“We are excited that TSMC has joined our core program. We are looking forward to an extensive, long-term partnership with TSMC on sub-45-nm technologies,” says Prof. Gilbert Declerck, IMEC’s president and CEO. “The collaboration … further paves the way for the IMEC partners to deliver cutting-edge research results of direct relevance for next-generation IC manufacturing.”

(October 28, 2005) Hauppauge, N.Y. &#8212 RVSI Inspection LLC has recently appointed Kevin Maddy as its new president, where he will be responsible for managing products and applications sales that meet and exceed the demands of the global industry, while cultivating customer relationships. With his 25 years of manufacturing experience, he spent the past 14 years as a general management executive with P&L responsibility, specializing in turnaround management, organizational reengineering, and implanting lean manufacturing practices.