09/13/2004 (September 13, 2004) Danbury, Conn.—ATMI, Inc., a materials packaging supplier to semiconductor manufacturers, announced the sale of its Emosyn smart card business to Silicon Storage Technology, Inc. (SST) through a newly formed subsidiary, Emosyn International. Emosyn International will be held jointly by SST and ATMI.
09/13/2004 (September 13, 2004) Singapore and Fremont, Calif.—STATS ChipPAC Ltd. today appointed Wan Choong Hoe as its new chief operating officer. Hoe has more than 25 years of manufacturing experience, and most recently served as vice president and managing director of Singapore and China operations for Nation Semiconductor Manufacturer Singapore Pte. Ltd. He holds an electrical and electronics engineering degree from the University of Singapore.
09/13/2004 One of small techÂ’s top research facilities is up for grabs, but the number of would-be takers seems to be dwindling. That may improve the odds for institutions that have been waiting in the wings for the chance to run a resource-rich operation like Los Alamos National Laboratory.
09/10/2004 September 10, 2004 - Samsung Electronics Co. has begun mass-production of chips manufactured with a 90nm design rule, claiming the chips are the first of their type in the world.
09/10/2004 September 10, 2004 - Chartered Semiconductor Manufacturing Ltd. has made working 0.13-micron silicon chips from its first 300mm wafers, the Singapore-based company said in a recent statement to the Singapore stock exchange, according to the Taiwan News.
09/10/2004 (September 10, 2004) London, U.K.—The utilization of manufacturing capacity at wafer fabs all over the world peaked in the second quarter (Q2) of 2004 and likely will dip over the next several quarters as manufacturing capacity is brought on-stream, according to market research firm iSuppi Corp.
09/10/2004 (September 10, 2004) San Jose, Calif.—Ultratech, Inc., a supplier of lithography and laser-processing systems used to manufacture semiconductors, announced that it received 300 mm advanced packaging lithography-system orders from three of Japan's top five semiconductor manufacturers. These companies will use the Ultratech tools—expected to ship by the end of 2004—for solder-bump applications.
09/09/2004 (September 9, 2004) Washington, D.C.—IMAPS will sponsor an optoelectronics device packaging workshop and exhibition from October 11 through 14, 2004, at the Radisson Hotel in Bethlehem, Penn. The event will focus on advances in optoelectronics, opto device packaging and associated technologies.
09/09/2004 September 9, 2004 - The latest monthly data from the Semiconductor Equipment Association of Japan (SEAJ) provide more evidence of strong, yet slowing, demand for semiconductor manufacturing equipment.
09/09/2004 September 9, 2004 - DARPA has awarded Lucent Technologies a $9.5 million contract to develop an advanced microsystem that will make the design, engineering, and fabrication of next-generation advanced silicon ICs faster, more economical, and with increased security for military apps such as homeland security.
09/09/2004 September 9, 2004 - Thales and the French atomic energy commission CEA have formed a new joint laboratory in Grenoble, France, to work on RF MEMS to design and develop high-power microwave microswitches and ICs based on them.
09/09/2004 September 9--Austrian process equipment vendor EV Group said today that it is expanding its operations in North, combining the company's U.S. subsidiary headquarters and its Technology Center and Customer Support Division in the ASU Research Park in Tempe, AZ.
09/09/2004 MesoSystems Technology Inc. has a number of products in its pipeline, one an upgrade, and two in beta testing. The company began shipping its new and improved BioCapture 650 in June. The product samples air, looking for possible toxic threats. It collects airborne particles and soluble vapors from indoor or outdoor sites.
09/09/2004 Wireless communications firm Qualcomm Inc. announced plans Thursday to acquire Iridigm Display Corp., a MEMS-based, flat panel display maker. Qualcomm, which originally invested in Iridigm in 2002 and followed up in July of this year, said it would pay about $170 million for the 86 percent of Iridigm it does not own.
09/09/2004 Explaining nanotech to those who are unfamiliar with the concept is a challenge Daniel Davis enjoys. The audience Davis speaks to each day is the ultimate investor: the American public, whose tax dollars fund nanotech research initiatives. Davis meets that audience at the Boston Museum of Science where he leads them through a nanotech exhibit.
09/08/2004 September 8, 2004 - A slew of earnings updates from chipmakers suggest that the march of sustained strong growth for the industry is nearing an end.
09/08/2004 September 8, 2004 - EV Group, Scharding, Austria, is expanding its operations in North America in response to increased business and customer demand. EV Group Inc., the company's US subsidiary, will combine its headquarters, Technology Center, and Customer Support Division in the ASU Research Park in Tempe, AZ.
