10/28/2005 Hauppauge, N.Y. — RVSI Inspection LLC has recently appointed Kevin Maddy as its new president, where he will be responsible for managing products and applications sales that meet and exceed the demands of the global industry, while cultivating customer relationships. With his 25 years of manufacturing experience, he spent the past 14 years as a general management executive with P&L responsibility, specializing in turnaround management, organizational reengineering, and lean manufacturing.
10/28/2005 Richard Smalley, the Nobel Prize-winning nanotechnology researcher who was also an ardent supporter of commercial nanotechnology development, died today of cancer. He was 62. Smalley earned the Nobel Prize for Chemistry in 1996 for co-discovering the C60 molecule, a soccer ball-shaped form of carbon.
10/28/2005 Scientists often talk about standing on the shoulders of giants, referring to the great minds who inspired and instructed their own discoveries. Sometimes, a scientist is that giant.
10/28/2005 We expect that the next IPO window will present itself within the next 12 months as the pendulum between lab discoveries and commercialization shifts towards the latter.
10/27/2005 Leuven, Belgium — Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. has agreed to become a core partner in IMEC's sub-45-nm CMOS research program. With TSMC joining this core program, eight IC manufacturers — Infineon, Intel, Matsushita/Panasonic, Philips, Samsung, STMicroelectronics, Texas Instruments, and TSMC — now collaborate in IMEC's 300-mm research facilities to conquer the ITRS challenges.
10/27/2005 San Jose, Calif. — SEMI has published eight new technical standards applicable to the semiconductor, flat panel display (FPD), and MEMS manufacturing industries. Developed by technical experts from equipment suppliers, device manufacturers and other companies participating in the SEMI International Standards Program, the standards are available for purchase in CD-ROM format or downloadable from SEMI's website.
10/27/2005 October 27, 2005 - The inventor of the blue LED and a research team from Tokyo U. of Science said yesterday that they have succeeded in producing hydrogen from water through the use of gallium nitride (GaN) crystals, reported the Nikkei English News. If commercializable, this technology is expected to lead to the development of fuel cells that run on water and can be used in a wide range of products, from automobiles to computers.
10/25/2005 Cd. Juarez, Mexico — AIM has appointed Carlos Tafoya as its new Technical Applications Manager – Mexico, where he will be based out of AIM's Cd. Juarez, Mexico-based production facility. He will be responsible for providing technical applications support to the customers of AIM's full line of electronic solders and chemicals throughout Mexico.
10/25/2005 October 25, 2005 - Intel Corp. has announced plans to invest $650 million to increase the capacity of its 300mm wafer Fab 11X in Rio Rancho, NM. Construction and new tool installations are scheduled to continue through 2006, with production operations set to begin through the new expansion in early 2007. This investment will create more than 300 new manufacturing jobs.
10/24/2005 October 24, 2005 - Researchers at South Korea's Pohang U. of Science and Technology have developed what they call the world's first subnanometer carbon nanotube with a diameter of 0.4nm.
10/24/2005 Hollis, N.H. — J P Sercel Associates (JPSA) and Beijing Opto-Electronics Technology Co. Ltd. (BOET) have entered into an agreement, in which BOET will sell and service JPSA laser systems in China, including the IX-300 ChromaDice UV laser system for semiconductor wafer processing (scribing and dicing in production volumes).
10/21/2005 October 21, 2005 - Semiconductor Equipment and Materials International (SEMI) has announced the recipients of its 2005 SEMI North America and Lifetime Achievement awards. Bob Shillman, Bill Silver, and Marilyn Matz, the founders of Cognex Corp., received the North America honors in recognition of their contributions in machine-vision inspection for the semiconductor industry; and James S. (Jim) Koford will receive the Lifetime Achievement award ...
