Nanotechnology : Santa Clara

NSTI Nanotech 2007

Benj — Tue, 21 Nov 2006 20:59:40 +0000

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Nanotech 2007 is the largest international nanotechnology conference and trade show in the world. Unlike single-discipline events, Nanotech brings together specialists from a wide range of fields of science, technology and business.

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More than 400 featured exhibitors and an expected crowd of more than 4000 attendees, which will include business executives, venture capitalists, politicians, scientists and researchers from 53 countries.

Event precise location and contact information

Santa Clara Convention Center
5001 Great America Parkway
Santa Clara, CA 95054

Web site Url link

http://www.nsti.org/Nanotech2007/

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NanoSensors, Inc.

Benj — Fri, 22 Dec 2006 16:31:05 +0000

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Web url

http://www.nanosensorsinc.net/

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Street address

1800 Wyatt Drive, Suite #2

Zip or postal code

95054

Telephone

408.855.0051

Fax

408.855.0079

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Applied Materials

Benj — Fri, 01 Sep 2006 15:25:53 +0000

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Web url

http://www.appliedmaterials.com/

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Street address

3050 Bowers Avenue, P.O. Box 58039

Zip or postal code

95054-3299

Telephone

1-408-748-5227

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1-408-563-4606

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As a core information infrastructure company, Applied Materials innovates and commercializes the processing and manufacturing technology that helps semiconductor manufacturers produce the world's most advanced chips.

Applied's service products include equipment maintenance, materials supply and management, parts refurbishment, equipment remanufacturing, yield enhancement, training and other solutions for increasing semiconductor manufacturing productivity.

To support customers around the world, Applied Materials employs approximately 12,600 people in over 65 locations throughout China; Europe and Israel; India, Malaysia and Singapore; Japan; Korea; Taiwan; and the United States.

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EnviroSystems, Incorporated. (Ecotru)

Benj — Tue, 22 Aug 2006 18:32:27 +0000

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Web url

http://www.envirosi.com/

Contact Email

info@envirosi.com

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Street address

1900 Wyatt Drive, Suite 15

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95054

Telephone

(800) 374-0017 x 305

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The companys breakthrough products include a line of hospital-grade cleansing and disinfecting liquids that reduce the spread of infectious disease without adverse effects to people, equipment or the environment. EcoTru products are the only hospital-grade surface disinfectants on the market that do not require U.S. Environmental Protection Agency handling, warning or precautionary statements. Our Products meet or exceed the efficacy requirements for use in health care, transportation, government, hospitality and consumer markets worldwide.

EnviroSystems focused expertise in the emerging sciences of nano-emulsion technology and membrane biophysics helps position the company at the forefront of the infection control industry at a time when there is rapidly growing awareness of the critical need to reduce biological risks both natural and man-made.

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Research at Intel

Benj — Tue, 22 Aug 2006 20:01:30 +0000

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Web url

http://www.intel.com/research/nanovision/

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Street address

2200 Mission College Blvd.

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95052

Telephone

(408) 765-8080

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Silicon manufacturing technology is now able to shrink critical dimensions of structures down to scales well below 100 nanometers (roughly the width of the influenza virus). These nanostructures are too small to see, even with the most sophisticated imaging equipment. This presents a challenge for Intel engineers who manually inspect microprocessors to identify which nanostructures are defective, so that repairs can be made.

Silicon nanostructures are difficult to see for two reasons: First, the imaging tools used to visualize the nanostructures are not able to resolve them in great detail, so the images are very low-resolution. Secondly, most tools, once they zoom in far, provide very weak signals and add a lot of "noise" to the image-electric noise from amplification, and imaging noise created by the nature of the process being used to generate the image. Viewing these images is analogous to looking through a textured bathroom window pane at a frosted-glass object; the image is blurry and obscured by reflections.

The Computational Nanovision project team, led by Horst Haussecker, is addressing these challenges associated with nano-imaging. They are using computer vision techniques based on sophisticated mathematical models to enhance image data, and to measure and reconstruct the shape of silicon nanostructures in real time.

In carrying out their research, the team is collaborating with researchers at Brown University and MIT. As the project progresses, the team will continue to share knowledge and exchange ideas through presentations, publications, and participation in key conferences.

