02/02/2006 San Jose, CA — Worldwide semiconductor sales hit a record $227.5 billion in 2005, increasing 6.8% from $213.0 billion in 2004, according to the Semiconductor Industry Association (SIA).
02/02/2006 February 1, 2006 -- Frankfurt, Germany -- Rap.ID has been nominated for the Innovation Award of the German Economy in the category Start-Up , for its novel Particle Explorer.
02/01/2006 February 1, 2006 - In the first achievement under its new "fab lite" business model, Infineon Technologies AG has produced sample 65nm chips, leveraging technologies developed under an alliance with IBM, Chartered, and Samsung.
02/01/2006 February 1, 2006 - Global sales of Japanese-made semiconductor manufacturing equipment decreased 9.2% in 2005 to 1.47 trillion yen (US $12.51 billion), the first decline in three years, but improving demand late in the year bodes well for a comeback in 2006, according to the Semiconductor Equipment Industry of Japan (SEAJ).
02/01/2006 In February 2005, the University of Cincinnati opened a microbiological research laboratory to train researchers in the study of infectious agents and examine pathogens falling within the Bio Safety Level 3 (BSL3) category.
02/01/2006 As part of a major new initiative to modernize current good manufacturing practice (cGMP) regulations and simplify clinical development, the FDA (www.fda.gov) has released two documents offering guidance for advancing the earliest phases of clinical research.
02/01/2006 With the CleanRooms Contamination Control Technology (CCT) Conference and Exhibition coming to Boston on March 15 and 16, it should be a busy and exciting month for all of us at CleanRooms and, hopefully, for many others in the contamination-control profession as well.
02/01/2006 In most cleanrooms, the final step in removing airborne particles occurs in the HEPA or ULPA filter that’s delivering air into a controlled space.
