01/19/2004 SensoNor ASA (News, Web) has chosen SUSS MicroTec AG's (News, Web) MEMS production systems to make tire pressure sensors, according to a news release.
01/19/2004 When is a wire more than a wire? When you add the "nano" prefix, of course. On one level, "nanowire" is a literal term: a channel for electrons or photons no wider than a few thousand atoms. But scientists have conjured fine filaments they also call nanowires that may one day serve as lasers or detectors of dangerous molecules or defective genes.
01/16/2004 January 16, 2004 - CapOneSource, a shared services alliance of 26 semiconductor equipment companies, has been incorporated as a limited liability company.
01/16/2004 January 16, 2004 - PsiloQuest, Orlando, FL, a manufacturer of polishing pads used in chemical mechanical planarization (CMP) processes, has closed a $7.0 million round of Series B funding.
01/16/2004 (January 16, 2004) San Jose, Calif.—Xilinx Inc. recently issued a product advisory potentially affecting certain lots of its Viretex-II Pro and XC2V6000 products using flip chip technology. The affected parts were manufactured using improper solder material that may cause random upset of device configuration.
01/16/2004 Altair Nanomaterials Inc. (News, Web) said it would receive $150,000 for its role in the first phase of a federally funded program to lower the cost of producing titanium metal and expanding its use, according to a news release.
01/16/2004 A Swiss-based firm plans to be among the first in Europe to raise a nanotechnology venture capital fund. Zurich based NanoDimension is attempting to raise as much as $93 million to invest in nanotechnology, despite a decision by German investment group Capital Stage to abandon its own plans for a $120 million fund.
01/16/2004 pSivida Limited, an Australian biotechnology company working to commercialize nanostructured porous silicon, announced that it will trade under the symbol PSI on the Berlin, Munich and Stuttgart stock exchanges. The companyÂ’s stock will continue trading on the Australian and Frankfurt exchanges.
01/16/2004 CanadaÂ’s National Research Council began a search this week for a permanent director of its National Institute for Nanotechnology in Edmonton, Alberta.
01/15/2004 JAN. 15--LAS VEGAS--PTS Products International, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of PTS, Inc., has signed an exclusive marketing and distribution agreement for the Glove Box in Malaysia, where approximately 60 percent of the world's latex glove production is manufactured.
01/15/2004 JAN. 14--BOISE, Idaho--SCP Global Technologies, a leading supplier of semiconductor cleanroom equipment, has entered into a joint development agreement with a Asian DRAM manufacturer.
01/15/2004 January 15, 2004 - Korea chipmaker Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. reported record 4Q03 sales of $10.85 billion with a net income of $1.57 billion, short of analyst expectations but up 24% from a year ago.
01/15/2004 January 15, 2004 - Singapore-based wafer manufacturer Systems on Silicon Manufacturing (SSMC), a government-sponsored JV between Philips Semiconductors and TSMC, plans to spend $250 million in 2004 to expand capacity of 200mm wafers to 33,000 per month, more than originally planned.
01/15/2004 January 15, 2004 - Nanometrics Inc., Milpitas, CA, has signed a deal to supply integrated metrology units to Japan's Ebara Corp. for use with its CMP products.
01/15/2004 January 15, 2004 - Infineon Technologies has established a new subsidiary and IC design center in China, Infineon Technologies Xi'an Co. Ltd., focusing on applications for communications, automotive, and industrial electronics.
01/15/2004 (January 15, 2004) Sunnyvale, Calif.—UMC, a global semiconductor foundry, has appointed Patrick Lin as chief SOC architect to lead the company's System Architecture Support group. The creation of this new position, based at the company's Silicon Valley office, adds a unique dimension to foundry services by providing focused, targeted support for customers designing sophisticated SoCs on UMC's process technologies.
01/15/2004 A next-generation biotech instrument maker with ties to Delft University of Technology in the Netherlands has launched in the United States, according to a news release.
01/15/2004 In another sign that the nascent nanotechnology sector is evolving into a viable area of specialization, Harris & Harris Group Inc. announced this morning that Daniel Leff, a senior associate at Sevin Rosen Funds, will join the firm as executive vice president and managing director on Jan. 19. Leff will establish and run the firmÂ’s West Coast office in Los Angeles.