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Miasolé

Benj — Wed, 18 Jul 2007 13:40:24 +0000

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Web url

http://www.miasole.com/

Contact Email

thecht@miasole.com

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Street address

2590 Walsh Ave.

Zip or postal code

95051

Telephone

408-919-5700

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408-919-5701

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CIGS is a compound of copper, indium, gallium and selenium (Cu(In,Ga)Se2). When combined in the proper ratios, these materials form a semiconductor that can be applied as a thin film to create photovoltaic cells on many carrier substrates. The CIGS ("absorber") layer absorbs photons, the first step in the transformation of solar energy to electricity.

Advantages over Crystalline Silicon
CIGS solar cells offer several advantages over crystalline silicon solar cells. In particular, CIGS cells are:
# Less expensive per Watt
# More efficient in low-angle and low-light conditions
# Extremely lightweight
# Flexible enough to conform to small-radius curves
# Stable and reliable (even self-healing) in real-world conditions

These advantages are further enhanced when incorporated with flexible encapsulants into flexible photovoltaic modules that Miasolé now manufactures in high volume.

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Symyx Technologies, Inc.

Benj — Fri, 18 Aug 2006 19:35:13 +0000

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Web url

http://www.symyx.com/

Contact Email

info@symyx.com

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Street address

3100 Central Expressway

Zip or postal code

95051

Telephone

408-764-2000

Fax

408-748-0175

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Symyx is the pioneer of high-throughput experimentation for the discovery of materials. Our proprietary technologies including instrumentation, software and methods Ц– can deliver results hundreds to thousands of times faster than traditional research methods, at a fraction of the cost, greatly enhancing our customers competitive advantage and enabling them to create value through better materials or processes. As the pioneer of the field, we have built a broad intellectual property portfolio protecting our methodology, discovered materials, instruments, and software, including over 100 issued patents and over 400 patent applications worldwide.

We apply our technologies to discover innovative materials for high-value industrial applications in a broad range of industries. Our customers include chemical, life science, electronic, consumer goods, and automotive companies. Among our discovered materials are catalysts for the manufacture of plastics and chemicals, polymers for a range of consumer and industrial applications, and x-ray storage phosphors used in computed radiography. Our customers include approximately 25 leading companies worldwide, including BP, the Dow Chemical Company, Eli Lilly and Company, ExxonMobil, Honda, and Merck & Co., Inc. In July 2003, we entered into a technology alliance with ExxonMobil under which we will perform research, develop and transfer Discovery Tools, and license software and intellectual property. Under the alliance, we expect to receive over $200 million in revenue during the five-year term of the agreement. For further information, read our ExxonMobil customer study.

Founded in 1994 by Drs. Alejandro Zaffaroni and Peter Schultz, Symyx is based on concepts developed at Affymax, Inc. and Affymetrix, Inc., which commercialized the use of high-throughput methods for pharmaceutical and genetic research, respectively. Applying similar concepts of miniaturization, automation and parallel processing, Symyx has built a powerful platform for increasing research productivity. We have established distinct and complementary ways for customers to access our tools and techniques: Research Collaborations, sales of Discovery Tools, and Licensing of our discovered materials, methodology patents, RenaissanceТ® Software, and technologies.

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Applied NanoStructures

Benj — Tue, 05 Sep 2006 15:13:54 +0000

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Web url

http://www.appnano.com/

Contact Email

info@appnano.com

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Street address

1700 Wyatt Dr, Suite 5

Zip or postal code

95054

Telephone

408 567 0117

Fax

408 516 4917

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Ceo, president

Ami Chand

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Applied Nanostructures’ team leverages its extensive experience in nanofabrication technology and research in AFM probes to develop and manufacture high end AFM probes. Our in-house class 1000 clean room facility combined with state-of-the-art characterizations tools, enables rapid prototyping, adoptability and versatility in designing and developing new products for our customers. Our expertise is in shaping of silicon and other materials through micro fabrication and nano-modification. Our clean room is equipped with tools for processes such as Photolithography, Thermal Processing, Wet/Dry Etching, Metal Deposition etc. The characterization and development tools include, Profilers, Scanning electron Microscope and Focused Ion Beam.

