12/09/2003 Chuck Black and Kathryn Guarini demonstrated their nanotech breakthrough with strands of pipe-cleaner wire. In a preview of today's announcement, the two IBM researchers explained how they coaxed two different polymers – stringy molecules they represented with different-colored pipe cleaners – to assemble themselves into a honeycombed template of 20-nanometer holes.
12/08/2003 (December 8, 2003) Washington D.C. — IMAPS, the International Microelectronics and Packaging Society, has announced that its Executive Director, Richard M. Breck, is retiring. A search is currently underway for his replacement.
12/08/2003 (December 8, 2004) Armonk, N.Y. — IBM announced that it has successfully applied a novel approach in nanotechnology to aid conventional semiconductor processing—potentially enabling continued device miniaturization and chip performance improvements.
12/08/2003 Move over, lab-on-a-chip. Those microdevices are advancing biotech and life sciences, but a lesser-known tributary of microfluidics is working toward one-upping them with a "chemical plant in a box." Just last week, Global Hydrogen Inc. – a joint venture between Velocys Inc. and ConocoPhillips – revealed plans to apply microchemical processing to convert natural gas into pure hydrogen or synthetic diesel fuel.
12/08/2003 Revenues for MEMS gyros are expected to grow by more than $100 million in the next four years based on their ability to sense and measure rotational motion in automotive and military applications, according to a new report.
12/08/2003 IBM researchers have used a molecular self-assembly technique that could help boost a chip's performance while shrinking its size, according to a news release.
12/05/2003 (December 5, 2003) Phoenix, Ariz. —Semico Research Corp. has released its latest Inflection Point Indicator (IPI) index number. The IPI is a key forecasting tool that predicts the overall strength of the semiconductor industry approximately six to eight months in advance.
12/05/2003 DEC. 5--MALVERN, Penn.--Veltek Associates, Inc. has completed its move from Phoenixville to its new manufacturing facility in this city, located approximately 30 miles west of Philadelphia.
12/05/2003 DEC. 4--BURNSVILLE, Minn.-- Atrix International has introduced vacuums for ISO Class 7 and better cleanrooms that are either HEPA or ULPA as well as ESD safe and EMI/RFI filtered.
12/05/2003 (December 5, 2003) Raleigh, N.C. — Global electronics supplier TT electronics PLC has announced its acquisition of optoelectronic manufacturer Optek Technology, Inc., from privately held Dyson-Kissner-Moran Corp. (DKM).
12/05/2003 TYCO ELECTRONICS APPOINTS HEREDIA
(December 5, 2003) Willow Grove, Penn. — Tyco Electronics, a business segment of Tyco International Ltd., recently announced the appointment of Ricardo Heredia as Tyco Electronics Automation Group's Business Development Manager for Puerto Rico.
12/05/2003 (December 5, 2003) Schärding, Austria—EV Group (EVG), a MEMS, nano and semiconductor wafer processing equipment manufacturer, has entered into a cooperation agreement with AMO GmbH (AMO), on advanced ultraviolet-nanoimprint lithography (UV-NIL).
12/05/2003 MWG Biotech AG, a Germany-based tool and technology developer for life science, has teamed up with an Irish university and research center to establish a microarray facility, according to a news release.
12/05/2003 Caliper Technologies Corp.'s former chief executive and co-founder is among the senior managers leaving the company in the latest phase of a reorganization plan announced in August by the microfluidics startup.
12/04/2003 December 2, 2003 - Nikon Corp., Belmont, CA, has unveiled plans to introduce ArF immersion lithography equipment, based on its NSR-S307E 193nm lithography tool.
