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- Technology evolution
- Texas’ roadmap to supporting nano R&D
- Matchmaker’ portal matches MEMS customers, partners
- Seeing the invisible: Non-destructive subsurface nanoscale metrology with scanning near-field ultrasound holography
- MEMS equipment diffuses into mainstream IC markets, finds ways to improve yields
- Emerging commercial applications of nano electronics
- Pressure sensors provide indoor competency for navigation
- Advancements in spinnable CNT arrays
I’m fairly sure there’s at least one nanotechnology conference going on during any given week at some point in the world.
The Texas Emerging Technology Fund (ETF) was formed in 2004 to support statewide nanotech commercialization and research efforts, with initial funds totaling $200 million–50% earmarked to commercialization efforts, 25% to reward research “superiority,” and 25% toward matching grants.
The MEMS Industry Group, a trade association representing the MEMS and microstructures industries, has launched a MEMS Marketplace online “matchmaking” portal that enables MEMS companies to connect with prospective customers and partners.
Countless benefits can be gained for dozens of industries with the ability to observe invisible elements, especially contaminants, at the nanoscale.
Quicker 3D simulation, more practical dry etch, and automated die inspection
Nanoscale properties enable improved thermoelectrics, NEMS gas sensors
Inside of buildings, even the newest GPS navigation units quickly hit their limits–their navigational abilities are so inexact that a few floors can stand between the goal they indicate and the actual one.
Most natural fibers and nanofibers are produced only in relatively short lengths, and most applications require a bulk or continuous material–but there is no effective method for using short fibers or carbon nanotube (CNT) powders to achieve breakthrough properties in bulk materials.
Yole Développement MEMS
- SUSS MicroTec strengthens presence in Asia with new sales structure
- Epson Toyocom develops new high-precision quartz pressure sensors
- Tegal Corporation reports fiscal 2009 results
- Boston Micromachines Deformable Mirror Used in Subaru Observatory Extreme Adaptive Optics Project
- University of Twente researcher develops new storage method for video camera
- Microvision, Inc. Secures $15 Million Equity Investment From Walsin Lihwa Corporation
- 3M and SUSS Announce Agreement on Temporary Wafer Bonding Technology to Enable 3-D Semiconductors
- Coventor and Cadence Collaborate to Develop a MEMS + IC Design Suite
- MEMS Players: An Analysis of Financial Performance
- 2008 TOP 20 MEMS foundries: Micralyne, first foundry in the open market
SUSS MicroTec, one of the world´s leading suppliers of process and test solutions for microstructuring applications in semiconductor and related markets, today announced a new structure for sales in Asia based in Singapore. With the consolidation of ...
Unique architecture enables the XP-7000 series to directly measure fluid pressure
Retains Cowen and Company, LLC to explore strategic alternatives
Subaru Coronagraphic Extreme-AO Project Uses MEMS Deformable Mirror in Direct Imaging Technique
Video camera batteries last up to two and a half times longer with new discovery
Microvision, Inc. (NASDAQ:MVIS), and Walsin Lihwa Corporation (TSE:1605), announced that Walsin Lihwa Corporation, through its subsidiary Max Display Enterprises Limited, has agreed to invest approximately $15 million in Microvision. The investment ...
3M, a leading supplier of advanced materials to the semiconductor industry, and SUSS MicroTec, a leading supplier of semiconductor processing equipment, today announced an agreement to expand access to 3M Wafer Support System (WSS) equipment for ...
Coventor, Inc., the leading developer of MEMS design-automation software, announces the next generation MEMS + IC design software: MEMS+. For the past two years Coventor has collaborated with Cadence to develop a new MEMS + IC design and simulation ...
Yole Developpement has released a new study dedicated to help decision makers evaluate MEMS companies’ corporate value and growth strategies. Supported by Yole’s powerful MEMS industry analysis, this report presents key metrics that are used to evaluate corporate financial performance and valuation.
Micralyne reaches the number one position in open MEMS foundries, after a +22% growth in sales to US$ 28 M in 2008.