Our standard products include Probes made out of Silicon and Silicon Nitride for all non-contact and contact mode applications, specialty products include Magnetic Coated and Focused Ion Beam Probes. For details and other products please visit our web site.

With our dedicated team and manufacturing capabilities, we also provide custom MEMS design and manufacturing projects like, Nano-Apertures, Micro-Filter, Micro-Fluid Measurement, Thermal and Piezoresistive Products, Thin-Film Membranes and many more.

We believe that Applied NanoStructures is uniquely positioned to provide SPM research community, an R&D and manufacturing facility with rapid development cycle as it has done in the IC manufacturing realm. Please contact us for more information about our services.

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Transfer Devices, Inc. (TDI)

Benj — Thu, 17 Aug 2006 17:28:25 +0000

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http://www.transferdevices.com/

Contact Email

info@transferdevices.com

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500 Laurelwood Road Suite II

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95054

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Research identified a water-dissolvable, biodegradable polymer material formulation with unique chemical and physical properties that has enabling features for a range of nanofabrication applications including high resolution printing. TDI focuses on the utilization of this special polymer material to produce products for advanced device fabrication.

TDI sells masks that perform MxL processing. MxL (molecular transfer lithography) consists of a class of processes that exploit the water dissolvable property of a high resolution spin-casted polymer transfer mold to achieve unique manufacturing capabilities. One application is a form of imprint lithography where the transfer mold is released after imprinting by dissolving it away in water. The MxL masks are designed for use in standard contact aligners in place of a photomask, and hence improve the patterning resolution of such tools 10-fold to sub-100 nm feature sizes.

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Magma Design Automation, Inc.

Benj — Fri, 18 Aug 2006 15:59:22 +0000

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Web url

http://www.magma-da.com/

Contact Email

Info@magma-da.com

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Street address

5460 Bayfront Plaza

Zip or postal code

95054-3600

Telephone

408-565-7500

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408-565-7501

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Magma Design Automation provides electronic design automation (EDA) software that enables chip designers to meet critical time-to-market objectives, improve chip performance and handle multimillion-gate designs. With headquarters in Silicon Valley and a global network of sales & support personnel, Magma customers include leading semiconductor companies around the world.

The makers of integrated circuits look to EDA software to help them design and manufacture complex electronic devices. As ICs, ASICs and SoCs become increasingly sophisticated, these companies rely even more improved capabilities in design software. ICs that at one time contained thousands of transistors now contain millions, compelling EDA vendors to continue developing software that expands the scope of chip design. This increasing complexity in integrated circuit technology requires sophisticated EDA tools such as provided by Magma - tools that enable design engineers to create products of ever-greater capabilities.

Magma's customers - among them Broadcom, Fujitsu, Infineon, NEC Electronics America, Toshiba, Texas Instruments and Vitesse, to name a few - include the world's leading semiconductor companies, creating chips more advanced than ever before.

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InnovaLight, Inc.

Benj — Wed, 16 Aug 2006 17:57:54 +0000

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Web url

http://www.innovalight.com/

Contact Email

info@innovalight.com

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Street address

3303 Octavius Drive, Suite 104

Zip or postal code

95054

Telephone

408-987-9400

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408-987-9494

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Leveraging the advantages of solvent-based silicon nanomaterials developed at Innovalight, the promise of a new disruptive breakthrough in manufacturing costs is within reach when compared with current traditional approaches.

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X-Tek Group (West Coast)

Benj — Sat, 07 Jul 2007 13:59:56 +0000

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Web url

http://www.xtekxray.com/

Contact Email

info@xtekllc.com

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Street address

1104 Walsh Ave

Zip or postal code

95050

Telephone

408 486 9620

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408 486 9625

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The X-Tek Group offers the world’s most complete solution in digital real time x ray imaging for industrial and R&D applications. Our extensive range of technology, intellectual property, know how and products enable us to provide diverse solutions. We provide systems that vary in size from a compact Linx to 50 ton 450kv walk in rooms. Our computed tomography systems have been used to create 3D images from the smallest area within a microchip to the contents of a 225 litres drum of nuclear waste. If you cannot find a system on this site to suit your requirements we can probably develop one for you.

With 80 employees based on two manufacturing sites in the UK and two sales and support sites in the USA and a world-wide network of agents we will strive to exceed your expectations in the fields in which we operate.

