05/23/2005 May 23, 2005 - Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Limited (TSMC) is advising the senior officials of the local government of Taiwan to allow the group to set up 0.18-micron process chip plant in the Chinese mainland as soon as possible, according to SinoCast.
05/23/2005 SARATOGA, CA -- (MARKET WIRE) -- 05/23/2005 -- Advanced Forecasting will share with attendees of its 17th annual forecast seminar a prediction for the timing of the next turning-point in the IC Cycle. A mid-year update of its forecasts for semiconductor equipment, semiconductor materials and equipment-components, and wafer sales will also be presented at the July 11, 2005 seminar held during SEMICON West 2005 in San Francisco, CA.
05/23/2005 May 23, 2005 - Axcelis Technologies Inc. has announced that the company's board of directors has elected president and CEO Mary Puma, 47, to the position of chairman of the board. Puma, whose new title is chairman and CEO, succeeds Stephen Hardis, who has been named Axcelis' lead director.
05/23/2005 Industrial Nanotech Inc, an emerging nanotechnology-based solutions provider, unveiled its Nansulate Translucent product line today. Nansulate Translucent is an industrial grade coating which provides insulation and anti-corrosion protection and is designed for higher performance applications commonly seen in industries such as the maritime, petroleum refinery and shipbuilding industries among others.
05/23/2005 NASA is using nanotechnology to guide near-term explorations of the moon and eventual trips to Mars.
A joint project of NASA and El Segundo, Calif.-based Aerospace Corp. will develop a "black box" that uses nanosensors weighing a few grams. The nanosenors will be used to gather data about flight vehicles re-entering the earth's atmosphere from space. After the perilous high-speed part of re-entry, the black box will "phone home" by satellite and send data.
05/20/2005 SAN DIEGO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 20, 2005--PURE Bioscience today announced it has signed a contract with Maryland-based Innovative Medical Services, LLC for the sale of PURE's water treatment division for $2.375 million. The sale of the water division is targeted to close by the end of this month.
05/20/2005 Calabasas, CA - May 19, 2005 - National Technical Systems, Inc., a leading provider of quality and conformance testing and managed services, announced that it has been awarded a long term agreement with Germantown, MD-based Smiths Aerospace, a business unit of the Smiths Group plc, covering testing and compliance services in the environmental and structural areas. The agreement runs through April 2006.
05/20/2005 (May 20, 2005) Migdal Haemek, Israel — Camtek Ltd. results for Q1 2005, which ended March 31, show revenues of $9.1 million, down 30% from $13.1 million form the same period one year ago, and down 48% from $17.6 million in Q4 2004, slightly above the April 7 guidance range of between $8.5 to $9 million.
05/20/2005 (May 20, 2005) San Jose, Calif. — North American-based manufacturers of semiconductor equipment, on a three-month average, posted $1.00 billion in orders in April 2005 and a book-to-bill ratio of 0.80, according to SEMI's April 2005 Book-to-Bill Report, which reveals that $80 worth of orders were received for every $100 of product billed for the month of April.
05/20/2005 May 20, 2005 - IBM Corp. and Toppan Printing Co. Ltd. have agreed to jointly develop photomasks for next-generation, 45nm semiconductor manufacturing processes. The two companies expect to invest ~US$200 million.
05/20/2005 May 19, 2005 - Mattson Technology Inc. has announced that it has shipped multiple Helios RTP systems to a leading European chipmaker. Tool installations are scheduled to begin this month at the customer's 300mm fab.
05/20/2005 May 19, 2005 - DongbuAnam Semiconductor has announced that Tomato LSI Inc. (TLSI) has selected its high-voltage, 0.18-micron CMOS wafer process to manufacture LCD driver IC (LDI) devices. DongbuAnam will begin providing wafer foundry services to the Korean fabless company this month, initially focusing on implementing two of TLSI's newest LDIs.
