11/10/2004 November 10, 2004 - BOC Edwards has announced it is making major investments in 7 gas plant facilities to ensure bulk gas supply to 9 new semiconductor and FPD manufacturing fabs under construction, said the company. These pave the way for multiple supply contracts and are being developed as part of a US$75 million investment with BOC's JV partner, BOC Lienhwa Industrial Gases Company Ltd (BOCLH).
11/10/2004 Mariangela Lisanti remains on track to become a prominent name in the scientific community. If the Intel Science Talent Search Award is any indicator, she has a reasonable shot at taking a real Nobel at some point in her career. In 2001, she won the Intel award while a senior in high school for a project measuring conductance in gold nanowires.
11/09/2004 (November 9, 2004) San Jose, Calif.—Inapac Technology Inc. announces that Richard Egan has joined the company as president and CEO. Egan will be responsible for guiding Inapac as it rapidly scales up production to meet the growing demands for its proprietary high-performance DRAM die for stackable and multichip applications.
11/09/2004 November 9, 2004 - Sanyo Electric Co. said it has begun alternate production at its Gunma and Gifu semiconductor plants because it remains unclear when it can resume operations at its quake-hit factory in Ojiya, Niigata prefecture, northern Japan, said the Nihon Keizai Shimbun America Inc.
11/09/2004 November 9, 2004 - Toshiba Corp. has filed patent infringement lawsuits against South Korea's Hynix Semiconductor Inc. both in Japan and the US, claiming that it violated Toshiba's flash memory patents, according to several news agencies.
11/09/2004 Edmonton was known in the 1800s as a fur-trading post. In the 1900s, it gained fame for its oil and gas industry. This century, it appears to be evolving into Canada's showcase for micro and nanotechnologies, and a possible world leader in their commercialization. A new $31-million NINT building now under construction is designed to be one of the worldÂ’s most technologically advanced research facilities.
11/08/2004 (November 8, 2004) Taipei, Taiwan—After reporting flat revenues for the entire third quarter, Advanced Semiconductor Engineering (ASE) reports a 7.5% sequential uptick in net revenues for October 2004, amidst the holiday build season. Revenues were a record $235.1 million, 36.2% above the October 2003 level. Year-to-date net revenues for ASE through October 2004 are $2.006 billion.
11/08/2004 November 8, 2004 - LG Electronics will equip 30% of its liquid-crystal display (LCD) televisions with Taiwan-made panels this year and is planning to team up with Taiwanese suppliers to produce the TVs next year, according to the South Korea electronic giant's executives, said the China Economic News Service.
11/08/2004 It seemed like a match made in small tech heaven: Zyvex Corp. and Standard MEMS Inc. in 2001 were awarded a $25 million federal grant to develop low-cost assemblers for high-volume micro- and nanoscale systems. Less than a year later, however, Standard MEMS was on the skids, and so was the cost-sharing contract with the National Institute of Standards and TechnologyÂ’s Advanced Technology Program.
11/05/2004 (November 5, 2004) Taipei, Taiwan—Advanced Semiconductor Engineering (ASE) announces its commitment to Ansoft's HFSS, Q3D Extractor, and AnsoftLinks simulation products for IC packaging design and model extraction. ASE's standardization on Ansoft extends their existing investment and commitment to Ansoft solutions.
11/05/2004 (November 5, 2004) Manhattan Beach, Calif.—Reflecting the changes both in the electronics industry and in the trade show world, IEEE Wescon announces two shows rather than one, serving both the San Francisco Bay area and the greater Los Angeles area annually, instead of the former every-other-year rotation.
11/05/2004 November 5--M+W Zander has successfully completed the construction of a new plant in Suzhou (China). The project was commissioned by one of the biggest manufacturers of semiconductors in the world, Infineon Technologies AG.
11/05/2004 November 5, 2004 - Dainippon Screen Mfg. Co. and Nikon Corp. have said they will expand the scope of their joint study on advanced semiconductor manufacturing systems, according to Jiji Press Ltd.
11/05/2004 Investors put $267.7 million into 35 companies involved in MEMS, microsystems or nanotechnology in the third quarter, according to a Small Times analysis. Both the amount invested and number of deals are higher than the second quarter results, when investors put $222.5 million into 29 companies.
11/04/2004 (November 4, 2004) Singapore—Advanced Interconnect Technologies (AIT) announces the availability of a new family of etched leadless packages (ELP) that delivers design flexibility, increased density, and a reduced footprint.
