08/10/2006 August 10, 2006 - On the heels of a favorable ruling in a Korean patent court, FormFactor Inc., Livermore, CA, has filed two more patent infringement lawsuits against Phicom Corp. concerning the same wafer probe card technology that allegedly has been incorporated into Phicom's products.
08/10/2006 August 10, 2006 - Investors greeted the trading launch of Infineon's former memory chip unit, Qimonda, with lukewarm interest, pushing shares up about 4% on its first day of trading to $13.54. The IPO had been cut down from initial pricing of $16-$18/share to help spur demand.
08/10/2006 August 9, 2006 -- /MasterControl/ -- SALT LAKE CITY, Utah -- Every manufacturer needs an engineering change management (ECM) process for initiating and controlling any modifications in a drawing, part, process, or equipment.
08/10/2006 August 9, 2006 -- /MEDICAL INDUSTRY E-MAIL NEWS SERVICE(TM)/ -- COSTA MESA CA USA -- Acting FDA Commissioner Andrew C. von Eschenbach MD, today announced it has formed an internal FDA Nanotechnology Task Force.
08/10/2006 Hesse & Knipps, Inc., a fully-owned subsidiary of Germany-based Hesse & Knipps GmbH Semiconductor, released the BONDJET BJ820 automatic wedge bonder, which groups all fine pitch wire-bonding applications in one platform. The company also announced a multiple machine order in the Americas for the product.
08/10/2006 August 10, 2006 - Israeli foundry Tower Semiconductor Ltd. said it is making a new series of 3.0-megapixel CMOS image sensors, based on its "Advanced Photo Diode" process, for Biomorphic Microsystems Corp., to be used in mobile applications including cell phones and PDAs.
08/10/2006 August 8, 2006 -- /PRNewswire/ -- CONCORD, Calif. -- Research evidence shows that facility design, specifically that which affects the transmission of infection through air, surface, water -- can help in reducing hospital-acquired, or nosocomial, infections -- a leading cause of death in the U.S.
08/10/2006 August 9, 2006 -- /BUSINESS WIRE/ -- BOCA RATON, Fla. -- Pure H2O Bio-Technologies, Inc. (Pink Sheets:PHBT) announced today that it filed on July 25, 2006, a Non-Provisional Patent with the United States Patent and Trademark Office, Washington D.C. for Tetrasilvertetraoxide (TTO) as a Disinfectant Agent for Cryptosporidium.
08/10/2006 August 7, 2006 - Infineon Technologies AG has joined the Semiconductor Test Consortium (STC), a group promoting adoption of the Open Semiconductor Test Architecture (OPENSTAR) standard.
08/10/2006 The company announced the shipment of Discovery Studio 1.6, the most recent version of its suite of life science modeling and simulation tools for lead discovery and optimization.
08/10/2006 Micell Technologies announced an expansion of its license agreement for using supercritical fluids for creating medical device surface modifications with Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, a U.S. Department of Energy laboratory, managed by Battelle.
08/09/2006 August 9, 2006 - South Korean specialty foundry Dongbu Electronics and Cadence Design Systems Inc. have developed a high-voltage BCDMOS (bipolar, CMOS, DMOS) process design kit for processing 60V chip designs using 0.35-micron process technologies.
08/09/2006 August 9, 2006 - JMAR Technologies Inc., San Diego, CA, has received an additional $3.1 million from the US Naval Air Systems Command to continue developing sub-100nm feature x-ray masks and next generation nanolithography, for use in fabricating high-speed chalcogenide random-access memory.
08/09/2006 Industry veteran Frank McKiney accepted the position of president and CEO at GuideTech. I followed GuideTech's development in the market while still at Agilent (then Hewlett-Packard), in 2000, said McKiney. In over 30 years of management experience in the industry, McKiney has held positions with HP, Agilent, Teradyne, FormFactor, and ADR Test Systems.
08/09/2006 August 9, 2006 - Worldwide silicon area wafer shipments rose another 4% in 2Q06 vs. the prior quarter to nearly 2000 million sq. inches (MSI), more proof that wafer suppliers are enjoying robust sales and heavy demand.
08/09/2006 2Q06 was a solid quarter for Taiwan's top two foundries, although each raised some concerns about inventory levels among customers and some cloudy outlooks for the quarters ahead.
08/09/2006 The IMAPS Global Business Council (GBC) will undertake a project to interpret industry roadmaps' coverage of semiconductor packaging challenges. IMAPS began a study of two widely-used industry roadmaps — the International Technology Roadmap for Semiconductors (ITRS) and the roadmap of the International Electronics Manufacturing Initiative (iNEMI) — after discussions at IMAPS GBC workshops, and with their National Technical Committee (NTC).
08/09/2006 JMAR Technologies Inc. announced it received a $3.1 million award by Naval Air Systems Command (NAVAIR). This is the latest increment to be added to JMAR's current contract, valued at $17.5 million, to continue development of sub-100nm feature x-ray masks and next generation nanolithography.
08/08/2006 Two research reports investigate the contemporary AMD versus Intel competition. One offers a view of the competitive landscape and likely outcomes of the rivalry in subsequent years, while the other considers the structure, risks, potential benefits, industry perceptions, and long-term ramifications of AMD's purchase of ATI Technologies. AMD must maintain momentum to continue to compete with Intel.
08/08/2006 Anytime government gets into the act of giving money to any endeavor, one can almost imagine the industry holding its collective nose with a clothespin. The money is welcome, but the intrusion that may go along with it is not. Guests of SST On the Scene at SEMICON West shared their thoughts about government getting more involved, and what challenges the industry is facing now when it accepts such help.
