07/11/2008 July 11, 2008 -- NexPlanar Corporation recently completed a $14.5 million round of funding to commercialize the next generation of chemical mechanical planarization (CMP) pad technology for semiconductor devices.
07/10/2008 July 10, 2008 -- Researchers at Hitachi Cambridge Laboratory (Cambridge, England) and the Nano-Science Center, Niels Bohr Institute, University of Copenhagen have created a so-called "double quantum dot" by placing two 50 nm titanium electrodes on the carbon nanotube to act as source and drain, along with three central top-gate electrodes of aluminum oxide and titanium.
07/10/2008 Gartner has lowered its capex forecast yet again amid a bursting memory industry bubble, global economic uncertainties, and "little upside potential currently visible for the near term."
07/10/2008 Tiger Optics says its latest analyzer, Tiger-i, targets ambient molecular contaminants (AMCs), in particular HF and HCl, which can contribute to the formation of ammonium chloride and ammonium fluoride microcrystals, the origin of "haze" on wafer surfaces and reticles.
07/09/2008 Semiconductor foundries' recent vows to step up pricing may be stalled due to softer-than-anticipated demand projections for 3Q, according to one analyst firm.
07/09/2008 Packaging and test equipment for MEMS could be as much as a $2 billion potential opportunity, as the devices move into high-volume consumer applications.
Booming demand for MEMS systems in consumer applications means the MEMS market is seeing unit growth of more than 25% a year, reports Yole Developpement.
07/09/2008 July 9, 2008 -- The Moncada Energy Group s.r.l., a private producer of renewable energy in Italy, has awarded Applied Materials, Inc. a contract to establish what will be Moncada's first photovoltaic (PV) module production facility and Applied's first SunFab line in Italy
07/09/2008 July 9, 2008 -- Siimpel Corporation, a supplier of optical microsystems solutions, and VistaPoint Technologies a business unit of Flextronics and supplier of mobile camera solutions have introduced the first silicon MEMS-based autofocus camera for the handset market.
07/09/2008 July 9, 2008 -- Arrowhead Research Corporation has formed Agonn Systems Corporation to explore, develop and commercialize nanotechnology-based energy storage devices for electric vehicles and other large format applications.
07/08/2008 EV Group(EVG)announced the order and successful installation of its 300-mm bonding, alignment, and photoresist fully automatic processing tools at ST Microelectronics'(ST) 300-mm through-silicon-via (TSV) pilot line in Crolles, France. The company says the tools will be used in the manufacture of CMOS imaging sensors (CIS) Using TSV technology.
07/08/2008 By Darren James, Rudolph Technologies, Inc.
With the cost of some advanced packages reaching several times the cost of the die they contain, the value contributed by functional testing, which allows manufacturers to avoid the cost of packaging defective die, has grown dramatically. Of course, testing has its own costs in both money and time.
07/08/2008 In a pre-SEMICON West interview, Ludo Deferm, IMEC's VP of business development, discusses the changes required in R&D models to accommodate fabless/fab-lite companies, and how IMEC is helping research partners understand the impact of 3D technology and the added value of design.
07/08/2008 with nutria feeding on the grounds, ducklings gathering in the lake, tulips in bloom, and greening outdoor soccer fields — provided a great spot for quiet thinking.
07/08/2008 As part of its expansion strategy into established and emerging electronics manufacturing regions, the electronics group of Henkel announced a distribution partnership with PEM Technologies in South Africa to represent its line of Loctite brand electronics adhesives.
07/08/2008 July 8, 2008 -- SV Probe (SV), a wholly owned subsidiary of SGX mainboard-listed Ellipsiz Ltd, has introduced two new probe cards: LogicTouch, a MEMS-based fine pitch vertical probe card, and SureTouch, a one touch full wafer probe solution for NAND Flash Memory.
07/08/2008 July 8, 2008 -- Greatbatch, Inc. and Integrated Sensing Systems, Inc. (ISSYS) have entered into an agreement to collaboratively develop miniature wireless implantable sensing solutions to be commercialized in partnership with OEM medical device manufacturers servicing the cardiac rhythm management (CRM), neurosurgical, neuromodulation, ophthalmology and orthopedic markets.
07/07/2008 JUNE 12, 2008 -- The firm, which provides its training and consulting services to pharmaceutical manufacturers and suppliers across the country, will invest $1.6 million to purchase an existing 10,000 sq. ft. facility to house its expanded operations.
07/07/2008 JUNE 16, 2008 -- The billings figure is 7 percent greater than the fourth quarter of 2007 and 2 percent less than the same quarter a year ago.
07/07/2008 With SEMICON West 2008 just one week away, July 15-17,at the Moscone Center, San Francisco CA, exhibitors are getting the word out to make sure attendees don't miss a thing. While SEMI has a full-line up of conferences, keynotes, and workshops planned, many exhibitors will be leveraging the venue to announce new processes, technologies, products, and more.
