Kronos reportedly received $3.5M from Tessera in exchange for the transfer of select Kronos patents covering micro-cooling applications. Kronos retains the rights to use these patents for applications outside of the field of micro-cooling. Tessera also has the right to acquire additional Kronos IP relating to micro-cooling applications, and the two companies have the option to continue to jointly develop new technologies in this field.
(April 4, 2008) Scotts Valley, CA) — Aviza Technology, Inc. supplier of advanced semiconductor capital equipment and process technologies announced restructuring plans intended to focus its core strengths in ALD technology for the sub-45nm nodes, and etch and PVD technologies for the fast growing 3D-IC market segments. Aviza reportedly believes it has competitive advantages as demonstrated by recent wins for ALD in Japan, Etch for MEMS devices and PVD for power ICs.