01/16/2008  ; Tessera Technologies Inc. has announced that it has licensed its OptiML wafer-level camera (WLC) technology and SHELLCASE wafer-level chip scale packaging (WLCSP) solutions to Nemotek S.A. The combination of these consumer optics technologies enables Nemotek to offer a full range of cost-efficient camera solutions from wafer-level packaging of image sensors and wafer-level lenses to fully-integrated camera modules.

01/16/2008  ; SUSS MicroTec has shipped and successfully installed several microelectromechanical systems (MEMS) production tools at Freescale Semiconductor. The equipment included a new DSM200 Series front-to-back alignment verification system, the latest generation SUSS MA200 compact mask aligner as well as a SUSS ABC200 series wafer bond cluster system for use in MEMS sensor applications.

01/15/2008  Freescale's new advanced MEMS 200-mm (8-inch) production line addresses growing demand for sensors in the price-sensitive automotive, industrial, medical and consumer markets.

01/11/2008  Technitrol Inc. has agreed to acquire the capital stock of Sonion A/S, a producer of microacoustic transducers and micromechanical components for manufacturers of hearing instruments, advanced acoustic devices, medical devices and mobile communication devices in addition to MEMS microphone technology.

01/11/2008  Three-axis acceleration sensors made by MEMS device manufacturer STMicroelectronics are enabling motion control in the new Air Mouse and Music Remote from Gyration.

12/26/2007  Coventor Inc.'s 3D MEMS Designer and Analyzer software has been selected by Hong Kong University and Kyoto University as the platform for a MEMS design contest.

12/04/2007  ; BPM Microsystems has announced that its newest flash memory programmer, the Flashstream, has dramatically reduced the programming time for the NAND Flash Large Page Family from chipmaker STMicroelectronics.

11/19/2007  RF Micro Devices, designer and manufacturer of high-performance radio frequency systems, has introduced RF MEMS transmit/receive switch and mode switch for 3G (third generation) mobile phone handsets.

11/19/2007  iPhone, 'Guitar Hero,' Wii, are the early adopters. When price goes down, MEMS will see even bigger growth, says ABI Research

10/31/2007  Small Times' report of Tronics' recent profit announcement has drawn a response from Chris Lumb, CEO of rival Micralyne Inc. "Tronics' profitability claim . . . is wrong: It is not the first pure play contract manufacturer of advanced MEMS devices to achieve consistent profitability," he noted.

10/18/2007  ; Aviza Technology, Inc. (NASDAQ:AVZA), a supplier of advanced semiconductor capital equipment and process technologies announced a system order of its Omega fxP cluster system from Robert Bosch GmbH, a MEMS sensor manufacturer specializing in automotive sensors and consumer devices. This is Aviza's second major MEMS customer to be announced in three months.

10/18/2007  October 18, 2007 - Israeli foundry Tower Semiconductor says it has begun volume manufacturing of image sensor products for Taiwan's Vision Integration Technology Inc. (ViTi), with output of the home security and closed-circuit TV sensors being done at its Fab 1 manufacturing site using 0.35-micron processes.

10/15/2007  A new silicon-on-insulator product with built-in gettering properties, Okmetic G-SOI, promises IC-integrated MEMS processes with such benefits as reduced device size, improved yields, streamlined process, and decreased cost.

10/11/2007  Discera Inc., a developer of CMOS MEMS oscillators and resonators, and provider of next-generation timing solutions, is one of four semiconductor companies singled out for the Technology Innovation Awards by The Wall Street Journal.

10/10/2007  The fact that MEMS are at last making it into mainstream consumer applications was enough to encourage MEMS developer MEMSIC Inc. to file for a $100 million initial public offering. Small Times' Howard Lovy reports.

10/09/2007  Bourne Research LLC has published a new science and engineering book aimed at children. "MEMS and Nanotechnology for Kids," written by Marlene Bourne, president and principal analyst of Bourne Research, gives readers a basic overview of MEMS and nanotechnology, describing how they work, where they are found and why they are useful.

10/04/2007  Integrated Sensing Systems Inc. (ISSYS) has received a Phase II Small Business Innovation Research contract from the National Science Foundation. The two-year project, Wafer-Scale, Hermetic Packaging of MEMS-Based Systems," is aimed toward development of a novel packaging method that will greatly simplify the packaging of MEMS and their associated electronics

10/03/2007  Infineon Technologies AG and Japanese microphone vendor Hosiden are cooperating to develop MEMS microphones.

09/28/2007  Football helmets equipped with Analog Devices MEMS accelerometers and data acquisition technology are helping researchers study head trauma in a small Illinois town. When a player's helmet registers a hit, it beams impact data to a laptop computer monitored by the team's athletic trainer. The system is the first to be deployed at a high school.

09/25/2007  RedShift Systems has selected MEMS foundry Innovative Micro Technology (IMT) to produce its Thermal Light Valve (TLV), which allows standard CMOS and CCD digital cameras to "see heat." RedShift says the TLV enables new, affordable devices that will rapidly expand the market for thermal imaging.