10/28/2004 Why would Lockheed Martin, with 50,000 scientists and engineers, more software engineers than Microsoft, and more than 900 facilities worldwide, make establishing partnerships a priority? The answer is simple and lies within our motto: "We never forget who we're working for," which means we try to provide the best technology solutions possible at an affordable price.
10/27/2004 (October 27, 2004) Chandler, Ariz.—Amkor reports third-quarter sales of $491 million, essentially flat with the second quarter of 2004 and up 16% over the third quarter of 2003.
10/27/2004 October 27, 2004 - KLA-Tencor announced it has acquired the Wafer Inspection Systems business of Inspex, Inc., a US company owned by Photonics Management Corp., which is a subsidiary of Hamamatsu Photonics KK of Japan, for an undisclosed amount.
10/27/2004 Chicago-based NanoInk, Inc. has announced its exclusive license of a family of patents from the University of Illinois. The family is entitled "Nanoscale Chemical Surface Patterning Dip Pens," according to a recent release. The family of patents adds to NanoInk's patent portfolio, which already includes over 100 filings.
10/27/2004 Experts say the hallmark of a successful partnership is the ability of both sides to understand the perspective of the other and find common ground on which to collaborate. It's not a matter of figuring out if you're on different pages, said Vic Kley, president of General Nanotechnology.
10/26/2004 Dr. Paula Doe, Contributing Editor
High-k films for DRAM capacitors look poised to create real volume production demand for atomic layer deposition (ALD) tools. But furnace makers with new batch ALD furnaces may challenge the leading ALD suppliers' single-wafer cluster tools for the business. Samsung has started using batch ALD in its 90nm memory production, reportedly with tools from several different suppliers.
10/26/2004 (October 26, 2004) Clinton, N.Y.—Indium Corp. of America's Germanium Chemicals Division has passed its ISO-9001:2000 certification audit. This means that Germanium will be included within the scope of Indium's U.S. ISO-9001:2000 certification.
10/26/2004 October 26--There is increasing evidence that infectious prions that can cause variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease (vCJD), the human form of "mad cow" disease, can be transmitted through blood transfusion, according to Roger Eglin, Ph.D., Head of National Transfusion Microbiology Laboratories for the English National Blood Service.
10/26/2004 October 26, 2004 - Arch Chemicals Inc. has signed a definitive agreement to sell the majority of the operations of its Microelectronic Materials business to Fuji Photo Film Co. Ltd. for about $160 million, according to various news reports.
10/26/2004 October 25--Millipore Corporation announced the appointment of Martin D. Madaus, Ph.D., to President and CEO of Millipore, effective no later than February 1, 2005. Dr. Madaus comes to Millipore from Roche Diagnostics Corporation where he led a $1.9 billion business with 4,000 employees.
10/26/2004 IBM and other tech firms appear more willing to accommodate women techies. The combination of a scarcity of both male and female researchers and the growing recognition that a diverse workforce better serves a diverse customer base has prompted many firms to step up their recruitment efforts.
10/25/2004 (October 25, 2004) Irving, Texas—Plastronics Socket Company and Robson Technologies Inc. (RTI) have entered into a technology partnership and distributor agreement to manufacture and sell failure analysis QFN sockets.
10/25/2004 (October 25, 2004) Buffalo, N.Y.— A University at Buffalo packaging researcher is helping the U.S. Navy develop a next generation all-electric warship that will revolutionize the Navy's use of weaponry and manpower.
10/25/2004 October 25, 2004 - Sharp Corp. and IBM Japan Ltd. are teaming up to create a 1MB smart card that will be equipped with IBM's Java Card Open Platform (JCOP) operating system, according to Asia Pulse Pte Ltd. The firms aim to begin shipping samples around January.
10/25/2004 Earlier this summer BBN launched the first network employing quantum-key distribution, exploiting the finicky nature of photons to create theoretically unbreakable encryption. The six-node network is quickly showing that the strange world of quantum mechanics has useful applications here in the human one.
10/22/2004 October 22--Pall Corporation today reported the resignation of John Adamovich, Jr., its Group Vice President, Treasurer and Chief Financial Officer. Mr. Adamovich leaves Pall Corporation after six years as CFO to join a subsidiary of Cablevision Systems Corporation.
10/22/2004 (October 22, 2004) Palo Alto, Calif., Round Rock, Texas, & Armonk, N.Y.—HP, Dell, and IBM release an Electronics Industry Code of Conduct to promote industry standards for socially responsible business practices across their global supply chains.
10/22/2004 October 22, 2004 - In September, consumer electronics shipments in Japan grew 7.6% from a year before to 200.6 billion yen (US$1.8 billion), up for the 10th consecutive month, an industry group said Thursday, according to Jiji Press Ltd.
10/22/2004 October 22, 2004 - ADE Corp. has announced that a leading Japanese silicon wafer supplier has placed a multimillion dollar order for wafer geometry systems to further support its previously announced 300mm bare wafer production capacity expansion.
