10/01/2004 Duffield Hall, a new state-of-the-art nanotechnology research and teaching facility at Cornell University, has increased the university's nanofabrication space by 50 percent and is providing updated accommodations for the renowned Nanoscale Science and Technology Facility.
10/01/2004 With a half-million-dollar National Science Foundation (NSF) grant in hand, nanotechnology developer Nanomix Inc. is moving its disposable capnography sensor for anesthesia monitoring into clinical testing.
10/01/2004 The financial reports for the major assembly and test subcontractors were quite positive in the first quarter of 2004, but those numbers don't tell the whole story.
10/01/2004 Following through on a vow made this spring, the Semiconductor Industry Association (SIA) is seeking proposals from investigators for an independent epidemiological study of U.S. semiconductor fab workers.
10/01/2004 The electronic package might appear to be just a tiny black container for holding the chip, but it really is a sophisticated system when we consider the tasks to be accomplished, and under extreme conditions.
10/01/2004 It's difficult to tell from industry statistics just where the electronics industry is heading, but the shifts and changes in personnel and real estate are more telling than the numbers.
10/01/2004 Chronically implantable retinal prostheses currently are under development to restore useful vision to blind patients with degenerative retinal diseases such as age-related macular degeneration and retinitis pigmentosa.
10/01/2004 Those involved in the packaging industry are quite familiar with two key technology drivers: Moore's Law (which dictates that the number of transistors will double in an IC every 24 months), and the increasing need to pack more capability (MIPs, Mbytes, GB/sec) into less space.
09/30/2004 September 29--Following the second anniversary of the launch of its Pharmaceutical Manufacturing Initiative, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) today issued a final report that highlights specific steps the agency has taken and will take to develop and implement quality systems management and a risk-based product quality regulatory system.
09/30/2004 October 1--Novx Corporation, a leading supplier of cleanroom environment monitoring solutions, electrostatic charge (ESC/ESD) auditing, monitoring and training equipment plus other-related services, introduces the Applications Engineering Group (AEG).
09/30/2004 September 30, 2004 - JMAR Technologies Inc.'s systems division has received an additional $2.1 million in funding from the US government Naval Air Warfare Center to procure sub-100nm feature x-ray masks for next-generation lithography, and to produce Zone Plate optics for x-ray microscopes and x-ray nanoprobes.
09/30/2004 (September 30, 2004) Chandler, Ariz.—Amkor Technology Inc. announced that revenues for the third quarter, ended September 30, 2004, are expected to be approximately $480 million, or 3% lower than the second quarter of 2004, compared with prior guidance of flat quarter-over-quarter revenue.
09/30/2004 September 30, 2004 - The Interuniversities Microelectronics Center (IMEC) has launched a new program to find ways nanotechnology can replace and/or extend the life of advanced CMOS manufacturing technologies.