Yole Développement Microfluidics
- Financing Led by SLS Invest Will Fund Gyros to Profitability
- Under Development: Micromagnetic-Microfluidic Blood Filter
- Dolomite Introduces Glass Microfluidic Device for High Throughput Mixing and Reactions
- Micronics Receives Patent on Rapid Thermocycling Methodology for Molecular Diagnostics
- Printing artificial cells
- Integrated Fluidic Circuit
- Burkert unveils extended design-and-build service
- ISSYS and Endress+Hauser Form Partnership to Develop Advanced MEMS-Based Fluidic Products
- Nanopoint, Inc. Applies CE Mark to Its cellTRAY(R) Imaging and Microfluidics Systems
- RainDance Technologies Announces First European Order for Sequence Enrichment Solution to ATLAS Biolabs
Gyros AB Raises SEK 80 Million to Accelerate the Commercialization of its Gyrolab(R) Systems for the Cost-Efficient Development of Biopharmaceuticals
The Ingber Lab at Harvard Medical School and Children's Hospital Boston has developed a magnetic blood filtering system to get rid of microbes from blood in situ. This system works by adding plastic-coated iron-oxide beads that are coated with ...
The 1ml Microreactor Chip enables rapid amalgamation of fluid streams
Micronics, Inc. announced that it has been issued a letters patent from the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) for a system and method for performing rapid thermocycling on a microfluidic device. The new patent has broad utility across...
In a step towards cell mimics, an inkjet printer is being used to make lipid-coated balls containing proteins.
Fluidigm introduces a new integrated fluidic circuit (IFC) – called the Access Array -- specifically designed to support high-throughput re-sequencing, targeted enrichment, sample barcoding, and library preparation for sequencing using amplicon ...
Burkert has announced a new extended design-and-build service for high-tech, pre-assembled microfluidic systems and custom-designed process control cabinets.
On June 5th, Integrated Sensing Systems, Inc. (ISSYS) in Ann Arbor, Michigan and Endress+Hauser Flowtec AG in Switzerland announced that they have entered into a strategic partnership. The objective of this partnership is to collaboratively develop ...
Nanopoint Inc. announced that effective immediately its cellTRAY Imaging System and cellTRAY Fluidics System are available to the European marketplace. Nanopoint's cellTRAY Imaging and Fluidics Systems provide solutions to a broad spectrum of ...
RainDance Technologies, Inc., a provider of innovative microdroplet-based solutions for human health and disease research, today announced it has received the first European order for its Sequence Enrichment Solution from ATLAS Biolabs GmbH of ...
Yole Développement Advanced Packaging
- Financing Led by SLS Invest Will Fund Gyros to Profitability
- Under Development: Micromagnetic-Microfluidic Blood Filter
- Dolomite Introduces Glass Microfluidic Device for High Throughput Mixing and Reactions
- Micronics Receives Patent on Rapid Thermocycling Methodology for Molecular Diagnostics
- Printing artificial cells
- Integrated Fluidic Circuit
- Burkert unveils extended design-and-build service
- ISSYS and Endress+Hauser Form Partnership to Develop Advanced MEMS-Based Fluidic Products
- Nanopoint, Inc. Applies CE Mark to Its cellTRAY(R) Imaging and Microfluidics Systems
- RainDance Technologies Announces First European Order for Sequence Enrichment Solution to ATLAS Biolabs
Gyros AB Raises SEK 80 Million to Accelerate the Commercialization of its Gyrolab(R) Systems for the Cost-Efficient Development of Biopharmaceuticals
The Ingber Lab at Harvard Medical School and Children's Hospital Boston has developed a magnetic blood filtering system to get rid of microbes from blood in situ. This system works by adding plastic-coated iron-oxide beads that are coated with ...
The 1ml Microreactor Chip enables rapid amalgamation of fluid streams
Micronics, Inc. announced that it has been issued a letters patent from the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) for a system and method for performing rapid thermocycling on a microfluidic device. The new patent has broad utility across...
