04/11/2008 Apr. 11, 2008 - Four Taiwanese chip assembly firms have received approval from the Ministry of Economic Affairs (MOEA) to send nearly $90M in investments to business interests in China, ahead of what may be an increase in cross-strait business deals following the appointment of a more liberally minded Taiwan government.
04/11/2008 Apr. 11, 2008 - Elpida memory expects a ¥20B (US $197.7M) group operating loss for the just-ended fiscal year, the company's first such loss since its market listing in late 2004. Meanwhile, TEL chip equipment orders during fiscal 4Q08 were at their lowest level in nearly three years.
04/11/2008 Apr. 11, 2008 - Image sensor sales are poised to return to growth in 2008 after a "rare" off year in 2007, rising about 10% to a record ~$7.6B, according to a new report from IC Insights.
04/11/2008 ManTech SRS Technologies' new Corin XLS Polyimide, based on Polyhedral Oligomeric Silsesquioxanes (POSS) nanotechnology, is a colorless, organic/inorganic nanocomposite that promises unsurpassed levels of optical clarity, oxidative stability and stability to solar radiation.
04/11/2008 April 11, 2008 -- /ROCKVILLE, MD/ -- Genzyme Corp. (Cambridge, MA), Genzyme Europe B.V., and Genzyme Polyclonals, S.A.S. (Lyons, France) are initiating a voluntary recall of three finished product lots of Thymoglobulin.
04/10/2008 Russian microscopy developer NT-MDT brings nanotechnology discovery to the Mac OS with "the first automated scanning probe microscope (SPM) for broad application," Solver NEXT -- and with NanoEducator, a scanning probe microscope (SPM).
04/10/2008 by Debra Vogler, Senior Technical Editor, Solid State Technology
Apr. 10, 2008 - Spansion exec John Nation tells WaferNEWS about the company's production plans for its 65nm and 45nm MirrorBit Eclipse chips for wireless handsets, including the benefits of built-in self test and why a heavy commitment to immersion lithography benefits the firm's flexible manufacturing strategy.
04/10/2008 April 10, 2008 -- /ARLINGTON HEIGHTS, IL/ -- The IEST will offer contamination control professionals the opportunity to enhance their skills while at the same time allowing for exposure to real-world experience during the tutorial "Swabbing Protocols for Cleaning Validation."
04/10/2008 - MEMS accelerometers have hit the limelight with all the consumer applications in gaming devices, such as the Nintendo Wii, and smart phones like Apple's iPhone. But these popular products are only the high-profile advance wave of what will be a rising tide of new and innovative uses for the tiny motion sensors, says Douglas McEuen, senior analyst at ABI Research.
04/10/2008 April 10, 2008 -- /HUDSON, WI/ -- GEA Procomac, a GEA Group company specialized in aseptic filling technology for PET containers, has received a letter of non-objection from the FDA for aseptic filling systems for low acid shelf-stable products.
04/10/2008 April 10, 2008 -- /PRNewswire/ -- PRINCETON, NJ -- Laureate Pharma, Inc. today announced that it has entered into a cGMP contract manufacturing agreement with Alopexx Pharmaceuticals, LLC.
04/09/2008 Apr. 9, 2008 - Industry analysis firm iSuppli is lowering its outlook for semiconductor sales overall to just 4% growth in 2008 instead of a previously projected 7.5% increase -- a few weeks after it warned it would do so, and a day after slashing its outlook for the NAND flash memory sector.
04/09/2008 Apr. 9, 2008 - Sunovia Energy Technologies and EPIR Technologies say their R&D efforts have achieved "breakthroughs" in infrared sensors that will enable multijunction solar cells with high efficiencies and lower costs, through using less expensive IR system materials and manufacturing processes.
04/09/2008 EMC3D, an international semiconductor equipment and materials consortium dedicated to the cost-effective development of 3D through silicon via (TSV) interconnects, announced the addition of Datacon Technology to the organization. Datacon, manufacturer of die bonding & sorting equipment will provide high-precision assembly expertise to the consortium.
04/09/2008 Apr. 9, 2008 - SEMI has acquired the World Fab Watch database and 300mm Fab report from Strategic Marketing Associates, a year after it bought a number of publications and newsletters from the market research firm and its leader George Burns. SEMIM also will take control of the firm's Web site (scfab.com).
04/09/2008 Mobius Microsystems, Inc. has introduced what it calls "the world's most accurate, monolithic, all-CMOS frequency generators." Mobius hopes its products will displace quartz crystals, which have been the industry standard for decades, plus newer MEMS-based devices -- as Small Times' Barbara Goode reports.
04/09/2008 MEMS-based oscillators are at last beginning to leave the shelves in quantity, says German technology analyst firm Wicht Technologie Consulting (WTC), which was recently acquired by market-research rival iSuppli.
04/09/2008 Industrial Nanotech, Inc. says that its patented, nanotechnology-based Nansulate energy-saving protective coatings are now approved under the stringent European Union building codes.
04/09/2008 NanoDynamics is targeting the printed electronics industry with a range of nano-scale metal flakes and powders. "With rapid advancement towards smaller, more complex circuitry, along with a host of innovative printing substrates, the unique properties offered by nano-scale metals including silver, copper and silver-coated copper have become significant to further industry development," said Dr. Alan Rae, V.P. of Innovations at NanoDynamics.
04/09/2008 The Microsystems Packaging Research Center at Georgia Tech will hold its workshop to introduce its global industry-academia consortium on "Nano Packaging, Materials, Components & Systems (NanoPack)" on Tuesday, April 15, 2008. The purpose of NanoPack is to investigate going beyond nano materials and devices to form system level components leading to nano modules.