X-Tek Group (East)
(P.O Box 374)
100 Tyngsboro Business Park
MA 01879
USA

T: 978 649 6333
F: 978 649 5391
E: info@xtekllc.com
W: http://www.xtekllc.com/

UK OFFICES:
X-Tek Systems Ltd
Tring Business Centre
Icknield Way
Tring,
Herts. HP23 4JX
United Kingdom

T: +44 (0) 1442 828700
F: +44 (0) 1442 828118
E: xtek@xtekxray.com
W: http://www.xtekxray.com/

X-Tek Industrial Ltd
Crittens Road
Gt. Yarmouth, Norfolk
NR31 0AG.
United Kingdom

T: + 44 (0) 1493 600677
F: + 44 (0) 1493 603347
E: ind.sales@xtekxray.com

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Nanostructures, Inc.

Benj — Wed, 23 Aug 2006 16:54:53 +0000

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http://www.nanostructures.com/

Contact Email

info@nanostructures.com

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Street address

3070 Lawrence Expressway

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95051

Telephone

(408) 733-4345

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(408) 733-4347

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Nanostructures, Inc. specializes in the custom fabrication of thin film and micromachined MEMS devices for diverse industries, from biomedical to semiconductor applications.
Since 1987, Nanostructures has worked with customers from initial concept design to final prototype manufacture. Nanostructures provides a full spectrum of services to accommodate our customers in any step of their product development.

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Legend Design Technology, Inc.

Benj — Tue, 08 May 2007 11:08:11 +0000

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Web url

http://www.legenddesign.com/

Contact Email

Sales@LegendDesign.com

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Street address

2880 Lakeside Drive, Suite 101

Zip or postal code

95054

Telephone

+1 408 748-8888

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+1 408 748-8988

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For the characterization, simulation and verification of semiconductor IP, Legend's products address the quality and throughput needs of foundries, IP developers, IDMs and fabless design houses.

With regards to deep-submicron and nanometer designs, understanding the impact of second-order effects - signal integrity, leakage power, glitch and metastability - on IP performance is crucial. Legend's characterization and simulation products can completely analyze the effects to provide a total solutio

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Park Systems, Inc. ( Formerly PSIA )

Benj — Mon, 21 Aug 2006 21:05:41 +0000

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Web url

http://www.parkafm.com/

Contact Email

info@parkafm.com

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Street address

3040 Olcott St

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95054

Telephone

+1-408-986-1110

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+1-408-986-1199

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Park Systems (formerly PSIA) is a leading Atomic Force Microscope (AFM) manufacture. The company's origin began in 1988, when the company's founder Dr. Sang-il Park co-founded one of the first commercial AFM companies, Park Scientific Instruments. Park Systems product innovation and reliability are derived from this rich history and long standing experience in the AFM industry.

Our products are key enablers to the growing Nanotechnology industry. The XE series AFM products are routinely used to image and measure nano-scale features day-in and day-out at multiple institutions and companies around the globe. Park Systems is committed to grow with the markets needs as our mission is "to become the global leader of nano-scale measurements and systems through technology innovation".

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sp3 Advanced Diamond Products

Benj — Tue, 29 Aug 2006 17:02:57 +0000

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Web url

http://www.sp3inc.com/

Contact Email

diamond@sp3inc.com

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Street address

2220 Martin Avenue

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95050

Telephone

(877) 773-9940, (408) 492-0630

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(408) 492-0633

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Founded in 1993 and headquartered in California's Silicon Valley, sp3 is now a full-spectrum manufacturer of diamond cutting tools and cutter bodies. sp3's subsidiary, sp3 Cutting Tools, currently produces cutting tools utilizing all three major diamond technologies: thin-film (DIAbide), thick-film (TFd) and PCD.
As a separate activity, sp3's subsidiary, sp3 Diamond Technologies, continues to advance diamond deposition technology, supplying products for a wide range of electronic and mechanical applications, as well as manufacturing deposition reactors and providing deposition consulting services.

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Applied Ventures

Thu, 11 Oct 2007 09:22:25 +0000

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http://www.appliedventures.com/

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Street address

3050 Bowers Avenue

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95054

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Applied Ventures invests in high-growth, early stage technology companies. We are driven by both financial and strategic objectives, and our mission is to profitably invest in companies that provide a window on technologies that advance the semiconductor and related industries. The fund focuses on companies pursuing technologies and markets that provide a natural extension to Applied Materials' core business in addition to innovations that stimulate the growth of applications for semiconductors, displays and related products and services.

