07/16/2007 Joe Fjelstad joined the technical advisory board of Mirror Semiconductor, contributing "diverse talents" to the company, according to Martin Hart, president and founder. Fjelstad is co-founder of SiliconPipe Inc. (San Jose), and an Advanced Packaging editorial advisory board member.
07/16/2007 July 16, 2007 - Scanimetrics Inc. has debuted at SEMICON West with its first product targeting the test sector: a noncontact "virtual probe" technology for system-in-package testing during assembly that it claims can cut manufacturing costs in half.
07/16/2007 July 9, 2007 -- /PRNewswire/ -- AGAWAM, MA -- A new, free white paper, detailing critical industrial sterilization and contamination control programs and compliance challenges in the pharmaceutical and medical device manufacturing industries, is now available for download.
07/16/2007 July 9, 2007 -- Biotest has announced the launch of heipha(TM) ready-prepared culture media in the North American market; for over 30 years heipha culture media has been distributed in Europe.
07/16/2007 July 10, 2007 -- WESTBROOK, ME -- To help laboratories improve pipetting technique and reduce laboratory error, ARTEL held a Pipetting Proficiency Training and Certification Seminar.
07/16/2007 July 16, 2007 - At SEMICON West, European R&D consortium IMEC is disclosing it results after a year of 32nm half-pitch work, noting progress in all three of its areas of focus: high-index 193nm immersion litho, double-patterning, and EUV.
07/16/2007 July 9, 2007 -- /ENS/ -- AMES, IA -- Agriculture Secretary Mike Johanns and members of Iowa's Congressional delegation helped dedicate a new USDA high-containment large animal facility on July 3 that will host several research facilities in one location.
07/16/2007 July 16, 2007 - Advanced Diamond Technologies, Inc. (ADT), a startup targeting development and applications for diamond films, is revealing new product lines of diamond-coated wafers at SEMICON West.
07/16/2007 July 9, 2007 -- /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- MENTOR, OH -- STERIS Corporation today announced that Tetra Pak has selected the company as a strategic global supplier for the provision of sterilization systems on a Tetra Pak beverage filling platform currently in the final stage of development.
07/16/2007 July 9, 2007 -- TUCSON, AZ -- BioVigilant announced on July 5 that it has hosted the first consortium meeting for Instantaneous Microbial Detection earlier last month at Amgen corporate headquarters in Thousand Oaks, CA.
07/16/2007 SEMI's new mid-year 2007 capital equipment revenue forecast, unveiled during its annual opening day press conference at SEMICON West 2007 in San Francisco, predicts sharply reduced growth projections for the next three years, compared to figures released in the association's year-end 2006 forecast.
07/16/2007 July 16, 2007 - Rudolph Technologies Inc. is unveiling two metrology tools at SEMICON West, targeting DRAM, multi-surface macroinspection, as well as data analysis system to capture and analyze process performance information.
07/16/2007 A quick roundup of news and views ahead of SEMICON West finds ASML tipping a KrF version of its Twinscan and announcing a first customer for its "ultimate" XT:1900i immersion tool; Cymer's "socialized medicine" for laser light sources; and Synopsys weaving its tools together to drive next-generation yields.
07/16/2007 On the surface, the latest DFM-industry consolidation appears to be a win-win for both Cadence Design Systems Inc. and Invarium Inc., though interviews with WaferNEWS suggest much work still has to be done to figure out the exact combination and roadmap going forward.
07/16/2007 KLA-Tencor's Surfscan SP2XP, released earlier this year, was initially release to inspect defects on bare wafers. Now the SURFmonitor haze analysis capability has added new image processing algorithms to allow for applications in IC manufacturing. SURFmonitor is an add-on option to either a SP2 or SP2XP darkfield/brightfield laser scattering surface inspection system.
07/16/2007 A full-wave electromagnetic field simulator for signal- and power-integrity, and electromagnetic interference (EMI) analyses, SIwave v3.5 enables modeling and simulations for complex IC packages and PCBs. It reportedly enables engineers to eliminate layout problems, and bond-wire and via EMI damages, prior to prototyping.
07/16/2007 targeting compact fluorescent lam (CFL) assemblies — combines a high-side 625-V gate-driver circuit, two 550-V MOSFETs, a frequency-control circuit, and a shunt regulator in an 8-DIP system-in-package (SiP).
07/16/2007 The CL-1000 series of heat spreaders offer a large, flat, and thin surface area to connect components and thermal interface materials (TIMs), or serve as a heat pipe or heatsink. The products are reportedly 44% lighter than pure copper and 10–15× more thermally conductive.
07/16/2007 The CV629 cartridge valve, weighing 4.8 oz, suits handheld dispensing of silicones, adhesives, and other fluids; it also can be integrated into an automated system.
