(September 9, 2005) Burbank, Calif. &#8212 Microfabrica and MOSIS have launched the EFAB Access Design Competition for microdevices. Offered by MOSIS, EFAB Access, a low-cost prototyping service for MEMS and microdevice development, is the first multi-project run service to offer Microfabrica’s EFAB 3-D micromanufacturing technology. The three winning microdevice designs will be built free of charge through the EFAB Access program.

(September 13, 2005) Scotts Valley, Calif. &#8212 Carsem announces that M.H. Toh recently joined as Carsem’s S-Site factory’s general manager. He reports to S.W. Woo, Carsem’s COO, and succeeds Alex Khor, who retired in June 2005. Toh has over 25 years of experience in the semiconductor industry with a background in both assembly and test operations, so he has held various management positions in production, quality assurance, and process engineering. Prior to joining Carsem, he was the Assembly Operations Director for National Semiconductor in Melaka, Malaysia.