08/01/2007 University researchers working to optimize airflow patterns in commercial airplane cabins have uncovered new ways of containing the spread of toxic and infectious agents in these environments, and have taken the first steps toward development of a contaminant alert and detection system that can pinpoint the source to an individual passenger.
08/01/2007 Whether the topic of discussion was yield management, reducing cost of production and test, the next area of industry expansion, or where a company is realizing the greatest revenue, back-end assembly and test was the focus at SEMICON West 2007.
08/01/2007 The Institute of Environmental Sciences and Technology (IEST) continues to offer valuable online education classes in the ongoing Access the Experts series with its one-hour class, “Sustainability Considerations in Cleanroom Design and Operation,” and two-part online education tutorial, “Healthcare Airborne Molecular Contamination,” both to be presented in September.
08/01/2007 The publication in July 2007 of a new International Organization for Standardization (ISO) Standard, ISO 14644-6 Cleanrooms and associated controlled environments-Part 6: Vocabulary, represented a milestone for ISO Technical Committee (TC) 209. With the new standard, TC 209 fulfilled its original goal to create a series of 10 standards to meet the needs of the global cleanroom industry in a new millennium.
08/01/2007 Valves for the food and beverage, cosmetics, biotechnology and pharmaceutical, and semiconductor industries are classified in three levels of cleanliness: sanitary, aseptic, and ultra-high purity.
08/01/2007 Philip E. Nelson, past president of the Institute of Food Technologists (IFT) and food science professor at Purdue University, has been recognized as the 2007 recipient of the World Food Prize in an announcement from the U.S. Department of State.
08/01/2007 Despite the high technology, the semiconductor industry is conservative, preferring to stick to what is known and works rather than trying something new-unless, of course, there’s no alternative.
08/01/2007 Demand for continuous reductions in semiconductor package height are coming from several directions, most notably memory chip vendors seeking increased density to meet aggressive price-performance roadmaps.
07/31/2007 July 20, 2007 -- SANTA BARBARA, CA -- Asylum Research, in conjunction with the University of Munster, CeNTech, and Atomic Force F&E, announces the Euro AFM Forum to be held at the University of Munster, Germany, Sept. 3-5.
07/31/2007 July 17, 2007 -- SAN FRANCISCO, CA -- Following its change of ownership in May 2007 from The Linde Group, BOC Edwards announced today at SEMICON West that it will become Edwards, effective immediately.
07/31/2007 July 17, 2007 -- /PRNewswire/ -- SAN FRANCISCO, CA -- Advantest Corporation is demonstrating its new, comprehensive hardware and software test cell solution for a range of complex consumer devices at SEMICON West.
07/31/2007 July 17, 2007 -- /PRNewswire/ -- LEHIGH VALLEY, PA -- Air Products and Fujifilm Electronic Materials U.S.A., Inc. today announced that they have signed a sole licensing agreement for the Air Products' patented PDEMS(TM) interlayer dielectric (ILD) Process.
07/31/2007 July 17, 2007 -- WESTBROOK, ME -- Data taken at Yellowstone National Park during Mission #2 of the ARTEL Extreme Pipetting Expedition show that pipettes deliver volumes inaccurate by up to 37 percent when handling fluids at temperatures different from the pipettes.
07/31/2007 July 17, 2007 -- /PRIME NEWSWIRE/ -- CHASKA, MN -- Entegris, Inc. announced today a major win from a large semiconductor manufacturer based in Asia for approximately 16,000 units of its Spectra(TM) front-opening unified pod (FOUP).
