01/28/2004 (January 28, 2004) Albuquerque, N.M.—Researchers from the Department of Energy's Sandia National Laboratories and the University of New Mexico have developed a new way of mimicking photosynthetic proteins to manipulate platinum at the nanoscale. The method has the potential of changing the metal's properties and benefiting emerging technologies.
01/28/2004 JAN. 28--TAIPEI--Infineon Technologies, Europe's second-largest chip maker, that it had agreed to buy a unit of Accton Technology, the Taiwanese maker of computer networks, for $101 million to bolster its Internet access business.
01/28/2004 JAN. 27--SANTA CLARA, Calif.--A respected cancer researcher Monday told jurors in the IBM toxics trial that exposure to cleanroom chemicals did not cause breast cancer in a former employee suing the computer giant.
01/28/2004 (January 28, 2004) San Jose, Calif.—Tessera Technologies Inc., a technology developer and services provider for semiconductor chip-scale and multichip packages, has announced financial results for the fourth quarter and year ended December 31, 2003.
01/28/2004 Ion Optics Inc. (News, Web), a Waltham, Mass., developer of MEMS-based gas sensors and other products, closed a $4 million Series C round of financing, according to a news release.
01/28/2004 The MEMS Industry Group, a Pittsburgh trade association representing the MEMS and microstructure industry, promoted Ellen McDevitt to the position of managing director.
01/28/2004 Chances are, consumers will never see IBMÂ’s nanocrystal flash memory on the marketplace. But the self-assembly technique used for making the nanocrystals could become a cornerstone in Big BlueÂ’s future miniaturized components. IBM uses a technique that allows polymers to self-assemble into a honeycomb pattern with holes as small as 20 nanometers.
01/27/2004 (January 27, 2004) Wilsonville, Ore.—Mentor Graphics Corp., a provider of electronic hardware and software design services, has released its outlook for 2004. The company is expecting total revenue of $722 million; split $165 million in the first quarter; $170 million in each of the second and third quarters; and $217 million in the fourth.
01/27/2004 January 27, 2004 - Semiconductor equipment orders in December 2003 surpassed $1.1 billion for the first time since August 2002, with overall figures continuing to indicate a healthy recovery is underway, according to Semiconductor Equipment and Materials International (SEMI).
01/27/2004 January 27, 2004 - MEMC Electronic Materials Inc., St. Peters, MO, plans to acquire the remaining 55% of shares it does not own in Taisil Electronic Materials Corp., a Taiwanese manufacturer of polished and epitaxial silicon wafers.
01/27/2004 January 27, 2004 - Joosung Engineering Inc., a Korea-based manufacturer of chemical vapor deposition (CVD) systems, has filed a complaint with Taiwan's corporate regular against AKT Inc. alleging violation of fair trade laws.
01/27/2004 January 27, 2004 - Sumitomo Metal Mining Co. Ltd. plans to create a new company in Shanghai to produce bonding wire for domestic chip assembly plants.
01/27/2004 NanoCure Corp., an Ann Arbor, Mich., developer of a nanoscale therapeutic platform for cancer treatment, was awarded a contract from the Michigan Economic Development Corporation for $187,075 over three years, according to a news release.
01/27/2004 The new Audi A8 6.0's headlights feature them, and 12,000 of them illuminate the Jefferson Memorial in Washington, D.C. They are white LEDs, full-spectrum versions of the colored light-emitting pinpoints commercialized in recent decades.
But if bigger, brighter white LEDs can be manufactured more economically, they could challenge the 100-year-old incandescent bulb in the multibillion-dollar lighting market.
01/27/2004 Analog Devices Inc. (NYSE: ADI, News, Web), a Norwood, Mass., developer of MEMS and integrated circuits for analog and digital applications, introduced its ADXL32x family of iMEMS accelerometers.
01/27/2004 Optiva Inc., a South San Francisco, Calif., provider of nanomaterials for optical applications, named Peter Hopper as chief executive officer.
01/27/2004 Mesophotonics Ltd., a Southampton, England, developer of photonic crystal technology, announced closing a $10 million second round of funding.
01/26/2004 JAN. 26--AMSTERDAM- Dutch firm Philips Electronics said on Monday it was preparing to mass-produce a slim, book-sized display panel onto which consumers could download newspapers and magazines -- then roll up and put away.
01/26/2004 January 26, 2004 - Oki Electric Industry Co. Ltd. has licensed semiconductor packaging technology from Tessera Technologies, San Jose, CA, for use in devices including microcontrollers and ASICs.
