02/06/2004 The Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) has teamed up with Magma Design Automation Inc. to create a nanoscale integrated circuit design lab in China, according to a news release.
02/06/2004 There is a growing mantra that molecular nanotechnology and its precursors will clean up the toxic mess left by older technologies, then produce clean energy and materials to replace them. Yet each time that I suggest building such features into nanotechnology from the start, the reply is: “We’ve got other things to worry about such as how to build the darn assembler."
02/05/2004 (February 5, 2004) San Jose, Calif.—SEMI has published 25 new technical standards applicable to the semiconductor and flat panel display manufacturing industries.
02/05/2004 February 5, 2004 - Nikon Corp. is building a $70 million worldwide training center in the US, following entrenched efforts from rivals ASML and Canon.
02/05/2004 February 5, 2004 - ADE Corp., Westwood, MA, said a Delaware jury has ruled in favor of the company in a patent suit brought by KLA-Tencor Corp., San Jose, CA.
02/05/2004 February 5, 2004 - SEMI, San Jose, CA, has published 25 new standards governing various steps for manufacturing semiconductors and flat-panel displays.
02/05/2004 The total global demand for nanoscale tools and technologies is expected to increase an average of 30 percent a year to reach nearly $29 billion by 2008, according to a new report.
02/05/2004 Boulder, Colo.-based firms Sporian Microsystems Inc. and Phase IV Engineering have teamed up on a U.S. Army project to develop a wireless sensor for monitoring drinking water supplies, according to a news release.
02/05/2004 Small tech accounted for 4.9 percent of the $4.9 billion in venture capital invested in the United States during the fourth quarter. Typical for the year was the experience of Kionix Inc., which managed to raise VC funds by focusing on market opportunity rather than sexy technology. Not surprisingly, California dominated the states list, with 10 deals worth $69.6 million in Q4.
02/05/2004 Orla Protein Technologies Ltd., a Newcastle, England-based nanobiotechnology company, raised $513,000 in a second round of funding, according to a news release.
02/04/2004 FEB. 4--BELMONT, Calif.--Nikon Corp. says it will build a new worldwide training center here to meet the growing demand for training from English-speaking countries around the world.
02/04/2004 (February 4, 2004) Scotts Valley, Calif.—Carsem has completed construction of their Carsem-Suzhou Ltd. facility, located in the province of Jiangsu, 50 miles (80 km) west of Shanghai. The new factory is 172,000 sq. ft. and is located in the Suzhou Industrial Park.
02/04/2004 February 4, 2003 - Semiconductor Manufacturing International (SMIC) has received $285 million in loans from four banks in China, to help expand production capacity at its 200mm facilities in Shanghai.
02/04/2004 Nuclear engineer Michael Kaminski and neurologist Axel Rosengart are the first to admit their system for detoxifying contaminated blood is still getting its legs. Yet they expect it will be not only a front-runner for treating soldiers or civilians exposed to threats such as anthrax, but it may even be a triple-crown winner. The two are developing a magnetic nanoparticle-based technology that removes biological, radiological and in some cases chemical toxins from blood.
02/04/2004 Kionix Inc., an Ithaca, N.Y. provider of MEMS products, brought on a slew of new investors to close a $28.5 million second funding round, according to Greg Galvin, president and chief executive.
02/04/2004 Eikos Inc., a Franklin, Mass., developer of transparent carbon nanotube inks for conductive coatings and circuits, received a $1 million investment from Itochu International Inc., a U.S. subsidiary of Itochu Corp. of Japan, according to a news release.
02/04/2004 Ultratech Inc. (Quote, News, Web) http://www.ultratech.com, a San Jose, Calif., developer of lithography tools for semiconductor and nanotechnology device fabrication, reported fourth quarter earnings of $3.3 million, or 13 cents per share, compared to a $2.4 million loss in the fourth quarter of 2002. Revenue was $26.8 million, up from $20.7 million in the year-earlier period.
02/04/2004 TRW Automotive Holdings Corp. (NYSE: TRW, News, Web), a Livonia, Mich.-based global automotive supplier, priced an initial public offering Tuesday at $28 per share and began trading on the New York Stock Exchange.
02/04/2004 BioMicro Systems Inc., a Salt Lake City supplier of microfluidics-based biological research products, announced the introduction of its Maui Mixer DC on Tuesday.
