ATDF wins nano award

ATDF, the global R&D foundry for the nanoelectronics industry, will receive a Technology Innovation Showcase award at Semicon West, for its pioneering Nanopattern test wafer, during a public presentation on the product's applications, reports dBusiness News.

The TIS awards are given to companies with significant new products that may change the micro- and nanoelectronics industries. "As a research foundry that has built our reputation on helping other companies bring their innovative products to market, we're delighted to be recognised as innovators ourselves," says Dave Anderson, ATDF general manager.

The winning product, Nanopattern wafers, simulate a gate structure to enable resistance testing of nanoscale structures in microchips.

Old-fashioned industry in India grew 11.5% in the last fiscal year, boosting hopes of broader-based economic growth in a country that has seen rapid expansion of hi-tech and back-office services, reports LA Times [registration required].

Figures released by the Indian government this week showed a rise in productivity in traditional sectors, such as manufacturing, mining and electricity, which contributed to the nation's overall annual growth rate of 9%, one of the world's highest.

Critics have said that India is trying to vault from an agricultural to an information-based economy, without passing through the traditional hoop of industrialisation, a stage that usually creates opportunities for mass employment.

CCID Consulting, a Chinese research, consulting and IT outsourcing provider, says China's automotive electronics industry still has great potential.

According to Earth Times, the electronics market, driven by the fast-growing automotive industry, continued to maintain its growth momentum. For the whole year, automotive electronics sales revenue reached 86.76 billion Yuan, up by almost 40% year-on-year.

On-board electronics continued to be a hotspot in China's automotive electronics market in 2006 and grew by almost 50%.