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Migration Part of Singapore-Based 300mm Fab's Broad Expansion Plans

UMC (NYSE: UMC; TSE: 2303), a leading global semiconductor foundry, today announced that its Singapore-based Fab 12i has begun an aggressive expansion project to increase capacity and enable the 300mm fab for 45/40nm pro...

From UMC 8 Oct 2009

SOI Test Chip Results Detailed at IEEE Conference

ARM [(LSE:ARM); (Nasdaq:ARMH)] announced at the IEEE SOI Conference, Foster City, Calif., the results from a silicon-on-insulator (SOI) 45nm test chip that demonstrate potential power savings of up to 40 percent over tra...

8 Oct 2009

Nanostructures in Electronics and Photonics

Research and Markets, the leading source for international market research and market data, has announced the addition of Pan Stanford Publishing Pte. Ltd.'s new report "Nanostructures in Electronics and Photoni...

From Research and Markets 8 Oct 2009

Argonne National Laboratory and NCKU Enters into an Agreement

Prof. Eric Isaacs, a prominent University of Chicago physicist and President of UChicago Argonne, LLC, as well as Director of Argonne National Laboratory (ANL) - one of the USA leading federally funded research and development centers, and Academician Michael Ming-Chiao Lai, President of National Cheng Kung University (NCKU), together signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) at The Howard Plaza Hotel, Taipei.

From Argonne National Laboratory 8 Oct 2009

Report Covers the Basic Principles and Main Applications of Nanobiotechnology and Nanobiosciences

Research and Markets, the leading source for international market research and market data, has announced the addition of Pan Stanford Publishing Pte. Ltd.'s new report "Nanobiotechnology And Nanobiosciences&quo...

From BlueWillow Biologics 8 Oct 2009

Argonne Aided in Nobel Success

All three recipients of the 2009 Nobel Prize in Chemistry published papers on their award-winning work based on data collected at the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Argonne National Laboratory.

From Argonne National Laboratory 8 Oct 2009

M+W Zander Complete Construction of Taiwanese Semiconductor Plant

The international engineering company, M+W Zander celebrates its 20th anniversary in Asia at an event with customers, partners and staff. In 1989 M+W Zander had successfully completed its first large project in Asia, the...

8 Oct 2009

MEMS Sector to See Strong Growth for the Coming Years

Research and Markets, the leading source for international market research and market data, has announced the addition of "World MEMS Equipment + Materials Market Report" to their offering. MEMS: A HEALTHY B...

From Research and Markets 8 Oct 2009

Advantest Corporation Wins Prestigious Shokumon Prize

Advantest Corporation (TSE: 6857, NYSE: ATE) today announced that it has received the prestigious Shokumon Prize, which the University of Tokyo awards annually to individuals or corporations which have made outstanding educational contributions.

8 Oct 2009

Major Microelectronics Company Selects MultiProbe AFP to Help it Stay Competitive

After a thorough evaluation of competitive tools, a major microelectronics company has selected the MultiProbe AFP to help it stay competitive in an industry whose key players are jockeying for the lead in delivering sma...

8 Oct 2009

KSK Surya Photovoltaic Venture Signs Contract with Applied Materials

KSK Surya Photovoltaic Venture, Private Limited (KSK), a subsidiary of KSK Power Ventur plc, a leading independent power provider in India, announced today that it has signed a contract with Applied Materials, Inc. to purchase two Applied SunFab™ Thin Film Lines for manufacturing high-power output 5.7m2 solar panels.

From Applied Materials Inc. 7 Oct 2009

MIT Announce Awards to Eight Revolutionary Early-Stage Research

The Deshpande Center for Technological Innovation at MIT today announced it is awarding $600,000 in grants to eight MIT research teams currently working on early-stage technologies. These projects have the potential to m...

7 Oct 2009

Leading MEM Provider Won SEMICON MicroNanoSystems Innovation Award 2009

MEMSCAP (NYSE Euronext: MEMS), the leading provider of innovative solutions based on MEMS (micro-electro-mechanical systems) technology, announces today it has won the SEMICON MicroNanoSystems Innovation Award for the ye...

7 Oct 2009

Bacterium Transforms Toxic Gold to Metallic Form by Active Cellular Mechanisms

Researchers reported the presence of bacteria on gold surfaces but have never clearly elucidated their role. Now, an international team of scientists has found that there may be a biological reason for the presence of these bacteria on gold grain surfaces.The experiments showed that C. metallidurans rapidly accumulates toxic gold complexes from a solution prepared in the lab.

7 Oct 2009

Scientists Shows Fingerprints of Classical-World Chaos in a Quantum System

Chaotic behavior is the rule, not the exception, in the world we experience through our senses, the world governed by the laws of classical physics. Now, however, Jessen and his group in UA's College of Optical Sciences have performed a series of experiments that show just how classical chaos spills over into the quantum world.

7 Oct 2009