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Study shows strong job growth in the Micro and Nanotechnology sectors
(Press Release) -- The nano job market is heating up, according to Small Times magazine, the leading source of news and analysis about the micro and nanotechnology sectors. Small Times conducted a compensation survey of micro and nano professionals that revealed an overall trend in higher compensation and expanding…
Patents and IP Trends
With a high level of ongoing innovation in the MEMS industry, strategic management of intellectual property can be beneficial for companies and universities for maximizing profits and developing partnerships. We spoke with Meagan Dietz , a consultant at McKinsey & Co. , who is an expert in innovation and…
Sensors 2005 -- Day 3
Today's program featured a full day event with conference sessions on MEMS and nanotechnology. The sessions included presenters from Analog Devices , Freescale , VTI , Olympus and others. Analog Devices (ADI) gave a nice overview of inertial MEMS -- accelerometers and gyros. These sensors have seen improvement over…
Sensors 2005 -- Day 3 (continued)
HL Planartechnik from Germany, a specialty MEMS device maker reporting $15 million in annual revenues talked about their inclination sensors (about 50% of their business) which are used in automotive applications such as theft alarm. Their other sensors include IR and magnetic field sensors for applications such as…
Sensors 2005 -- Day 2
We began our second day at the conference with a session in the morning about software validation and verification for medical sensors and devices. While most MEMS designers and manufacturers probably will not face this problem directly , it certainly helps to know more about the FDA regulations and approval…
Sensors 2005 -- Day 2 (continued)
After attending the conference sessions, we headed to the expo hall to chat with the exhibitors. There are quite a few MEMS related companies at the show which basically fall into four categories -- foundries, device manufacturers such as Freescale and Analog Devices, software makers such as IntelliSense and COMSOL…
Sensors for Manufacturing Efficiency
Sensors 2005 started today with four day-long seminars. We attended one of them, Sensors for Manufacturing Efficiency. The seminar was organized by the Department of Energy and Gideon Varga chaired the sessions which served as an annual review of DoE sponsored companies and projects.
Sensors 2005 Exclusive Coverage
MEMS Investor Journal is at Sensors 2005 in Chicago this week and will be providing exclusive coverage for our subscribers. We'll be attending most of the conference sessions and speaking with company representatives at the expo.
Trends in MEMS labor market
Cleo Cabuz, executive director of the MEMS Industry Group, writes about labor shortages and sourcing MEMS talent from abroad.
Kurt Petersen on MEMS Commercialization
Kurt Petersen, a MEMS pioneer and successful entrepreneur, talks about his experiences at Cepheid and at his current company SiTime.
Moore still pushes the law to the limit
From Sydney Morning Herald, Australia Moore believes the micro-processor as a technology is secure. He can see no other technologies on the horizon that will challenge them. The converse is happening, with integrated circuits infiltrating other fields, such as MEMS or micro-electrical mechanical systems, which…