12/12/2003 December 12, 2003 - JMAR Technologies, San Diego, CA, says its has achieved sub-100nm imaging using its collimated plasma lithography has x-ray source and wafer exposure system.
12/12/2003 December 12, 2003 - Isonics Corp., Golden, CO, has been awarded a US patent for its method of lowering the temperature of semiconductor devices built onto the wafer surface.
12/12/2003 DEC. 11--SANTA CLARA, Calif.--An attorney for IBM asked for a mistrial in the toxics trial after a juror indicated she had seen a ``Sixty Minutes II' television report featuring allegations that the computer company knowingly poisoned workers in its cleanrooms.
12/12/2003 Oregon officials have tapped a former Hewlett-Packard Co. executive to lead development of the state's first research center focused on micro- and nanotechnologies.
12/12/2003 If you believe the hype, small technology will eventually find its way into everything but the kitchen sink. In the white goods category, this may not be too much of an overstatement. Over the next several years, “intelligent” appliances tricked-out with microscale sensors and actuators will hit home.
12/12/2003 Several small tech firms have been named Technology Pioneers for 2004 (PDF, 229 KB) by the World Economic Forum, an independent, nonprofit foundation whose annual winter meeting in Switzerland draws world leaders from government, academia and business.
12/11/2003 (December 11, 2003) Gaithersburg, Md. — A decades-old, x-ray-based method for studying the atomic structure of materials may be the answer to a looming semiconductor industry need—a rugged, high-throughput technology for measuring dimensions of chip circuitry packed with devices approaching molecular proportions.
12/11/2003 December 11, 2003 - GSI Lumonics, Billerica, MA has completed its acquisition of Westwind Air Bearings Ltd., Poole, UK, in an all-cash deal worth about $37 million.
12/11/2003 (December 11, 2003) Herndon, Va. — Attracted by the National Electronics Manufacturing Initiative's lead-free initiatives, Endicott Interconnect Technologies (Endicott, N.Y.), Dell Inc. (Round Rock, Texas), and Senju Comtek Corp. (San Jose, Calif.) have jointed NEMI.
12/11/2003 North Carolina State University researchers have designed a way to manipulate microscopic floating droplets on a chip – a technique that could expand the capabilities of lab-on-a-chip devices, according to a university news release.
12/11/2003 Almost without notice, a number of innovative, advanced material firms in the emerging fuel cell market have been acquired by larger firms. Two recent examples are Cabot CorpÂ’s acquisition of Superior MicroPowders for $16 million in the United States and Belgium-based TimcalÂ’s takeover of Erachem ComilogÂ’s carbon black business unit in Europe. Both are poised to supply materials to fuel cell makers.
12/10/2003 December 10, 2003 - -- FASL LLC, Sunnyvale, CA, plans to ramp manufacturing capacity for Spansion Flash memory products in 2004 to meet demand from AMD and Fujitsu for wireless products.
12/10/2003 December 10, 2003 - The past week has been busy for high-k materials, with three separate announcements from companies and organizations detailing the progress of their research.
12/10/2003 Texas Instruments Inc. is working with the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology at Lausanne on a chip combining standard semiconductor and single-electron transistors (SET) that could shrink the size and power consumption of computing devices, according to a news release.
12/10/2003 ItÂ’s estimated there have been more than 200 small tech conferences over the past 12 months. So why did the European Union organize yet another in Trieste, Italy? The short answer: To get all the key people together. The location has been aptly chosen, as a symbolic juncture between East and West. Many of the countries looking to join the European Union have sent delegates.
12/09/2003 December 9, 2003 - Three leading Japanese manufacturers of probe cards are providing fiscal projections that are on both sides of the spectrum.
12/09/2003 (December 9, 2003) Piscataway, N.J. — IEEE's Components, Packaging and Manufacturing Technology Society (CPMT) has announced its new officer lineup beginning January 1, 2004.
12/09/2003 DEC. 8--ELK GROVE VILLAGE, Ill.--Specialty Coatings Company, Inc. has developed a series of high tech coatings that impart antimicrobial properties to control the growth of bacteria, mold and mildew on surfaces in food, beverage, pharmaceutical and electronics manufacturing environments.
