to benefit from emerging " green tech " industries. ... and more [Read More]
Researchers create solar cells from reclaimed silicon (EETimes)
A low-cost solar cell, which is made from reclaimed silicon, a by-product of the semiconductor industry, has been developed by researchers from Swansea University's School of Engineering, in collaboration with Pure Wafer International Limited (Swansea, Wales). [Read More]
Researchers create solar cells from reclaimed silicon (EETimes.fr)
A low-cost solar cell, which is made from reclaimed silicon, a by-product of the semiconductor industry, has been developed by researchers from Swansea University's School of Engineering, in collaboration with Pure Wafer International Limited (Swansea, Wales). [Read More]
National Semi buys solar firm (Planet Analog)
SAN FRANCISCO—National Semiconductor Corp. said Thursday (March 19) it acquired Act Solar Inc., a privately held solar energy company that provides power optimization for commercial and utility-scale solar installations. Financial terms of the acquisition were not [Read More]
National Semiconductor acquires Act Solar (CNET)
National Semiconductor expands its energy efficient power efforts with acquisition of Act Solar. The company's tools will be folded into National Semi's SolarMagic tech. [Read More]
China’s SMIC to split off solar, packaging units (Reuters via Yahoo! Philippines News)
SHANGHAI, March 19 (Reuters) - Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corp , China's top contract chip maker, plans to split off its solar cell and its chip packaging and testing units and list their shares in the not-too-distant future, a company official said on [Read More]
AXT, Inc.: AXT, Inc. Announces Charter Membership in CPV Consortium
FREMONT, CA (MARKET WIRE) AXT, Inc. (NASDAQ: AXTI), a leading manufacturer of compound semiconductor substrates, today announced that it has become a charter member of the CPV Consortium, a global industry organization that supports the development and long-term success of [Read More]
Fraunhofer ISE Researchers Achieve 39.7% Solar Cell Efficiency
At 39.7% efficiency for a multijunction solar cell, researchers at the Fraunhofer Institute for Solar Energy Systems ISE in Freiburg have exceeded their own efficiency record of 37.6%, which they achieved in July of this year. The result was reached using multijunction [Read More]
New European Record Efficiency For Solar Cells Achieved: 39.7%
At 39.7% efficiency for a multi-junction solar cell, researchers at the Fraunhofer Institute for Solar Energy Systems have exceeded their own European record of 37.6% which they achieved just a short time ago. III-V semiconductor multi-junction solar cells are used in [Read More]
Semilab Licenses Metal and Implant Thickness Metrology Technology
Semilab Co. Ltd., a leading supplier of non-contact wafer mapping metrology solutions for the semiconductor and solar cell industries, announced today that it has licensed key patents and … RSS news feeds and Widgets on Feedzilla.com [Read More]
Slicing solar power costs: New method cuts waste in making most efficient solar cells
A wafer of the element germanium, a semiconductor that is used as the bottom layer of highly efficient solar power cells. News widgets and RSS feeds on Feedzilla.com [Read More]
New method cuts waste in making most efficient solar cells
University of Utah engineers devised a new way to slice thin wafers of the chemical element germanium for use in the most efficient type of solar power cells. They say the new method should lower the cost of such cells by reducing the waste and breakage of the brittle [Read More]
Advent Solar delivers technology for scalable, high-efficiency photovoltaic manufacturing
Advent Solar, Inc. has announced the solar industry’s first cell-to-module solar architecture that combines semiconductor manufacturing methods with optimized photovoltaic cell design. RSS news feeds and Widgets on Feedzilla.com – Mattress [Read More]
Intel Capital Expands Green-Tech Portfolio (PC Magazine)
PC Magazine – The global investment powerhouse announced Monday that it will award $12.5 million in financing to Voltaix – a New Jersey-based provider of semiconductor materials used in the production of advanced photovoltaic cells. Free content on [Read More]
Intel Double Dips in Solar & Chips with $12.5M in Voltaix
The intersection of the semiconductor and solar industries has yielded yet another investment — this time it’s from Intel’s VC arm Intel Capital, which is investing $12.5 million into Voltaix, a manufacturer of chemicals and gases used in both chip and [Read More]
