09/01/2006 The Institute of Environmental Sciences and Technology (IEST) recently announced that the International Organization for Standardization (ISO) has published ISO 14644-8, Cleanrooms and associated controlled environments - Part 8: Classification of airborne molecular contamination.
09/01/2006 According to a recent announcement by Andrew C. von Eschenbach, acting commissioner of the Food and Drug Administration, the FDA will establish a new nanotechnology task force to examine the agency’s regulatory approaches with regard to nanomaterials used in FDA-regulated products.
09/01/2006 As both the quality and quantity requirements for contaminant-free water increase, the demands for innovative technologies and improved system designs are creating challenges and opportunities for the multitude of industries that require ultrapure water.
09/01/2006 It’s been 10 years since Factory Mutual, or FM Global as they are now known, substantially revised and reissued their loss prevention guideline for semiconductor manufacturing fabrication facilities.
09/01/2006 There’s always a sense of anticipation when planning for SEMICON West. San Francisco’s weather can be unusually cool, and the industry fluctuates unpredictably as well.
09/01/2006 Current technology uses field-effect transistors (FETs) with feature sizes smaller than 100 nanometers that start to show some device degradation due to short channel effects.