11/30/2007 The University of Queensland's Australian Institute for Bioengineering and Nanotechnology (AIBN) and The Dow Chemical Company have announced a research alliance that will focus on two key areas: biomimicry and developing new manufacturing systems using biofeedstocks.
11/29/2007 ; MiNaT, a trade fair for precision mechanics and ultra-precision micro- and nanotechnologies, has shifted its dates so that it will take place at the same time as SEMICON Europa from October 7-9, 2008, in Stuttgart, Germany, to be able to share synergies and boost attendance and exhibitors at both shows.
11/29/2007 ; Royal Philips Electronics has announced the opening of its first Luxeon high power LED production facility outside of Silicon Valley. The site has become operational in less than a year since the company' site selection was finalized.
11/29/2007 November 29, 2007 - Nikon is uncrating a new i-line stepper that it says exceeds 200 wafers/hr throughput, targeting use in sub-critical layers in volume production of memory and microprocessor devices.
11/29/2007 ; AMD has announced the opening of a new 52,000-square-foot silicon design and platform R&D facility in Bangalore to accommodate a rising number of employees. The facility will also provide room for future growth. AMD will continue operating its first facility in the city, using the existing office space for administration, sales, and marketing staffs.
11/29/2007 ; New materials will be key in solving the challenges that bring about true systems integration and lower cost electronics for consumers, says a new SEMI/TechSearch International study called "Global Semiconductor Packaging Materials Outlook: 2007
11/29/2007 Nanogate AG has won this year's €100,000 (about $148,000) STEP Award in recognition of the Germany-based nanotechnology company's innovation and growth.
11/29/2007 To serve the expanding applications of electromechanical imaging and spectroscopy, Asylum Research has released a Piezo Force Module, which promises high sensitivity, high bias, and crosstalk-free measurements of piezoelectrics, ferroelectrics, multiferroics, and biological systems. The module works with Asylum's MFP-3D atomic force microscope.
11/29/2007 The NanoQuebec organization was awarded $11 million over the next three years. The occasion is the official launch of NanoQuebec's funding program for key research facilities selected through a recent competition.
11/29/2007 November 28, 2007 - Hitachi Kokusai Electric has agreed to license ASM International's patents for batch atomic layer deposition (ALD) technology, to bolster its own work in the technology.
11/29/2007 November 28, 2007 - Sharp Manufacturing Systems has created a wafer cleaning system that uses hot, concentrated ozone water with sustained high concentrations to more effectively dissolve and remove photoresist and other organic contaminants, according to the Nikkei Business Daily.
11/29/2007 November 28, 2007 - Taiwan's Ministry of Economic Affairs is once again urging domestic chipmakers to support Taiwan's IC industry by investing "as much as possible" in tools from local equipment suppliers, in an effort to try and replicate success in marrying Taiwan's LCD manufacturers with local suppliers, notes the Taiwan Economic News.
11/28/2007 November 28, 2007 -- /PRNewswire/ -- ALBUQUERQUE, NM -- Surfect Holdings, Inc. announced today its wholly owned subsidiary, Surfect Technologies, Inc., received a Letter of Intent from a Texas-based solar company for up to 10 Solargy tools to be delivered throughout 2008 and 2009.
11/28/2007 November 28, 2007 -- /PRnewswire/ -- HUBBARD, OH -- NanoLogix, Inc. announces that the company has submitted international patent applications for BioNanoChannel(TM) and hydrogen bioreactor technology protection for China, India, Brazil, and the European Union.
11/28/2007 ; iSuppli Corp.'s preliminary 2007 global semiconductor market-share estimate reveals performances by individual companies in specific market segments are varying widely, indicating that amid slowing growth for semiconductor sales, companies that have superior execution or that have been better able to capitalize on industry trends or events outperformed the market
11/28/2007 ; Push buttons are out, and touch panels are in for an increasing number of consumer, industrial, medical and automotive designs, says Freescale Semiconductor, which is helping to redefine touch-sensitive user interfaces by introducing a pair of next-generation capacitive sensor controllers and a proximity sensing software solution that works with standard microcontrollers (MCUs).
11/28/2007 Boston Micromachines Corp., a provider of MEMS-based deformable mirror products for adaptive optics systems, has been awarded a $750,000 Phase II Small Business Technology Transfer Program (STTR) award through the U.S. Department of Defense.
11/28/2007 Researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have demonstrated a mechanical fatigue process that leads to cracks and breakdown in bulk silicon crystals -- a phenomenon that's particularly interesting because it's been thought not to exist. Their results have important implications for silicon-based MEMS devices.
11/27/2007 November 27, 2007 - Four years after spinning off its original nonmemory business (now thriving as MagnaChip Semiconductor), Hynix Semiconductor Inc. is getting back into the sector through a partnership with CMOS image sensor designer SiliconFile Technologies.
To serve the expanding applications of electromechanical imaging and spectroscopy, Asylum Research has released a Piezo Force Module, which promises high sensitivity, high bias, and crosstalk-free measurements of piezoelectrics, ferroelectrics, multiferroics, and biological systems. The module works with Asylum's MFP-3D atomic force microscope.
Researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have demonstrated a mechanical fatigue process that leads to cracks and breakdown in bulk silicon crystals -- a phenomenon that's particularly interesting because it's been thought not to exist. Their results have important implications for silicon-based MEMS devices.