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Scots IC repair centre equipped for copper interconnectRichard WilsonThe Scottish Microelectronics Imaging & Analysis Centre (MIAC) has been given funding of more than £200,000 by Scottish Enterprise to upgrade its IC analysis and repair facilities. Based in the Scottish Microelectronics Centre, Edinburgh, MIAC will now be able to repair copper based ICs as well as the more traditional aluminium interconnect ...

Electronics projects win share of £5.6m Scottish fundRichard WilsonElectronics projects have received welcome support from the latest round of funding to come from the Government’s drive to support innovation and commercialisation within Scotland’s universities and research institutes.However, the lion’s share of the £5.6m funding package announced today will be spent on commercialising biomedical research. The money is part of the ...

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Sun opens £36m plant extension in ScotlandRichard BallSun Microsystems has bolstered its UK presence with a £36m investment at its Scottish manufacturing plant.The investment secures 700 permanent jobs at the Linlithgow plant, which makes desktop workstations, servers and networking equipment.An extension of 20,000 sq. metres more than doubles the size of the plant. It has already start producing Sun Fire ...

Chinese operator snubs home 3G standardMelanie ReynoldsWireless operator China Unicom has further committed itself to the CDMA2000 standard for 3G mobiles with the formation of a joint venture with Qualcomm to foster its adoption.This makes it very clear the company will not adopt China’s home grown TD-SCDMA standard being pushed for 3G mobile by the Chinese government.TD-SCDMA is one of ...

Welsh PC production plant to add 300 jobsHarry YeatesBasingstoke PC manufacturer Centerprise International is creating 300 jobs at a new production plant in Caerphilly.The £11.5m development, which is supported by a grant from the Welsh Assembly, will see the firm increase its production capacity from 1,000 PCs a day to 6,000. Although there is no confirmed opening date, Centerprise said ...