Thursday 19th August 2004
Oki Electric Industry claims the world's thinnest ultra small tri-axis accelerometer module, the ML8950.
Thursday 19th August 2004
Intense Photonics has gained additional funds to expand its design and volume fabrication of optoelectronic components and modules.
Thursday 19th August 2004
Applied Materials has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire the operating subsidiaries and businesses of Metron Technology.
Thursday 19th August 2004
Freescale Semiconductor has become a "Promoter" for the ZigBee low cost, low power, low-data-rate wireless communications standard.
Thursday 19th August 2004
Taiwanese light emitting diodes (LED) manufacturer South Epitaxy (SEC) has awarded a contract for a moisture-free ammonia (NH3) bulk gas delivery system to Praxair Chemax Semiconductor Materials, a joint venture between Praxair and China Petrochemical Development Corporation.
Thursday 19th August 2004
Peregrine Semiconductor announced a new 0.25micron UltraCMOS silicon-on-sapphire process technology for its foundry service.
Thursday 19th August 2004
Mitsubishi Electric is to expand annual production capacity of photovoltaic (PV) cells and modules at its Nakatsugawa and Kyoto facilities from 90MW to 135MW by April 2005.
Thursday 19th August 2004
National Semiconductor was granted 221 US patents in its fiscal year 2004 - the most it has received in a single year since its founding in 1959.
Thursday 19th August 2004
VLSI Research reports its estimates for semiconductor equipment quarterly billings and bookings for 2004.
Thursday 19th August 2004
Applied Materials reports FQ3 net sales (to August 1, 2004) at $2.24bn, up 104% on FQ3 2003's $1.09bn.
Wednesday 18th August 2004
Oki Electric Industry claims the world's thinnest ultra small tri-axis accelerometer module, the ML8950. The 1.4mm thick micro-electromechanical system (MEMS) chip sensor has been integrated with the control IC to create a device in a package. In addition to detecting the tri-axis (X, Y and Z) acceleration (+/-3g), the accelerometer module can also detect inclination and impact shock as well as measure the degree of inclination and vibration. The signal is output in a digital format.
Tuesday 17th August 2004
Applied Materials has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire the operating subsidiaries and businesses of Metron Technology. Metron provides semiconductor equipment distribution and outsourcing. Applied will pay $85mn for all outstanding shares and equity equivalents of Metron's worldwide operating subsidiaries and substantially all of its other assets, while also assuming certain liabilities.
Monday 16th August 2004
Only Greece has so passed national legislation giving effect to two electronic waste directives of the European Union (EU).
Monday 16th August 2004
Dow Corning says that it is ready for two new European Union environmental laws affecting the global electronics industry.
Monday 16th August 2004
Too many UK universities are failing to capitalise on the rewards to be gained from creating entrepreneurial spin-out companies, according to Nottingham University Business School research.
Monday 16th August 2004
The WWiSE high-speed wireless networking consortium intends to submit a complete joint proposal to IEEE 802.11 Task Group N (TGn).
Monday 16th August 2004
Mykrolis acquired the business and assets of Bentec Scientific, a manufacturer of polyvinyl alcohol (PVA) based brush roller components used in semiconductor manufacturing.
Monday 16th August 2004
Irish company Optical Metrology Innovations (OMI) is looking to expand its metrology tool marketing into Japan with the appointment of Hakuto as its exclusive distributor.
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Monday 16th August 2004
STMicroelectronics has developed dual-interface (contact and contactless) secure ICs for biometric records and personal information with possible application to ePassports under the International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO) programme.
Monday 16th August 2004
Applied Materials and ASM have entered into a settlement agreement, dismissing litigation between the companies involving mutual allegations of patent infringement.
Monday 16th August 2004
The Information Network sees the copper interconnect processing market increasing 63% to $1.5bn this year.
Monday 16th August 2004
Siltronic cut its Q2 2004 losses before interest and tax to EUR9.9mn from Q2 2003's EUR14.4mn (adjusted for discontinued polysilicon business).
Friday 13th August 2004
Only Greece has so far passed national legislation giving effect to two electronic waste directives of the European Union (EU). This is despite the schedule that all EU member states were due to have legislated by Friday August 13, 2004.
Friday 13th August 2004
Dow Corning says that it is ready for two new European Union environmental laws affecting the global electronics industry. The announcement comes despite the fact that the majority of EU member states failed to meet the deadline (Friday July 13, 2004) for enacting the EU Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment (WEEE) and the Restriction of Use of Certain Hazardous Substances (RoHS) directives. These cover electronic equipment waste and ban the use of lead, mercury, cadmium and other hazardous materials in electronics manufacturing.
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