In a step towards cell mimics, an inkjet printer is being used to make lipid-coated balls containing proteins.
Fluidigm introduces a new integrated fluidic circuit (IFC) – called the Access Array -- specifically designed to support high-throughput re-sequencing, targeted enrichment, sample barcoding, and library preparation for sequencing using amplicon ...
Burkert has announced a new extended design-and-build service for high-tech, pre-assembled microfluidic systems and custom-designed process control cabinets.
On June 5th, Integrated Sensing Systems, Inc. (ISSYS) in Ann Arbor, Michigan and Endress+Hauser Flowtec AG in Switzerland announced that they have entered into a strategic partnership. The objective of this partnership is to collaboratively develop ...
Nanopoint Inc. announced that effective immediately its cellTRAY Imaging System and cellTRAY Fluidics System are available to the European marketplace. Nanopoint's cellTRAY Imaging and Fluidics Systems provide solutions to a broad spectrum of ...
RainDance Technologies, Inc., a provider of innovative microdroplet-based solutions for human health and disease research, today announced it has received the first European order for its Sequence Enrichment Solution from ATLAS Biolabs GmbH of ...
Yole Développement IC Manufacturing
- X-FAB to Close 6-Inch Production at Plymouth, UK Fab
- CDE ResMap Chosen by ISMI to Support 450mm Process Development
- SIA Forecast: 2009 sales will decline by 21.3 percent year-on-year
- Carl Zeiss SMT Now Exclusive Global Distributor of the HAP Pellicle Removal Tool Downloads and Links
- Chaos Reigns in Top 20 Semiconductor Company Ranking
- PVA TePla AG: Growth in sales revenues and earnings in Q1 2009
- Tokyo Electron Limited Acquires 4.9% Shareholding in ASM International
- ELMOS: Expected sharp sales decline in first quarter 2009
- Aviza Technology Updates Guidance for Second Quarter Fiscal 2009
- SUSS MicroTec Test Systems Named Exclusive Supplier of 300 mm Characterization and Reliability Test Solutions
Hi-tech firm's team at risk as orders fall; The future of semi-conductor manufacturer X-FAB's prized Plymouth factory was plunged into doubt last night as the firm warned it would close if not sold by the end of next year
Creative Design Engineering (CDE), today announced that the 450mm Program at International SEMATECH Manufacturing Initiative (ISMI) has selected CDE’s ResMap 575, a four-point probe resistivity mapping system. The system will be one of ISMI’s first ...
The Semiconductor Industry Association (SIA) today released its annual mid-year forecast projecting worldwide sales of $195.6 billion for 2009, a decline of 21.3 percent from sales of $248.6 billion in 2008. SIA projects that sales will begin to ...
Carl Zeiss will exclusively distribute a product for the Semiconductor Industry developed by HAP
17 of the top 20 companies changed positions in 1Q09, with more volatility expected in 2Q09
• Consolidated sales revenues of EUR 38.6 million (previous year: EUR 34.6 million)
• EBIT at EUR 4.7 million (previous year: EUR 2.2 million)
• Incoming orders of EUR 16.3 million (previous year: EUR 33.1 million)
• Order backlog of EUR 125.7 million (previous year: EUR 135.6 million)
• Annual guidance confirmed
ASM International N.V. (Nasdaq: ASMI and Euronext Amsterdam: ASM) announces that it has confirmed with Tokyo Electron Limited (Tokyo Stock Exchange - 1st Section: 8035), that it has acquired on the open market an interest in ASMI. Tokyo Electron ...
ELMOS Semiconductor AG suffered a sharp sales decline in the first quarter 2009. Sales of 22.6 million Euro, down 48.9% from last year's first quarter (Q1 2008: 44.2 million Euro), are in line with the expectations and result from the continued weak ...
Aviza Technology, Inc. (NASDAQ:AVZA), a supplier of advanced semiconductor equipment and process technologies for the global semiconductor industry and related markets, announced that it expects not to meet its previously announced net sales and ...
ProbeShield® Technology chosen by major US-based semiconductor manufacturer
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