07/29/2005  Headquartered in Kusterdingen, Germany, Bosch Sensortec GmbH will apply MEMS sensors to high growth markets like consumer electronics.

06/02/2005  (June 02, 2005) Cary, N.C. — Baolab MicroSystems has picked Coventor Inc.'s 3-D micro-emulation tool, MEMulator, to verify its design in the pre-fabrication stage. MEMulator provides realistic 3-D design-rule checks visualization and mechanical connection color scheming to check for etch and connection errors before foundry processes. Baolab has incorporated MEMulator into its design process to catch errors and reduce fabrication runs.

05/17/2005  In the MEMS industry five years ago, venture capital financing was relatively easy to secure and many MEMS-based businesses raised millions of dollars at sky-high company valuations. Today, most of those companies are out of business or at the very least did not deliver on the promises made to their financiers. We could have followed the same path but didn't.

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04/01/2005  New technology developed by QinetiQ, Malvern, UK, is to be used by Tronic's Microsystems SA, Crolles, France, for the volume production of innovative micro-electromechanical system (MEMS) devices. The technology teams will collaborate to achieve process design and compatibility, including full process statistics.

03/28/2005  If there is any one company whose use of a new technology signals that innovation’s arrival in the mainstream, it is Apple Computer. Apple’s use of the computer mouse and the graphical user interface 20 years ago catapulted those technologies into homes and offices as other computer makers adopted them in a rush to compete. In more recent years, Apple has done the same with wireless networking and devices like the MP3 player.

03/14/2005  By Paula Doe, Contributing Editor

A crowd of Japanese suppliers are gambling that rising demand for MEMS devices for high volume products is about to spur a real volume market for production tools and services. There are now 20 Japanese companies offering microelectromechanical foundry services and 12 supplying MEMS etching equipment, according to a recent report from PennWell partner Nikkei Microdevices.

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02/08/2005  February 8, 2005 - Nine global semiconductor companies, representing 500,000 200mm-equivalent wafers/month and $7 billion in combined annual revenues, have formed the Fab Owners Association (FOA) to identify problems and potential solutions for common manufacturing issues.

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11/11/2004  By using known manufacturing processes, a foundry can shorten development time and ensure higher yields during early fabrication runs. While that puts the onus on the foundry to offer well-defined and repeatable processes, the benefit is that customers know that a product will work right out of the gate.

11/09/2004  Edmonton was known in the 1800s as a fur-trading post. In the 1900s, it gained fame for its oil and gas industry. This century, it appears to be evolving into Canada's showcase for micro and nanotechnologies, and a possible world leader in their commercialization. A new $31-million NINT building now under construction is designed to be one of the world’s most technologically advanced research facilities.

10/18/2004  After several years of helping others bring MEMS to market, a Tokyo-based fab facility is launching its own line. Oki Electric Industry Co. Ltd. has developed a tri-axis accelerometer module designed for mobile phones as well as other products. Oki expects to send sample shipments in October to Japanese and North American customers, and ramp up to high volume by April.

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08/04/2004  Honeywell is making millions of the anisotropic major mobile phone makers. The sensor-enabled phones are being launched this year – first in Europe, followed closely by Asia. Eventually, the technology will make its way to phones manufactured in the U.S.