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Dimatix, Inc.

Benj — Sun, 27 Aug 2006 14:32:10 +0000

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Web url

http://www.dimatix.com/

Contact Email

info@dimatix.com

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Street address

2230 Martin Avenue

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95050

Telephone

(408) 565-9150

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(408) 565-9151

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Founded as Spectra in 1984 with an exclusive license relationship with Xerox, Dimatix has developed significant intellectual property and multiple generations of proprietary drop-on-demand ink jet printheads capable of producing high performance digital images in a wide variety of printing and fluid jetting applications. The company invests heavily in research and development, maintaining one of the most capable ink jet R&D groups in the world with over one third of its staff actively engaged in product engineering.

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Sequence Design, Inc.

Benj — Tue, 22 Aug 2006 12:32:29 +0000

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Web url

http://www.sequencedesign.com/

Contact Email

sales@sequencedesign.com

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Street address

469 El Camino Real Suite 202

Zip or postal code

95050

Telephone

+1.408.961.2300

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+1.408.961.2323

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Sequence Design, Inc. ("Sequence") was formed in June 2000 by the merger of Frequency Technology and Sente, Inc. In January of 2001, Sequence merged with Sapphire Design Automation and is now one of the top 20 companies in the Electronic Design Automation ("EDA") industry. According to Dataquest, the EDA industry is expected to be a $6 billion market in 2005.

Sequence has more than 100 major customers, including the top companies in the high-end SoC/ASIC, wireless, networking, microprocessor and multimedia markets. These companies include AMCC, ARM, Broadcom, Ericsson, Fujitsu, IBM, Juniper Networks, LSI Logic, Motorola, Matsushita, NEC, Nokia, Nortel Networks, NVIDIA, Sony, Sun Microsystems, Toshiba, Transwitch and Vitesse Semiconductor.

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Pacific Nanotechnology, Inc. (PNI)

Benj — Thu, 24 Aug 2006 13:22:23 +0000

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Web url

http://www.pacificnanotech.com/

Contact Email

info@pacificnanotech.com

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Street address

3350 Scott Blvd #29

Zip or postal code

95054-3105

Telephone

800-246-3704

Fax

408-982-9151

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Dr. Gary Aden

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Mission
Pacific Nanotechnology provides products and services that facilitate advances in nanotechnology and nanoresearch. Our products are optimized for research, development, and process control applications when visualization, modification, and measurement of nanometer-sized surface structure is critical.

Key Personnel
Pacific Nanotechnology is managed by individuals with substantial experience in the growth and guidance of advanced technology companies.

Customers- Our Markets
Our customers are located in universities, government laboratories and companies throughout the world.
Our customer's goals are:
To advance the frontiers of knowledge with their research in the fields of nanoscience and nanotechnology.
To develop new products with nanometer scale dimensions that need to be visualized and measured.
To control manufacturing processes for products that have tolerances in the nanometer size range.

Customer Locations
Pacific Nanotechnology has sales and distribution offices in Europe, North America and Asia. Talk to your local sales office to get the names of the specific locations of Pacific Nanotechnology customers in your location: sales@pacificnanotech.com

Nano-DST™: The Nano-DST™ is an advanced, high performance, Atomic Force Microscope designed for the most demanding research applications.

Nano-R2: The Nano-R2™ system is the second generation of the Nano-R™ laboratory scanning probe microscope (SPM) offered by Pacific Nanotechnology.

Nano-IM™ 6x6 AFM: The Nano-IM™ 6x6 is a complete high performance AFM system that is optimized for imaging wafers and disks. Applications for the Nano-IM™ 6x6 include research, development, process development and process control.

Light Lever AFM Scanner: Both the Nano-R™ and Nano-I™ SPM system may be purchased with the LL AFM scanner. This scanner uses the traditional force sensor technology and is used for measuring topography and modes

Crystal Scanner: The Crystal Scanner uses advance force sensing technology and is ideal for SPM metrology measurements and for customers that want an extremely easy to use SPM system