10/04/2004 (October 4, 2004) Taipei—China-based Jiangyin Changdian Advanced Packaging (JCAP) is setting up chip-scale packaging lines and wafer-bumping lines, slated for mass production next year.
10/04/2004 (October 4, 2004) Phoenix, Ariz.—FlipChip International (FCI) announced the successful ISO 9001-2000 certification of its Phoenix, Arizona semiconductor wafer bumping and wafer-level packaging business. ISO is an internationally recognized accreditation organization focused on world-class quality management systems. FCI's certification process was administered by SGS Systems and Services.
10/04/2004 October 4, 2004 - KLA-Tencor Corp. announced today that it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Candela Instruments, Fremont, CA, a supplier of laser-based surface inspection systems optimized for the data storage industry.
10/04/2004 Companies developing micro and nanotechnology-related products will receive more than $20 million from the federally funded Advanced Technology Program beginning this month. The funding makes it easier for companies to take on otherwise fiscally risky projects, according to the recipients.
10/01/2004 (October 1, 2004) San Jose, Calif.—Worldwide sales of semiconductors grew to $18.2 billion in August, an increase of 1.1% from the $18.0 billion reported in July, the Semiconductor Industry Association (SIA) reports. Sales increased by 34.2% from the $13.6 billion reported in August 2003. The SIA notes that chip sales were in line with historical patterns for August.
10/01/2004 (October 1, 2004) Framingham, Mass.—DAFCA Inc. announces that the company has been awarded an Advanced Technology Program (ATP) grant totaling $1.9 million from the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST).
10/01/2004 October 1, 2004 - Veeco Instruments Inc. and The Dow Chemical Co. have received $6.6 million in funding from the US Commerce Department's National Institute of Standards and Technology Advanced Technology Program for a three-year project to develop a quantitative nano-mechanical measurement instrument.
10/01/2004 Dilemma. Solution. Prediction. And donÂ’t expect it to stop there. Clayton Christensen won several converts in the business community with the publication of his first book, "The InnovatorÂ’s Dilemma." The book, based on his research at Harvard Business School, explained how and why innovative newcomers can upend established corporations.
10/01/2004 With a higher level of scrutiny comes a more intense means of tracking or documenting every aspect of personnel training, material handling and environmental monitoring.
10/01/2004 Coupled with a water film device, the inherent rinsing properties of a waterjet-guided laser significantly reduce particle contamination generated in most cutting processes
10/01/2004 Beta tests have been completed for a new wireless technology that may help arrest beef contamination before cattle are shipped off for slaughter.
10/01/2004 It remains that people are the main source of cleanroom contamination. And cleanroom applications demand apparel with ever-increasing protection against dry particles, static electricity and hazardous materials. Advances in fabric design result in more flexible, comfortable and protective apparel. Here's a sampling of products that'll keep you covered.
10/01/2004 Intel Corp.'s (www.intel.com) recent breakthrough achievement of fully functional 70-Mbit static random access memory (SRAM) chips on a 65-nanometer (nm) manufacturing process makes the contamination control playing surface smaller and more critical than ever.
10/01/2004 John Goodman, president of Entegris' (www.entegris.com) fuel cell market segment, has been elected to a one-year term as the U.S. Fuel Cell Council (USFCC) policy committee chair.
10/01/2004 Having previously served a broad base of the filtration and fluid-particle separation market, the American Filtration and Separations Society (AFS) has decided its focus should now be on specifiers, buyers and users of filters and filtration equipment.
10/01/2004 Reaching out to the worldwide contamination control community, the CleanRooms Group has just completed a successful conference season that spanned the globe from Stuttgart to Shanghai.
10/01/2004 A high-speed micro- processor-based controller developed by Laboratory Control Systems claims to provide a pressure and airflow control and response mechanism for contamination control in cleanrooms and other critical environments.
