Pollution prevention innovative technology.
DESIGNING FOR THE ENVIRONMENT - MOTOROLA TESTS LASER CLEANING RADIANCE PROCESS[SM] ON SEMICONDUCTOR WAFERS FAB Radiance Services Company, Bethesda, MD, announced that a Radiance laser cleaning system, designed for applications in semiconductor manufacturing, is operating at Motorola's Phoenix Corporate Research Laboratory. The Microelectronics Research Laboratory (MRL) of the Department...

The Maturing Risks of Cyberspace.
The Internet is a rapidly evolving medium that brings a new dimension to exposures such as copyright and trademark infringement--as well as adding a plethora of its own risks. To borrow a phrase from a popular scary movie in the 1980s, it's heeeeeere! For risk...

No thanks for sharing.
Has Sematech helped the semiconductor industry? Has the public-private venture Sematech accomplished its goal of reinvigorating the U.S. semiconductor industry? In 1992, the government's own General Accounting Office said yes: "Sematech has demonstrated that a government-industry R&D consortium on manufacturing technology can help improve a U.S. industry's technological position."...

DISTINGUISHED INDUSTRIAL SCIENTIST AWARD: 1999.
Dr. Robert Lauf was named the recipient of the prestigious 1999 Tennessee Academy of Science Distinguished Industrial Scientist Award. Begun in 1997 by the Tennessee Academy of Science, the Industrial Scientist Award program was developed to recognize industrial scientists that have made significant contributions directly to Commerce or Industry...

Toxic technology: electronics and the Silicon Valley.
California's Santa Clara Valley, stretching from the southern reaches of San Francisco to San Jose, was once an agricultural paradise known as the "Valley of the Heart's Delight." Over the past 25 years, however, the region has been transformed from a grower's haven to a toxic wasteland. The culprit? High-tech...

Low alpha lead and microtome sliced lead for assessment of alpha particle emissions for computer chip manufacturing. (Collegiate Communications--Undergraduate).
Soft errors in computer memory chips arise when [sup.210]Pb, a radon daughter, generates [sup.210]Po which emits high energy alpha particles (5.3 MeV) in lead solder bumps. These emissions change the charge state of individual transistors. Evidently, the smaller the distance between transistors, the greater the possibility for the computer...

Onward and upward with chips.
Engineers have spent the last few decades shrinking more and more electronic circuits onto semiconductor chips. Judging from the proliferation of gadgets and personal computers, they've done a pretty good job. But they all know that the party can't last, that sooner or later they're going to reach some...

Technology and value.
I propose to identify three issues and address one. The first concerns the relationship between technological leadership, on the one side, and the frontier between the public and private sectors. The second calls into question the triumph of materialist rationality in our technological age. The third involves the relationship...

Pollution prevention practices in Oregon's electronics industry.
Introduction In 1990, Congress passed the Pollution Prevention Act that mandated industries to implement pollution prevention programs to decrease the amount and toxicity of hazardous products used in production processes (1). Pollution prevention reduces waste at the source, which decreases the cost of treatment, and also eliminates the undesirable...

Intel - memories and the microprocessor.
SINCE 1992, INTEL CORPORATION HAS BEEN the largest semiconductor manufacturer in the world when ranked on the basis of sales, achieving this position in less than twenty-five years. The company was formed in 1968 to make complex integrated circuits. Its annual revenue in 1995 was over $16 billion; in 1995...