07/01/2008  July 1, 2008 -- Pulse, an electronic component and subassembly design and manufacturer, announced that its Sonion division, which manufactures micro-electromechanical systems (MEMS) microphone technology, is now operating under the Pulse name.

06/27/2008  June 27, 2008 -- SUSS MicroTec, Inc., a supplier of process and test solutions for the semiconductor industry, announced that a suite of processing tools, which enable new generations of micro-electromechanical systems (MEMS), has been selected for SVTC Technologies' facility in Austin, Texas.

06/26/2008  June 26, 2008 -- Ecliptek Corporation, a supplier of frequency products, has announced significant reduction of lead times for the EMO family of programmable MEMS clock oscillators, on production quantities up to 50,000 units.

06/24/2008  June 24, 2008 -- Kebaili Corporation, a high-tech MEMS and nanotechnology company, has released the KMHP-100 Series, the industry's first commercially available off-the-shelf MEMS microhotplates for researchers and scientists in innovative chemical sensor research and development applications.

06/23/2008  June 23, 2008 -- The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Argonne National Laboratory has received $1.4 million in funding from The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) to a Phase III research project to develop high-performance integrated diamond microelectro-mechanical system (MEMS) and complementary metal-oxide-semiconductors devices (CMOS) for radar and mobile communications using an Argonne-developed Ulananocrystalline Diamond (UNCD) film technology.

06/18/2008  Vectron International, a designer and manufacturer of Frequency Control, Sensor, and Hybrid Product solutions, has released its new VMEM5Q high-shock and vibration MEMS-based military clock oscillator. The VMEM5Q utilizes a small mass, high stiffness micromechanical resonator.

06/17/2008  When Advanced Packaging magazine covered MEPTEC's first MEMS Symposium in 2003, MEMS was a technology with potential that needed to move from a technology-driven to a market-driven approach to succeed commercially. This year's symposium on May 22, 2008 was subtitled "MEMS Market Evolution — From Technology Push to Market Pull," suggesting that the potential has been realized.

06/10/2008  June 10, 2008 -- STMicro-electronics' new LISY300AL is a surface-mountable, single-axis MEMS yaw gyroscope for angular rate sensing up to 300 degrees/ sec (full scale). The 7 x 7 x 1.5mm MEMS sensor offers features such as extended power supply and power-management.

06/09/2008  June 9, 2008 -- A mechanical micromuscle with nanoscale functionality and a micro-creep-and-stress tester, both designed by students, were the top winners in Sandia National Laboratories' fourth annual University Alliance Design Competition for MEMS designs.

06/06/2008  June 6, 2008—Digital Surf, developer of topographical analysis tools for micro and nano-surfaces, has released Mountains Technology version 5. The new software enables metrological analysis of the evolution of a 3D surface, for instance nanotechnology or a MEMS device, in a fourth dimension.

05/19/2008  By Steve Lerner, CEO, Alchimer
It seems hard to believe that in just half a century the semiconductor industry has emerged from obscurity to become a key indicator for global economic prosperity. In that time it has developed a cyclic nature; periods of high growth followed by periods of low (or even negative) growth that, due to our overriding dependency on semiconductors, now impacts greatly on the developed world.

05/19/2008  Cost Pressure Switches from Consumer to Automotive Applications
By Andreas Nagy, Multitest
For every semiconductor company, final test and quality control adds cost without adding additional functional value to their product. That is why cost of test is constantly under pressure. In the early days of MEMS, cost-per-unit were not considered that critical, as MEMS prices were sometimes lower then traditional sensor prices by a factor of 100.

05/15/2008  Silicon Resources LLC, a microelectromechanical systems (MEMS) development and prototype company based in the Ann Arbor, Michigan area, has appointed Christopher Campbell as Business Director. According to Frank DiPiazza, Founder and Technical Director of the company -- a service provider for companies designing MEMS -- said, "His unique skills will allow us to accelerate our forward momentum."

05/06/2008  Taiwan-based Asia Pacific Microsystems (APM), an independent MEMS foundry service provider, says that MEMS pioneer Dr. Kurt Petersen has joined its technical advisory board. Petersen, who co-founded SiTime, Cepheid, and NovaSensor, will advise APM on its 8-inch transition strategy, advanced technology roadmap, new MEMS applications, and new partnership opportunities.

05/02/2008  InvenSense, Inc., provider of MEMS-based motion sensors for mobile consumer applications, says it has secured $19 million dollars in Series C venture capital financing. InvenSense will use the funding to expand sales to support new customers and introduce "the world's first integrated motion sensing solutions based on multi-axis [MEMS] gyroscopes and accelerometers with embedded intelligence."

04/30/2008  Discera, Inc.'s MEMS resonators are now available to manufacturers in more than 140 countries through Digi-Key Corp., a leading electronics distributor. The wide availability of Discera's MEMS products, which replace traditional quartz crystal devices, is a milestone that the company was able to achieve through its relationship with OEM partner Abracon. Small Times' editor in chief Barbara Goode explains.

04/28/2008  Quickfilter Technologies' QuickfilterPro 2.20 software, companion to the company's QF1D512 SavFIRe programmable filter chip, aims to help MEMS/microsystems designers quickly and easily add precision digital filtering to applications.

04/15/2008  The Nintendo Wii's motion-sensing remote control and the Apple iPhone's self-orienting display represent the advance wave of what will be a rising tide of new and innovative uses for MEMS accelerometers, according to ABI Research.

04/15/2008  STMocroelectronics, a supplier of the MEMS devices found in many gaming and mobile multimedia applications, announced the addition of two accelerometers to its ultra-compact portfolio of devices in 4

04/10/2008  - MEMS accelerometers have hit the limelight with all the consumer applications in gaming devices, such as the Nintendo Wii, and smart phones like Apple's iPhone. But these popular products are only the high-profile advance wave of what will be a rising tide of new and innovative uses for the tiny motion sensors, says Douglas McEuen, senior analyst at ABI Research.