07/10/2006 July 10, 2006 - Rohm and Haas Electronic Materials Microelectronic Technologies and Dow Corning Corp. have renewed a joint development agreement to work on novel spin-on silicon hardmask antireflective coatings for sub-65nm lithography in flash, DRAM, and logic IC devices.
07/10/2006 July 10, 2006 - OnWafer Technologies, Pleasanton, CA, has acquired the plasma management division of Advanced Energy Industries Inc., including IP and technology-related assets, in a move to extend its position in plasma process control and diagnostics wireless metrology technology. Terms of the deal were not disclosed.
07/10/2006 July 10, 2006 - SEMATECH's Advanced Technology Development Facility (ATDF) and Novellus Systems Inc. are readying next-generation porous low-k test wafers for equipment makers and materials suppliers to evaluate their products with leading-edge ultralow-k (ULK) materials, eyeing the 2007 production target set down by the ITRS.
07/10/2006 July 10, 2006 - BlueShift Technologies Inc., a manufacturer of a wafer-processing platform utilizing vacuum and automation technologies founded by former Brooks Automation execs, has secured a Series B round of financing totaling $12 million, to accelerate product launch activities and fuel expansion into international markets.
07/10/2006 July 10, 2006 - Synova, a privately held Swiss developer of water jet-guided laser technology, is planning to open a micromachining center in Silicon Valley to tap into local growth markets including inkjet printer head MEMS, hard disk drive (HDD) and organic light emitting diodes (OLEDs).
07/10/2006 July 11, 2006 - Freescale Semiconductor says it has ramped to volume production of its 4Mbit, 0.18µm-based magnetoresistive random access memory (MRAM) devices.
07/10/2006 July 7, 2006 -- /PRWEB/ -- Cornelius, OR -- Research studies show that the quantity of online purchases will increase by up to 55% over the next 2-3 years for laboratory products and equipment (Laboratory Equipment Magazine, Lab Trends 2006, pg. 40).
07/10/2006 July 7, 2006 -- Fremont, Calif. -- Balazs Analytical Services, a division of Air Liquide Electronics U.S. LP, announces three new tests for Total Oxidizable Carbon (TOC) speciation in ultrapure water (UPW).
07/10/2006 July 7, 2006 -- /BUSINESS WIRE/ -- BAD HOMBURG, Germany & CORK, Ireland -- ALTANA Pharma, the pharmaceutical division of ALTANA AG today performed the official opening of a new tablet production facility in Cork (Ireland) in the presence of the Irish Prime Minister, Mr. Bertie Ahern.
07/10/2006 July 7, 2006 -- /BUSINESS WIRE/ -- SAN JOSE, Calif. -- Olympus Integrated Technologies America (Olympus-ITA), a subsidiary of Olympus Corporation of Japan, introduces the Model AL3300 optical inspection and defect review system for full top, edge, bevel and back side inspection of 300 millimeter wafers.
07/10/2006 July 10, 2006 -- /BUSINESS WIRE/ -- SANTA CLARA, Calif. -- Applied Materials, Inc. today announced a significant enhancement to its Applied Endura(R) CuBS (copper barrier/seed) system with the new Aktiv(TM) Preclean chamber, extending the system's leadership position in 45nm-generation copper-low k interconnects.
07/10/2006 July 10, 2006 -- /BUSINESS WIRE/ -- SANTA CLARA, Calif. -- Applied Materials, Inc. today announced its Applied Endura(R) iLB(TM) II (integrated liner/barrier) system, which combines major advances in PVD(1) titanium (Ti) and preclean technologies to reduce resistance in critical contact structures by up to 40%.
07/10/2006 July 10, 2006 -- /MARKET WIRE/ -- SARATOGA, CA -- Debate as to whether the IC industry is approaching a turning point or will maintain its growth momentum continues to rage, fueled by growth statistics of ICs and many equipment and materials segments that are reaching record levels.
07/10/2006 July 6, 2006 -- /Air Liquide/ -- The electronic chip, omnipresent in our everyday lives in computers, mobile phones and MP3 players, must live up to leading-edge performance and exceptional properties: ever-increasing capacity in memory, speed and power.
07/10/2006 July 6, 2006 -- /BUSINESS WIRE/ -- CHASKA, Minn. -- Entegris, Inc. (Nasdaq:ENTG) announced today that it will introduce its LiquidLens(TM) UPW (ultrapure water) purification system next week at the semiconductor global trade show SEMICON West 2006 in San Francisco.
07/10/2006 July 6, 2006 -- /BUSINESS WIRE/ -- SAN DIEGO -- RASIRC(TM), the steam purification company, introduces its first product, the Intaeger(R) UHP (Ultra High Purity) fully automated steam generator.
07/10/2006 The first commercial magnetoresistive random access memory (MRAM) device is now in volume production and available from Freescale Semiconductor.
07/07/2006 Interton, a hearing aid system manufacturer, has selected AMI Semiconductor (AMIS) to develop advanced wireless capabilities for hearing aid devices. The battery life expectancy for hearing devices complicates additions of wireless technology; therefore, AMIS will develop ultra low-power radio frequency (RF) subsystems for devices.
