11/16/2005 November 16, 2005 - President George W. Bush announced that IBM has been awarded the 2004 National Medal of Technology by the US Department of Commerce and the Technology Administration in recognition of more than four decades of innovation in semiconductor technology.
11/16/2005 Austin, Texas — Test Advantage Inc., a provider of data analysis technology for the semiconductor industry, recently announced multi-million-dollar, multi-product orders from two of Europe's semiconductor producers for the new-generation of Streetwise Production and Streetwise Engineering products. Streetwise is a data-analysis solution that detects parametric and geographical outliers; a key step in achieving zero defects in semiconductor production test.
11/16/2005 Academics in the natural and social sciences struggle to figure out how to get the public more involved in scientific decision-making and how to make them more informed about nanotechnology. And often they tend to forget the lessons we learned from similar issues in the past, such as the debates surrounding genetically modified organisms and stem cell research.
11/15/2005 By Françoise von Trapp, Advanced Packaging Associate Editor
Haverhill, Mass. — Like it or not, agree with it or not, or prepared for it or not, lead-free is a reality and it's time to get on board. This was the overall message at last week's Lead-free Technology Forum and Workshop. The event was sponsored by Dage Precision Industries, Ltd., and hosted by the Circuit Technology Center in Haverhill, Mass.
11/15/2005 San Jose, Calif. — The Semiconductor Industry Association (SIA) is congratulating IBM on its 2004 Medal of Technology win, awarded by President George W. Bush. This award recognizes IBM for four decades of semiconductor innovation.
11/15/2005 November 15, 2005 - Worldwide silicon wafer area shipments increased 9% during the 3Q05 when compared to the 2Q area shipments, according to the SEMI Silicon Manufacturers Group (SMG) in its quarterly analysis of the silicon wafer industry.
11/14/2005 San Diego, Calif. — STATS ChipPAC Ltd. has joined the Semiconductor Test Consortium, Inc. (STC), a promoter of the global adoption of the Open Semiconductor Test Architecture (OPENSTAR) standard. Open to all companies throughout the semiconductor supply chain with a vested interest in the test sector, the consortium is moving closer to achieving worldwide adoption and validation of the OPENSTAR standard.
11/14/2005 November 14, 2005 - Dainippon Ink & Chemicals Inc. plans to start producing materials for thin-film transistor (TFT) LCDs in early 2006, The Nihon Keizai Shimbun reported. The company intends on spending 500 million yen (US$4.2 million ) to procure production equipment for its Saitama Prefecture plant and then to start supplying materials for computer monitors and eventually LCD televisions by April 2006
11/11/2005 November 11, 2005 - Purdue University has purchased a SUSS MicroTec SB6e substrate bonder and a MA/BA6 mask/bond aligner for use in its new Birck Nanotechnology Center. This facility provides state-of-the-art labs and scientific equipment for nanoscale research that will be used by over 130 faculty and their students from 27 departments.
11/10/2005 November 10, 2005 - Elpida Memory Inc. has begun on-site production of hydrogen gas necessary for production of DRAM chips at its Higashi Hiroshima main plant, reports the Nikkei English News.
11/10/2005 Clinton, N.Y. — Robert (Bob) Jarrett has joined Indium Corp. as a manufacturing process engineer, and is based at Indium's Robinson Road facility in Clinton, N.Y., where he will report directly to the VP of operations.
