03/10/2006 The Safer Nano 2006 symposium held in Beaverton, Ore., on Monday and Tuesday looked at best practices and regulatory activities being developed to ensure "Nano for a Safer World."
03/09/2006 March 9, 2006 - Sematech has begun work on a project to investigate alternative materials to silicon in MOSFET channels, in an effort to develop process technologies that achieve enhanced mobility without compromising reliability.
03/09/2006 March 9, 2006 - Süss MicroTec and Instrument Systems say they've developed a new high-throughput test system for LED devices at wafer level
03/09/2006 Clinton, NY — Indium Corp. of America will exhibit its wafer and chip bumping and semiconductor packaging materials offerings at IMAPS' International Conference and Exhibition on Device Packaging (DPC 2006), to take place March 20–23, 2006, in Scottsdale, Arizona, at booth #35.
03/09/2006 March 9, 2006 - Demand for Japanese semiconductor manufacturing equipment continues to gain momentum, with consecutive months of orders that were much stronger than a year ago, according to new data from the Semiconductor Equipment Association of Japan (SEAJ).
03/09/2006 Altair Nanotechnologies Inc. and Electro Energy Inc. announced that they have entered into a four-year joint development agreement for the design, manufacture and marketing of high power lithium ion batteries and battery systems. Initial target markets consist of a variety of portable devices, including handheld power tool applications.
03/09/2006 Xponent Photonics, a maker of optical components, announced that it has begun production volumes of silicon planar lightwave circuits (PLCs) at Innovative Micro Technology.
03/08/2006 March 8, 2006 - Micron Technology Inc., Boise, ID, has agreed to acquire Lexar Media Inc., Fremont, CA, in a $690 million stock swap. Through the deal Micron bolsters its NAND flash business with controller and system design technology.
03/08/2006 March 8, 2006 - Spansion Inc., the former flash memory JV between AMD and Fujitsu, has filed a trademark infringement lawsuit against Macronix International and Macronix America concerning false statements about its MirrorBit flash products.
03/08/2006 The company became publicly traded following its recently announced acquisition by Silver River Ventures Inc., now known as BioForce Nanosciences Holdings Inc.
03/08/2006 MTI MicroFuel Cells Inc., a developer of micro fuel cell technology for handheld electronic devices, announced today the appointment of Russel Marvin to chief operating officer. Marvin, who has served as vice president of engineering since April of 2005, will focus his efforts on driving technology and product development into the industrial, consumer and military markets.
03/07/2006 March 7, 2006 - Infineon Technologies AG has developed a computer memory module with an integrated thermal sensor using real-time temperature data to optimize system performance, targeting use in forthcoming mobile platforms from Intel.
03/07/2006 Willow Grove, PA — Kulicke & Soffa Industries Inc. (K&S) has closed the sale of all assets of its wafer test business to SV Probe Pte Ltd. (please see January 27th story) The wafer-test assets were reportedly sold for $10.0 million, which includes the assumption of accounts payable and certain other liabilities, and are subject to a post-closing working capital adjustment.
03/07/2006 March 7, 2006 - The BOC Group has agreed to be acquired by the German gas company for about $14.4 billion (GBP 8.2 billion), surpassing Air Liquide to become the world's largest gas supplier.
