07/23/2003 JULY 23--PORTLAND, Ore.--Synetics Solutions, Inc., a supplier of integrated automation and subsystem solutions for the semiconductor equipment industry, has expanded of its in-house performance testing capabilities at its 125,000-square-feet headquarters here.
07/23/2003 NanoInk Inc. and Carbon Nanotechnologies Inc. (CNI) have teamed up to use single-wall carbon nanotubes in next-generation nanofabricated devices, according to a news release.
07/23/2003 The industrial age brought increased exposure to dangerous heavy metals like lead, mercury or arsenic as factories dumped contaminated wastewater into rivers and oceans. The nanotechnology age could mark the end of this particular toxic chapter. Scientists and manufacturers from Germany, Ireland and the United Kingdom have developed a process that uses nanoparticles to draw heavy metals out of industrial wastewater with a little help from simple magnetism.
07/22/2003 JULY 22--AUSTIN, Texas--International Sematech, a research and development consortium, has validated a fourth-generation automated material handling system (AMHS) that combines independently made overheard transport (OHT) and conveyor systems within a 300 mm fab.
07/22/2003 Tessera 3-D Symposium Demonstrates Greater Supply Chain Cooperation, Advanced Packaging Media Sponsor
SAN JOSE, CALIF.
Driven largely by the wireless handset market and emerging high-performance computing requirements, the semiconductor industry is increasingly looking to advanced packaging solutions ...
(July 17, 2003)
07/22/2003 Semiconductor Companies Take Center Stage at Advanced Packaging Award Program
SAN JOSE, CALIF.
On Wednesday, July 16, Advanced Packaging magazine honored top supplier companies and their staffs with the 2003 Advanced Packaging Awards at a ceremony held here at the McEnery Convention Center.
(July 22, 2003)
07/22/2003 Power Paper Ltd., an Israeli provider of thin and flexible micro power source technology for toys, radio frequency identification tags and cosmetic patches, announced a $12 million extension to its fourth round of funding. The company previously announced $3 million in October of last year. The company has raised $29 million to date.
07/22/2003 Quantum Dot Corp. and NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory teamed up to make a more sensitive single-use diagnostic test using nanocrystals, according to a news release.
07/21/2003 Dozens of companies in Europe are making new microarray and microfluidic devices for very specific applications, but European industry has yet to commercialize lab-on-chip (LOC) devices that can be used in a more flexible way. “We are looking for the flexibility of a mass spectrometer or a chromatograph for quality control in industry,” said Andreas Manz, an Imperial College of London professor and pioneer in LOC technology.
07/21/2003 Inside the offices of Nanosys Inc., Calvin Chow posed a question: "What can you do with just one nanowire?" It's hardly hypothetical. In the future, nanowires could be used in complex electronic devices. But Chow, Nanosys' chief operating officer, wants to know what can be done with a single nanowire – today. His answer: biosensors.
07/18/2003 July 18, 2003 - Robotic Vision Systems Inc. (RVSI), Nashua, NH, has unveiled two new tools for bumped wafer inspection, as well as a pair of tools to enhance its lead scanning systems.
07/18/2003 July 18, 2003 - Customers of both large and small wafer-processing companies gave kudos to a wide range of vendors, but overall rankings were lower than in previous years, according to a new report from VLSI. The ratings are calculated based on customer surveys in which suppliers were ranked on a ten-point scale, covering thirteen categories describing equipment performance and customer service.
07/18/2003 As tiny microphones built with small tech are getting ready to leap into mobile phones, hearing aids, personal digital assistants and MP3 players, thereÂ’s already some competition brewing. Akustica Inc. and Knowles Acoustics Inc., with DenmarkÂ’s SonionMEMS as a dark horse, are vying for market leadership in MEMS-made mikes.
07/18/2003 U.S. Secretary of Energy Spencer Abraham joined several dignitaries Friday for the official groundbreaking of a $65 million nanoscale research center at Oak Ridge National Laboratory, according to a news release.
07/17/2003 JULY 16--LIVERMORE, Calif.--The assets of Eco-Snow Systems, a designer of cleaning systems for semiconductor and other electronics markets, have been sold to New Jersey-based BOC for $6.4 million.
