04/07/2008 During the recent Materials Research Society (MRS) spring meeting, Professor A. Paul Alivisatos of UC-Berkeley described, as part of his Kavli plenary lecture in nanosicence, recent work by his group and others on transformations in nanocrystals. Ed Korczynski, Senior Technical Editor of Solid State Technology reports.
04/07/2008 Xilinx, Inc., provider of programmable solutions and field programmable gate arrays (FPGAs) for the aerospace and defense industry introduced a reprogrammable, radiation-tolerant Virtex-4QV family optimized for high-performance logic, DSP, and embedded processing.
04/07/2008 Avago Technologies announced an innovative chip scale packaging technology which is said to enable miniaturization of transistors with high-frequency operation and superior thermal dissipation. Reportedly measuring a mere 1.0
04/04/2008 Henkel Corp. announced the aquisition of Ablestik and Emerson & Cuming, the adhesives group of National Starch, for approximately $6 billion. The companies will become part of Henkel's adhesives group, bringing in die attach, board-level interconnect, and related materials, along with intellectual property (IP) and a global manufacturing base. FULL STORY.
04/04/2008 Aviza Technology, Inc. supplier of advanced semiconductor capital equipment and process technologies announced restructuring plans intended to focus its core strengths in ALD technology for the sub-45nm nodes, and etch and PVD technologies for the fast growing 3D-IC market segments. Aviza reportedly believes it has competitive advantages as demonstrated by recent wins for ALD in Japan, Etch for MEMS devices and PVD for power ICs.
04/04/2008 Tessera Technologies, Inc. provider of miniaturization technologies for the electronics industry, and Kronos Advanced Technologies, Inc. developer of ionic- based products and technologies for air movement and purification, announced the sale and licensing of certain intellectual property (IP) rights related to Kronos proprietary technologies to Tessera.
04/03/2008 A new series, which begins airing on public television stations in 17 states plus the District of Columbia this month, features discussion of nanotechnology and its potential impacts.
04/03/2008 by Ed Korczynski, Senior Technical Editor, Solid State Technology
April 3, 2008 - The annual Materials Research Society spring meeting in San Francisco (Mar. 24-28) showcased over 40 technical sessions running in parallel, with >10 sessions of interest to the semiconductor manufacturing industry at any given time, including theories and results for new IC memory cells, extensions of CMOS logic and doping technologies, and future quantum-dots and nano-rods.
04/03/2008 mPhase/AlwaysReady, Inc. says it made "battery history" today by demonstrating for the first time, during an event in New York City, a "significant breakthrough in battery technology." The company's Smart NanoBattery uses microfluidics and nanotechnology to enable a battery that enables electronics to power up immediately.
04/03/2008 Binghamton University inaugurated its Center for Advanced Microelectronics Manufacturing (CAMM) facility this week. A collaborative effort by Binghamton University, Endicott Interconnect Technologies and Cornell University, the CAMM plans to pioneer microelectronics manufacturing research and development in a roll-to-roll (R2R) format.
04/03/2008 April 3, 2008 -- /SAN DIEGO, CA/ -- PURE Bioscience today announces a partnership with privately-held Rockline Industries, Inc. for North American distribution of PURE's ready-to-use "Powered by SDC" disinfectant product and for the development and North American distribution of wipes products as well as new disinfectant, sanitizer, and preservative products containing PURE's patented antimicrobial, silver dihydrogen citrate.
04/03/2008 memsstar Technology, a supplier of etch and deposition equipment supplier to the MEMS industry, has signed a memorandum of understanding with Canon Marketing Japan to market and promote memsstar products to Japanese MEMS manufacturers and developers.
04/03/2008 April 3, 2008 -- /PRNewswire/ -- NEWINGTON, CT -- MALIBU, a joint venture of Schuco International KG and German energy giant E.ON, is building a $135 million production facility for manufacturing large-scale photovoltaic modules based on state-of-the-art thin film technology.
04/03/2008 by Debra Vogler, Senior Technical Editor, Solid State Technology April 3, 2008 - JSR Microelectronics tells WaferNEWS about its new "freezing material" targeting brightfield applications (i.e., line first double-patterning (DP) processes), and why logic and some memory applications should be a good fit.
04/02/2008 The new Trident 256Jet-D inkjet printhead can print high viscosity materials, is inert to corrosive materials, promises an industry-leading lifespan, and can produce up to 5x higher resolution components than can screen printing.
04/01/2008 April 1, 2008 -- /PRNewswire/ -- WILMINGTON, DE -- To support its growth strategy in safety and protection products, DuPont today announces its intent to purchase the industrial apparel line of Cardinal Health's Scientific and Production Products business, which manufactures and markets a variety of products used in cleanrooms and other controlled environments.
04/01/2008 April 1, 2008 -- /PRNewswire/ -- WEST CHESTER, PA -- VWR International, LLC, a leading global laboratory supply company, today announces that it has acquired Jencons (Scientific) Limited, a UK scientific laboratory supply distributor.
04/01/2008 April 1, 2008 -- /EXTON, PA/ -- NETZSCH Fine Particle Technology, LLC announces the opening of a pharmaceutical lab equipment testing facility at the organization's headquarters in Exton, PA.
