01/24/2008 Freescale Semiconductor and Microstaq are developing an intelligent refrigerant superheat control system that combines Freescale's MEMS pressure sensing, processing and control technology with Microstaq's MEMS silicon expansion valve (SEV).
01/24/2008 January 22, 2008 -- /SAN DIEGO, CA/ -- RASIRCR, the steam purification company, releases research indicating that a new steam delivery method results in significant improvement in uniformity throughout the furnace from oxides as thin as 25 Angstroms to as thick as 150,000 Angstroms, eliminating the need for pyrolytic steam.
01/24/2008 January 22, 2008 -- / FDA / -- B. Braun Medical, Inc. was recently notified by its contract manufacturer, AM2PAT Inc., of a nationwide recall of all lots and sizes of pre-filled heparin and saline flush syringes.
01/24/2008 ; ZESTRON Asia/Pacific has announced its recent relocation to a much larger facility in Shanghai, China. Located in the Zun Xuan Industrial Park, ZESTRON's new facility is reportedly home to the largest Asia/Pacific Application Technology Center.
01/24/2008 ; Honeywell Electronic Materials and the US Display Consortium (USDC), a public/private partnership chartered with developing the supply chain for the flat panel display industry, have announced a new agreement to develop materials for flexible electronics. Under this new $500,000 agreement, Honeywell will focus on developing materials to prevent short circuits in leading-edge flexible electronics for devices used by the US military.
01/24/2008 ; Ardent Concepts Inc. has announced the acquisition of Liberty Research Co. of Cupertino, CA, in a private equity agreement. Financial terms were not disclosed.
01/24/2008 ; austriamicrosystems and New Scale Technologies Inc., a developer and manufacturer of miniature motion systems, have announced the completion of a Series B preferred equity transaction. austriamicrosystems has made a $6 million investment in exchange for a 25% minority share in privately-held New Scale of Victor, NY.
01/23/2008 Jan. 23, 2008 - In an exclusive interview with WaferNEWS, Kurt Ronse, lithography program director at IMEC, discusses the newly announced partnership with the U. of Albany's College of Nanoscale Science and Engineering to accelerate development of extreme ultraviolet (EUV) lithography technology -- what finally pulled the two sides together, what they hope to gain short- and long-term, and plans for readiness by the 32nm and 22nm half-pitch nodes.
01/23/2008 Last week hundreds of microelectronics industry executives gathered at ISS and SMC, absorbing the conventional forecasts for semiconductor manufacturing equipment and materials. But on the technology side, SMC showed truly amazing perspective on new electronic materials markets of gigantic scales like photovoltaics, high-efficiency lighting, and advanced 3D and WLP packages.
01/23/2008 What makes a process tool or material stock attractive to investors? Will private funds take over some equipment companies? How will the chip industry deal with exponentially rising design costs? These were some of the tough questions dealt with by an all-star investment analyst panel at the 2008 Industry Strategy Symposium in Half Moon Bay, CA.
01/23/2008 Protagen AG has announces the closing of an interim financing round of €1 million (about $1.5 million) to expand the company's protein biochips business unit.
01/23/2008 Nanochip Inc., a developer of advanced MEMS silicon data storage chips, has completed a $14 million financing round that will enable the company to complete development of its first prototypes this year, and begin design verification and sampling in 2009.
01/23/2008 NanoInk, Inc. has announced the appointment of James M. Hussey, 48, as its chief executive officer, as well as a member of its board of directors.
01/23/2008 ; Rudolph Technologies Inc. has announced that it has acquired all intellectual property and selected assets from privately-held RVSI Inspection, Hauppauge, NY. The addition of RVSI's industry-standard WS-3800 3D bumped wafer inspection system to Rudolph's product portfolio is expected to strengthen the company's presence in the high-growth, advanced packaging market. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed.
01/22/2008 An insightful analysis of what chipmakers need to do to thrive in a period of "profitless prosperity" by Steve Newberry, president and CEO of Lam Research, set the stage for a spirited Wall Street panel at the Industry Strategy Symposium at Half Moon Bay, CA (Jan. 16).
01/22/2008 January 22, 2008 -- /HSINCHU, TAIWAN/ -- IMEC today officially established IMEC Taiwan in the Hsinchu Science Park. IMEC Taiwan initially starts as a representative office, but is expected to grow into an R&D center within the coming six months.
01/22/2008 ; IMEC today officially established IMEC Taiwan in the Hsinchu Science Park. IMEC Taiwan initially starts as a representative office, but is expected to grow into an R&D center within the coming 6 months.
01/22/2008 Falco Systems' new WMA-01 and WMA-01LF high-voltage amplifiers are designed for applications such as MEMS devices and PZT (piezo) positioning systems. They support a wide voltage range and can be battery powered.
01/22/2008 The Institute of Occupational Medicine (IOM) based in Edinburgh, Scotland, has launched a range of new services that it hopes will help U.K.-based companies minimize the environmental and health risks of working with nanomaterials.
01/22/2008 ; Mouser Electronics Inc. has signed a global distribution agreement with HI-TECH Software. HI-TECH software is used in a variety of embedded microcontroller product families from Microchip Technology and Cypress Semiconductor.
