01/06/2004 January 6, 2004 - Elbit Vision Systems Ltd., Yoqneam, Israel, a manufacturer of optical inspection equipment, has closed a $2.3 million round of funding.
01/06/2004 January 6, 2004 - Worldwide semiconductor sales continued to report solid gains in November 2003, posting growth for the ninth consecutive month and a solid double-digit increase from a year ago, according to data from the Semiconductor Industry Association (SIA).
01/06/2004 (January 6, 2004) Chandler, Ariz.—Amkor Technology Inc. recently completed the acquisition of its semiconductor assembly and test joint venture with Toshiba by purchasing Toshiba's 40 percent interest in Amkor Iwate Co. Ltd. for around $14 million. The buyout is being executed according to the schedule agreed by Amkor and Toshiba when the original deal was signed three years ago.
01/06/2004 (January 6, 2004) Champaign, Ill.—Put the inventor of the light-emitting diode and the maker of the world's fastest transistor together in a research laboratory and what kinds of bright ideas might surface? One answer is a light-emitting transistor that could revolutionize the electronics industry.
01/06/2004 (January 6, 2004) Fremont, Calif.—ChipPAC Inc. has announced the appointment of Robert Lanzone as vice president of Global Business Development. Lanzone will be responsible for worldwide sales and business development for ChipPAC.
01/06/2004 Researchers have developed a new way to perform a type of lymph node surgery important in determining whether cancer is spreading to other parts of a patientÂ’s body, according to a news release issued by Quantum Dot Corp.
01/06/2004 Philips has developed a thin electronic-paper display using a process called "electrowetting," a technology used in labs-on-a-chip but also fast enough to make electronic video paper possible. Multinationals are recognizing the market potential for e-paper displays that keep the physical properties of paper while combining them with the high-density storage capacity of electronic media.
01/06/2004 Fluidigm Corp., a South San Francisco, Calif., developer of microfluidic products, announced it has raised $21 million in Series D financing.
01/06/2004 psiloQuest Inc., an Orlando, Fla., manufacturer of specialty polishing pads for use in semiconductor manufacturing processes, closed on a $7 million Series B round of financing.
01/05/2004 January 5, 2004 - South Korea's imports of semiconductor products in 2003 grew 22.1% to $20.77 billion, outpacing a 16.7% increase in exports to $18.82 billion.
01/05/2004 (January 5, 2004) San Jose, Calif.—Worldwide sales of semiconductors rose to $16.13 billion in November 2003, a 4.5 percent increase from the $15.43 billion recorded in October, and a 25.7 percent rise from November of 2002, reports the Semiconductor Industry Association (SIA).
01/05/2004 Academia and government in New Zealand are trying to build a new image for this small nation of three million people: a nanotechnology research hotbed. Yet the country is still, as one professor put it, “on the edge of the known universe” – too small for a technology industry of its own to capitalize on its research, and thousands of miles away from potential partners.
01/05/2004 Venture-backed initial public offerings were up for the third quarter in a row, according to Thomson Venture Economics and the National Venture Capital Association (NVCA).
01/01/2004 Fan filter units—FFUs—are typically placed in ceiling grids (but some can be installed on walls) to create precision airflow in a cleanroom or minienvironment.
01/01/2004 leanroom planning and construction, a comprehensive review of worldwide standards and an essential revisit of the basics sums up day one of the CleanRooms East/PDA SciTech Summit, which will be held here at the Orange County Convention Center from March 8-12.
01/01/2004 There's one thing I learned very quickly many years ago when I took over the editorial reins of my first publication—never assume that your entire readership is working on the same level of understanding.
01/01/2004 Start-up companies and researchers in fast-growing biotech areas like metro Washington D.C., San Francisco, Raleigh-Durham and Boston are turning to labs that are the research equivalent of a brown-bag lunch?utilitarian, but basic.
01/01/2004 The trend toward smaller and less invasive devices will call for stricter contamination control. It could be time to take a page out of the semiconductor playbook.
