04/25/2005 Altair Nanotechnologies Inc. and Bateman Engineering BV announced two projects have been initiated in their recently formed joint venture, Altairnano Bateman Titania Inc.
04/25/2005 A MEMS startup gets swooped up for $750 million in stock. Two years later it's sold again in a deal worth $10 million. Vast difference? Not according to Jesko von Windheim, who was along for Cronos Integrated Microsystems' wild ride after it was bought by JDS Uniphase. He now leads Nextreme Thermal Solutions, which is developing nanoscale materials that pump heat from integrated circuits and other electronic devices.
04/22/2005 DUBLIN, Ireland, April 21 /PRNewswire/ -- Research and Markets has announced the addition of Emerging Bio-equipment Manufacturers in China 2004 to their offering.
04/22/2005 AUSTIN, TX -- (MARKET WIRE) -- 04/21/2005 -- Drawing on acclaim for its first such event, the International SEMATECH Manufacturing Initiative (ISMI) will hold a second annual ISMI Symposium on Manufacturing Effectiveness October 24-26 at the Hilton Austin Airport.
04/22/2005 April 22, 2005 - South Korea's Hynix Semiconductor agreed to pay a $185 million fine to settle allegations that it participated in a global price-fixing conspiracy, US Justice Department officials said Thursday, reported the Agence France-Presse.
04/22/2005 April 22, 2005 - Varian Semiconductor Equipment Associates Inc. has announced that it has won multiple orders for its single wafer VIISta HC high-current ion implanter from ProMOS Technologies Inc. ProMOS ordered the tools to support the expansion of its 300mm memory fab in Taichung, Taiwan.
04/22/2005 (April 22, 2005) San Jose, Calif. — Tessera Technologies' first-quarter revenues increased to $27.9 million, a 49% increase from the fourth quarter of 2004, and a 113% increase from the same period one year ago.
04/21/2005 PALO ALTO, CA -- (MARKET WIRE) -- 04/21/2005 -- Nanosys announced today the issuance of U.S. Patent No. 6,864,626 (the '626 patent) entitled "Electronic Displays using Optically Pumped Luminescent Semiconductor Nanocrystals," by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office.
04/21/2005 GLOUCESTER, MA -- (MARKET WIRE) -- 04/21/2005 -- Varian Semiconductor Equipment Associates, Inc. announced today that it has won multiple orders for its single wafer VIISta HC high current ion implanter from ProMOS Technologies, Inc. ProMOS ordered the tools to support the expansion of its 300mm memory fab in Taichung, Taiwan.
04/21/2005 April 21, 2005 - Although US semiconductor manufacturers still have 47% of the worldwide microchip market, only 20% of new, state-of-the-art production facilities now under construction are in the US. Lower tax rates and incentives that reduce the cost of capital in other countries - not lower labor costs - are the principal reasons why most new manufacturing facilities currently being built are outside the US, according to the Semiconductor Industry Association (SIA).
04/21/2005 (April 21, 2005) San Jose, Calif. — North American-based manufacturers of semiconductor equipment posted $1.02 billion in orders in March 2005 (on a 3-month average basis) and a book-to-bill ratio of 0.81, according to SEMI's March 2005 Book-to-Bill Report.
04/21/2005 (April 21, 2005) Austin, Texas — SEMATECH announces and identifies its Top Technical Challenges for 2006, continuing to underscore advanced gate stack, 193-nm immersion and EUV lithography, mask infrastructure, and low-k dielectrics with process compatibility. For the first time, consortium leaders also placed planar bulk transistor scaling on the list.
04/21/2005 April 21, 2005 - Following through on its intentions to invest in high-growth opportunities-at the expense of other promising businesses-Cypress Semiconductor Corp., San Jose, CA, announced it plans to spin off its SunPower silicon solar-cell subsidiary in an initial public offering
04/21/2005 Whether you are a section manager overseeing new technology initiatives in a corporate lab or a project leader shepherding technology development in a startup, chances are you could use more resources. Underfunded projects and overburdened staff make the goal of beating your competition seem a quixotic dream. In my experience, vertical integration of resources, compared to sharing resources, provides the most effective method of quickly getting to market.
04/20/2005 AUSTIN, TX -- (MARKET WIRE) -- 04/19/2005 -- SEMATECH announced its Top Technical Challenges for 2006, continuing to underscore advanced gate stack, 193 nm immersion and EUV lithography, mask infrastructure, and low-k dielectrics with process compatibility. Consortium leaders also placed planar bulk transistor scaling on the list for the first time.
04/20/2005 (April 20, 2005) Hsinchu, Taiwan — ChipMOS Technologies (Bermuda) Ltd. reports its unaudited consolidated revenue for March 2005, which was NT$1,199.6 million (US$38.0 million), increasing 16% from NT$1,032.6 million (US$32.7 million) for February 2005, and increasing 5% from NT$1,139.5 million (US$36.1 million) in March 2004.
04/20/2005 (April 20, 2005) New York, N.Y. — Several organizations that once participated in information-technology and business-process outsourcing are now beginning to go back to in-house operations and explore new alternatives, according to a new study by Deloitte Consulting LLP.
