07/09/2007 June 20, 2007 -- /PRNewswire/ -- HEERLEN, THE NETHERLANDS, and AACHEN, GERMANY -- Solland Solar is planning its second expansion within one year.
07/09/2007 June 21, 2007 -- /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- WASHINGTON, DC -- DuPont and Environmental Defense today released a comprehensive framework to assist with the responsible development and use of nanotechnology and to help inform global dialogue on its potential risks.
07/09/2007 June 22, 2007 -- /FDA News/ -- The U.S. Food and Drug Administration today announced a final rule establishing regulations to require current good manufacturing practices (cGMP) for dietary supplements.
07/09/2007 June 25, 2007 -- ST. PAUL, MN -- Ecolab Inc. announced today a new Hand Hygiene Monitoring Compliance Program for hospitals and healthcare facilities.
07/09/2007 June 25, 2007 -- /PRNewswire/ -- UNION, NJ -- Shelhigh announced today that it has reached a no-fault settlement agreement with the FDA that provides a clear path to the resumption of operations at Shelhigh, including product shipment.
07/09/2007 July 9, 2007 - Anadigics Inc. says it has broken ground for a new 150mm gallium arsenide (GaAs) IC wafer fab in the Kunshan New and Hi-Tech Industrial Development Zone of China's Jiangsu Province, projecting to complete construction complete in 1H08 and start fab operations later next year.
07/09/2007 July 9, 2007 - Ofer Du-Nour, founder of Israeli metrology firm Tevet Process Control Technologies Ltd., has been named as CEO of the company, following the sudden resignation of Yuval Wasserman "to pursue other interests." Peter Gillespie, VP of marketing and sales, also has been promoted to president of the firm.
07/09/2007 AMD invested $7.5 million in Transmeta Corporation in exchange for Transmeta preferred stock. Transmeta develops and licenses computing, microprocessor, and semiconductor technologies and related intellectual property (IP). It is developing power management technologies that reportedly reduce current leakage and power drain in advanced components.
07/09/2007 The U.S. Patent Office has granted to MEMS producer Integrated Sensing Systems, Inc. (ISSYS)
a patent titled "System for monitoring conduit obstruction." The patent covers design and manufacture of a wireless implantable sensing system for non-invasive monitoring of pressure and/or pressure gradients in a cardiac conduit.
07/09/2007 Sonoscan's new D-9500 acoustic microscope targets failure analysis, product development, material characterization, and low-volume production. It promises the greatest accuracy, sensitivity, and throughput available.
07/09/2007 Analyst firm Research and Markets released "Plasma-aided Nanofabrication: From Plasma Sources to Nano-assembly," detailing plasma-based processing techniques, carbon-based structures, and quantum confinement elements in nano-fabrication. Ken Ostrikov, Ph.D., University of Sydney (Australia); and Shuyan Xu, professor, Nanyang Technology University (China), authored the summary of plasma tools and processing.
07/06/2007 July 7, 2007 - DRAM price plunges will push Powerchip Semiconductor Corp. into the red in 2Q07 with a $91-$106 million loss, but revenues are expected to be better than 1Q, and losses should ease in the next few months as the company moves to 70nm process technologies, according to the Taiwan Economic News.
07/06/2007 Electro Scientific Industries, Inc. (ESI), agreed to acquire New Wave Research, Inc. (NWR — Fremont, CA), adding sapphire wafer scribing, failure analysis, LCD repair, and other capabilities to its portfolio of microengineering equipment. ESI will pay $36 million net cash outlay for the laser-based-systems manufacturer.
07/06/2007 After several years of collaboration, Melexis and UMC have delivered chips to market for diversified automotive applications, using UMC's 0.18um eFlash process and eFlash micro.
07/06/2007 Scotland semiconductor technology company, Semefab, is set to become the U.K.'s primary center for the design and development of MEMS and nano-systems, helping to drive advances in medicine, drug discovery, communications, and manufacturing in the U.K.
07/06/2007 After splitting into four separate companies to leverage its market position, Zyvex hires Randy Schussler as general manager of Zyvex Instruments.
07/06/2007 EXECUTIVE OVERVIEWThis month's edition of Chip Forensics by analyst Dick James delves into Flash technology, including the Samsung K9F2G08U0M 2-Gb single-level cell (SLC) Flash.
07/05/2007 July 5, 2007 - Fresh off its recent acquisition of UK-based Epichem Ltd., a provider of high-purity chemicals, Sigma-Aldrich is turning its focus to the silicon and compound semiconductor markets, touting its beefed-up division's product roadmap at SEMICON West. Company execs talked with WaferNEWS about the company's direction, its focus on collaboration, and how to justify value in an increasingly consumer-oriented industry where lower prices mean tighter investment evaluations.
07/05/2007 Surface Technologies Systems plc (STS) sold two plasma processing systems to Harvard University's (Cambridge, MA) Center for Nanoscale Systems (CNS), which focuses on integrating nanoscale components into large, complex, interacting systems.
07/05/2007 July 5, 2007 - Electro Scientific Industries Inc., a supplier of photonics and laser systems, has agreed to acquire New Wave Research Inc., a developer of high-end laser-based systems targeting sapphire wafer scribing and laser micromachining, for $36 million in cash (about 1x the firm's current annual revenue). The deal is expected to be roughly breakeven in ESI's fiscal 2008 (ending in April) and accretive in fiscal 2009.
Sonoscan's new D-9500 acoustic microscope targets failure analysis, product development, material characterization, and low-volume production. It promises the greatest accuracy, sensitivity, and throughput available.