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New York among top nanotechnology states Research
and work with nanotechnology is stretching across the United States, with the
highest concentration of institutions located in California, Massachusetts, New
York and Texas, according to a new report, which also identified 138 government
laboratories and universities studying this field. In an effort to educate the public
about nanotechnology research and development, The Project on Emerging
Nanotechnologies at the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars
launched their findings in an
interactive map
(a Google mash-up) that displays where in the U.S. nanotech companies, universities, research
laboratories and organizations are located.
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Source: Washington Post
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IBM's new supercomputer massive but fast The $100 million
IBM Blue Gene supercomputer that Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute President
Shirley Ann Jackson unveiled Friday afternoon is more powerful than originally
planned. And a top official at IBM Corp. said it could grow more powerful still.
State Senate Majority Leader Joseph L. Bruno, RPI Chief Information Officer
John Kolb and IBM Senior Vice President John Kelly joined Jackson for a
preview of the new machine at the Computational Center for Nanotechnology
Innovations at Rensselaer Technology Park in North Greenbush, where officials
got their first look at the banks of microprocessors and circuitry.
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Source: Times Union
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Brookhaven nanomaterials center tackles energy research The new
Center for Functional Nanomaterials at Brookhaven National Laboratory (BNL) here will help
advance the effort to achieve U.S. energy independence, lab officials said at a dedication
ceremony on Monday (May 21). The nanomaterials center is the last of five facilities recently
funded by the U.S. Energy Department's
Office of Science to develop nanoscale materials to alleviate U.S. dependence on fossil
fuels. To that end, the center will incorporate sophisticated devices such as a low-energy
electron microscope and a one-of-a-kind scanning transmission electron microscope.
With an estimated annual budget of $19 million, much of the center's work will be unclassified,
meaning research will be available to other scientists. Public companies will also be able to
use the facility on a cost-recovery basis.
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Source: EETimes.com
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AMD: Manufacturing is on time and on schedule During
a meeting with analysts on Monday, AMD's director of Manufacturing Technology,
Tom Sonderman, announced that the company is still on schedule to hit its
deadlines to complete its transition to 65nm process technology later this year
and to introduce its first 45nm on time as well.
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Source: Techspot.com
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IBM extends 32nm process R&D with Freescale IBM and its
Common Platform partners will extend their development relationship down to 32nm, now
with Freescale as a member of the inner circle. The group started with just two members
at 90nm when Chartered Semiconductor joined forces with IBM. Since then Infineon and
Samsung joined in, with Freescale being the latest addition. IBM would not comment on
whether other members are expected to join, but the collapse of the Crolles Alliance in
France also drew NXP into the IBM camp. In addition, IBM has been working closely
with Sony, Toshiba, co-developers of the eight-core Cell processor, and AMD.
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Source: Electronics Weekly
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