09/06/2006 September 6, 2006 - Dongbu Electronics said it has completed development of a CMOS image sensor process using 0.13-micron process technologies, created for Seoul Electronics & Telecom Co. Ltd. The foundry plans to begin volume production of the devices in 4Q.
09/06/2006 FEI of Hillsboro, Ore., announced that Japan's JFE Steel Corp. has ordered a Titan 80-300 for its research center in Kawasaki. JFE Steel, a leading global supplier of steel products, is the first Japanese customer to order the Titan S/TEM.
09/06/2006 September 6, 2006 - Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. is now shipping 1-2GB samples of its high-density MLC NAND, called "moviNAND," an embedded combination of NAND flash memory, a multimedia card (MMC) controller and onboard firmware, for use in mobile applications.
09/06/2006 September 6, 2006 - Freescale Semiconductor said it has added 32MB of flash memory to its 32-bit MCU targeted at automotive applications, and is sampling what it claims is the industry's largest embedded flash memory on an MCU.
09/06/2006 September 6, 2006 - Focus GmbH and two German universities, Bielefeld and Mainz, working on a European Commission-sponsored project to develop extreme ultraviolet lithography (EUVL) technologies, say they have build a photoemission electron microscope capable of measuring features as small as 20nm without destroying the sample, a key step in development of EUV infrastructure.
09/06/2006 NanoInk, Inc. announced today the appointment of Robert J. Janosky, as the Company's president and chief operating officer. Mr. Janosky will be responsible for guiding NanoInk's operations and will report to Cedric Loiret-Bernal, M.D., the Company's chief executive officer.
09/06/2006 Nanophase Technologies , a technology leader in nanomaterials and advanced nanoengineered products, announced the initial order for a new textile application that is being introduced to the industry on a global basis. Details of the customer and application remain confidential at this time.
09/06/2006 Nanophase Technologies, a technology leader in nanomaterials and advanced nanoengineered products, announces the commercial availability of nanocrystalline tin oxide produced by the Company's patented NanoArc Synthesis process using the most recent advances in finite particle size control. NanoArc Tin Oxide consists of non-porous, dense, discrete particles with an average size of approximately 20 nanometers.
09/06/2006 MagForce Nanotechnologies AG and Siemens Medical Solutions of Siemens AG are to bundle together their competences in the fight against cancer, as revealed by a declaration of intent signed by both companies. The central point of the strategic cooperation is the joint development of the MagForce therapy systems
09/06/2006 NanoInk, Inc., an emerging growth technology company specializing in nanometer-scale manufacturing and applications development in the life sciences and semiconductor industries, announced today that it has been awarded a $735,000 Phase II Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) grant
09/06/2006 The next generation of combined focused ion beam and scanning electron microscope technology for research will be unveiled today when FEI Company releases its all-new Helios NanoLab DualBeam at Microscopy and Microanalysis 2006 in Chicago.
09/06/2006 FEI Company today announced that scientists at its NanoPort in Europe have broken another image resolution barrier with the world's most advanced commercially-available microscope, the Titan 80-300 corrected S/TEM. For the first time ever, directly interpretable TEM images with atomic resolution better than 1.4 Angstrom were obtained at the very low operating voltage of 80kV.
09/06/2006 Nanomix Inc., a leading nanoelectronic detection company commercializing high-value diagnostic and monitoring applications, today announced the appointment of Dr. Michael D. Cable as Vice President, Platform Development
09/06/2006 September 6, 2006 - Confirming months of speculation, Intel has announced plans for a sweeping restructuring following an analysis of the company's structure and efficiency, citing plans to shave $3 billion off of annual costs and operating expenses over the next two years.
09/06/2006 September 6, 2006 - Singapore foundry Chartered Semiconductor Manufacturing is maintaining its expectations for 3Q06, with sales flat to slightly down in a range of $356-$368 million, and profits of $6-$16 million.
09/06/2006 September 6, 2006 - Chinese foundry Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corp. (SMIC) has developed a low-power digital reference flow for its 90nm process technology with Cadence Design Systems Inc., and completed a standard design platform with VeriSilicon Holdings Co. Ltd. for its 0.13-micron low leakage process.
09/06/2006 September 6, 2006 - Nova Measuring Instruments, Rehovoth, Israel, is soliciting bids from approximately 100 companies to license six of its patents relating to use of a lithography tool with integrated metrology, and will even accept bids for outright ownership of the technology.
09/06/2006 September 6, 2006 - Citing strong demand from DRAM and NAND flash customers, ASML has increased its outlook for tool orders in 3Q by about 50% to be flat with 2Q levels, suggesting an additional $575 million in sales could be on the books in the next year.
09/06/2006 September 6, 2006 - Nova Measuring Instruments, Rehovoth, Israel, is soliciting bids from approximately 100 companies to license six of its patents relating to use of a lithography tool with integrated metrology, and will even accept bids for outright ownership of the technology.
09/05/2006 pressure sensors, magnetic and light detection, microinjections, and more. Bio-MEMS are creating a niche in the industry for high-reliability, critical-application, sophisticated sensors that doctors can implant or inject into a human body.
