03/01/2007 The term “nanotechnology” is no longer new to most of us, thanks, in part, to the media. Developments recently made to open-type X-ray sources and X-ray imaging detectors may provide an end-user with the ability to image features in the nanometer range.
03/01/2007 Though the basic requirement of sockets remains unchanged - making a stable electrical contact from the device to the PCB - the future holds even more demands on this important electrical/mechanical device.
03/01/2007 Freescale was recently honored with a product award for its magnetoresistive random access memory (MRAM) product, the Freescale MR2A16ATS35C 4-Mbit MRAM.
02/28/2007 February 28, 2007 - Nikon Corp. says it has shipped its newest ArF immersion lithography scanner, the NSR-S610C, to an unnamed IC manufacturer for 45nm production work and 32nm development. The selection came after a "one-year, head-to-head evaluation," according to Kazuo Ushida, president of Nikon Precision Equipment Co.
02/28/2007 The optoelectronics, sensors and actuators, and discretes (OSD) market grew 10% in 2006, one percentage point higher than the IC market's 9% increase, says IC Insights' "O-S-D Report." Optoelectronics and discretes each represented 43% of the $38.2 billion OSD market revenue. Sensors and actuators hit $5.3 billion, with MEMS-based devices accounting for 80% of revenues.
02/28/2007 A major Korean semiconductor contract manufacturer (CM) selected AV6010 vision systems from SolVision Inc. for IC package inspection at its assembly and test house. The manufacturer will use multiple systems to inspect packages, including advanced flip chip devices.
02/28/2007 In Washington, D.C., the Project on Emerging Nanotechnologies delivered a presentation titled Nanotechnology: A Progress Report on Understanding Occupational Safety and Health Issues. Dr. Paul A. Schulte of the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health made the presentation.
02/27/2007 February 27, 2007 - At this week's SPIE Advanced Lithography Symposium, Luminescent Technologies claims to have data showing customers using its inverse lithography technology (ILT) in 45nm and 32nm development efforts. The company is touting ILT as an alternative to optical proximity correction (OPC), offering better pattern fidelity and broader lithography process windows.
02/27/2007 The organizing committee of SPIE Advanced Lithography Symposium -- the conference formerly known as "Microlithography" -- probably didn't plan for the Monday (Feb. 26) keynote addresses to dismiss EUV lithography, but that's exactly what happened. Prior to three days of detailed EUV presentations, executives presented perspectives that do not include place for this next-generation lithography technology any time in the near future.
02/27/2007 Our condolences to family and friends of Dr. Doug Smeaton, president and CEO of Semiconductor Insights, who passed away on Feb. 18 after a diving accident. He served as president/CEO of the firm since 1992, led its management buyout in 1994, and oversaw its expansion from just over a dozen employees to over 155.
02/27/2007 February 27, 2007 - Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. (TSMC), recent beneficiary of relaxed government regulations regarding transfer of process technologies to mainland China, will likely utilize used equipment from NXP Semiconductor in order to triple the output from its 200mm, 30,000 WPM capacity site in Shanghai, according to the Taiwan Economic News.
02/27/2007 In addition to announcing the shipment of long-anticipated silicon oscillators, Discera Inc. boasts an agreement to help push those MEMS into OEM products. Discera hopes the moves will shake up the $3.5 billion market for quartz crystal oscillators.
02/27/2007 February 22, 2007 -- /FDA News/ -- FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE -- Alpharetta, GA -- Americas Kitchen of Alpharetta, GA, is recalling its 32-ounce packages of "Wellsley Farms" Green Bean Casserole sold from September 1, 2006 through February 22, 2007 because they have the potential to be contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes, an organism which can cause illness, mild, moderate or even severe.
02/27/2007 February 23, 2007 -- /FDA News/ -- Los Angeles, CA -- Castle Produce, a subsidiary of Tropical Produce, Inc., a wholesale importer of fresh fruit and vegetables announced the recall of cantaloupes in California due to potential health concerns.
02/27/2007 February 26, 2007 -- /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- LEHIGH VALLEY, Pa. -- Air Products (NYSE:APD) and international investment and advisory firm Babcock & Brown today jointly announced the signing of an equipment refurbishment and remarketing agreement.
02/27/2007 The global semiconductor assembly and test services (SATS) market grew 25.7% in 2006, the fifth consecutive year this sector has exhibited double-digit growth, according to preliminary reports from Gartner, Inc. The SATS industry, the outsourcing portion of back-end packaging, assembly, and test, is propelled by major transitions to advanced packaging, including wafer-level, chip-scale, flip chip, and system-in-package (SiP) methods, said Jim Walker.
In Washington, D.C., the Project on Emerging Nanotechnologies delivered a presentation titled Nanotechnology: A Progress Report on Understanding Occupational Safety and Health Issues. Dr. Paul A. Schulte of the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health made the presentation.
In addition to announcing the shipment of long-anticipated silicon oscillators, Discera Inc. boasts an agreement to help push those MEMS into OEM products. Discera hopes the moves will shake up the $3.5 billion market for quartz crystal oscillators.