Singapore invests US$5 million for wafer fabrication training.
Singapore's Economic Development Board (EDB) plans to invest over US$5 million over the next three years in a programme designed to create more wafer fabrication experts at local universities. The agency said in a statement that the funds, contributed by the government and industry, would be used...

Samsung Debuts Flash Software for Advanced Multimedia-intensive Mobile Applications.
ENTERTAINMENT CLOSE-UP-29 August 2007-Samsung Debuts Flash Software for Advanced Multimedia-intensive Mobile Applications(C)2007 - CloseUpMedia - newsdesk@closeupmedia.com Samsung Electronics, a provider of advanced memory technology, said that it has developed NAND flash software specially created for high performance multimedia applications. The new software greatly simplifies multimedia...

The Lego Group Purchases MMP Portfolio License.
ENTERTAINMENT CLOSE-UP-31 August 2007-The Lego Group Purchases MMP Portfolio License(C)2007 - CloseUpMedia - newsdesk@closeupmedia.com Alliacense announced that the Lego Group has purchased a Moore Microprocessor Patent (MMP) Portfolio license from The TPL Group. "Lego's purchase of an MMP license highlights the pervasive use of MMP...

OSRAM Bolsters Focus on OLED Business.
ENTERTAINMENT CLOSE-UP-8 August 2007-OSRAM Bolsters Focus on OLED Business(C)2007 - CloseUpMedia - newsdesk@closeupmedia.com OSRAM Opto Semiconductors, a manufacturer of opto-semiconductors, reported that it will be exiting the production of passive matrix displays based on organic LEDs (OLEDs) at the end of the year. The company...

Signet Solar Enters Thin-Film PV Market, Signs Equipment Deal with Applied Materials.
ENERGY RESOURCE-14 May 2007-Signet Solar Enters Thin-Film PV Market, Signs Equipment Deal with Applied Materials(C)2007 JeraOne - http://www.jeraone.com Signet Solar Inc. today announced its entry into the silicon thin-film solar technology arena and said it will establish headquarters and its first production line near Dresden, German, with...

Teledyne Energy Secures $11 Million in Orders for Hydrogen Generator Systems.
ENERGY RESOURCE-6 June 2007-Teledyne Energy Secures $11 Million in Orders for Hydrogen Generator Systems(C)2007 JeraOne - http://www.jeraone.com Teledyne Technologies Inc. yesterday announced that its Teledyne Energy Systems subsidiary recently secured $11 million in orders for commercial hydrogen generator systems. The hydrogen generators, which will be...

Six Consumer Products Pass Compliance, Certification Testing for Certified Wireless USB.
ENTERTAINMENT CLOSE-UP-25 July 2007-Six Consumer Products Pass Compliance, Certification Testing for Certified Wireless USB(C)2007 - CloseUpMedia - newsdesk@closeupmedia.com The USB Implementers Forum (USB-IF) announced the first six consumer products to pass compliance and certification testing for Certified Wireless USB. Products from Dell, D-Link, IOGEAR and...

Audyssey Sound Equalizer.
[ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Manufacturer: Audyssey Laboratories 350 S. Figueroa St., Suite 233 Los Angeles, California 90071; Tel: 213-625-4300; Fax: 213-625-4383 http://www.audyssey.com Price: $2,500 for the hardware. Installation price is set by your installer Source: Manufacturer Loan Reviewer: David A. Rich ...

Fuzzy anti-windup schemes for NCTF control of point-to-point (PTP) positioning systems.
INTRODUCTION Motion control systems play important roles in industrial process such as machine tools, semiconductor manufacturing systems and robot systems. One type of motion control systems is point-to-point (PTP) positioning system, which is used to move a plant from one point to another point. The positioning systems...

0.5 W high power white lighte-mitting diode commercialized.
Seoul Semiconductor Inc of South Korea has announced it will market the whitetype light-emitting diode (LED) from its ZPower P9 series, a high power LED lineup with 0.5Wclass input voltage, at a level of [yen]3 (US$ 0.02) per lumen. Accordingly, the company's current 25-lumen product will become available for...