11/13/2002 Nov. 13, 2002 - Munich, Germany, and Taoyuen, Taiwan - Infineon Technologies and Nanya Technology Corp. have signed final contracts concerning strategic cooperation on standard memory chips (DRAM).
11/13/2002 Consumer electronics makers will put MEMS devices in more products because they offer more performance and functionality for the same or lower price. But the expanding market comes with growing pains, according to a new report.
11/13/2002 Hewlett-Packard Co. said it has received a U.S. patent that helps consolidate and strengthen its inventions related to molecular electronics.
11/13/2002 The transition from concept to high-volume MEMS production is expensive and risky. While engineering resources exist for taking a good idea for a microdevice through design, prototyping, testing and high-volume production, the infrastructure for doing so is still evolving. There are no guarantees of success, no standards to follow and packaging problems continue to be almost insurmountable.
11/12/2002 NOV. 12--OMAHA, Neb.--Skylark Meats Inc. has recalled more than 111,000 pounds of ground beef after a 3-pound package tested positive for E. coli O157:H7, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture and the Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services (FDACS).
11/12/2002 Nov. 12, 2002 - Tokyo, Japan - Toshiba Matsushita Display Technology Co. Ltd. has announced that at the end of November it will begin outsourcing final assembly of LCDs to a Japanese-affiliated plant in Guangdong Province, China.
11/12/2002 Nov. 12, 2002 - Seoul, Korea - Creditor banks of Hynix Semiconductor Inc. plan to lend China's BOE Technology Group Co. about $210 million to finance its purchase of Hynix's FPD unit, an official from Korea Exchange Bank (KEB) said.
11/12/2002 Japan's Mitsubishi Corp. said it will launch a joint venture next month for mass producing carbon nanotubes in the United States, according to the Jiji Press English News Service.
11/12/2002 Power Paper Ltd. said it has signed a deal with Hasbro Inc., giving the toymaker titan access to the Israeli firm's micropower source technology in future toys and games.
11/12/2002 Tire pressure monitoring and global positioning systems are among the areas spurring billion-dollar growth for MEMS sensors, according to a new report.
11/12/2002 The goal of the New Jersey Nanotechnology Consortium, a nonprofit corporation headquartered at Bell Labs, is to leverage the center's 40 years of experience commercializing technology. CTO Om Nalamasu says that companies that want to unlock the commercial potential of small tech need to pool resources.
11/12/2002 BioTrove Inc., a Cambridge, Mass.-based developer of drug discovery tools, announced $5.25 million in second round financing. Catalyst Health and Technology Partners led the round. CB Health Ventures, Zero Stage Capital and BioFrontier Partners also participated. All are new investors in BioTrove.
11/12/2002 BioForce Nanosciences, an Ames, Iowa, developer of nanoarray technologies for biomolecular analysis, has received $2.5 million in an ongoing first round of funding, according to Mandy Potter, communications manager. Potter said the goal is to raise $3 million and the company anticipates keeping the round open until January 2003.
11/12/2002 Small Times magazine has announced its 2002 Small Times Magazine Best of Small Tech Awards, recognizing the best people, products and companies in nanotechnology, MEMS and microsystems.
11/11/2002 NOV. 11--EAST BERLIN, Conn.--Liberty Industries, a manufacturer and distributor of cleanroom equipment, is now providing HEPA and ULPA air filtration products made by Airguard (Louisville, Kentucky).
11/11/2002 NOV.11-- NEW HAVEN, Conn.--Molecular Staging Inc. (MSI) has received a Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) grant award from the Department of Energy (DOE) to develop methods for microbial DNA amplification using their proprietary Multiple Displacement Amplification (MDA) technology.
11/11/2002 Nov. 11, 2002-Amsterdam, Netherlands--Royal Philips Electronics announced plans for the phased closure of its semiconductor fabrication operation in Albuquerque, New Mexico, at the end of 2003.
11/11/2002 In 1994, Mike Jamiolkowski became fascinated by MEMS technology and incorporated Microcosm Technologies to develop MEMS design software. Today, the company now known as Coventor Inc. is getting ready for a December unveiling of its latest software release, CoventorWare2003. But the past eight years have seen many Coventor technology makeovers.
