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Nano material partnership
NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL component as we continue to push
UNIVERSITY (NTU) has inked a Letter forward the frontier of science.”
of Intent with Carl Zeiss SMT. The “We look forward to having the
agreement formalizes a strategic ZEISS systems in our lab and to
partnership and collaboration that is set expanding our research and training at
to open up new opportunities in NTU,” stated Prof. Freddy Boey, Chair
nanomaterials and materials science of NTU´s School of Materials Science
research. With this partnership, Carl and Engineering. “Collaboration with
Zeiss SMT adds a world leading Carl Zeiss is an important part of NTU´s
academic and research facility to its continuous effort to strengthen our
growing network of electron position as a leading electron
microscope centres that are hosting microscopy centre in Asia. With the
high-end transmission electron addition of this state-of-the-art
microscopes in their laboratories. equipment to our lab, we will now be
NTU´s lab facilities will be equipped able to study both biological and
with ZEISS electron beam systems that physical substances for new materials or
will be used in a variety of material drugs at higher resolution in the future.
science and life science research and We hope to create new developments
teaching applications. The first “We are proud to be chosen by in the study of materials science which
instrument to be installed in early 2009 NTU as a strategic partner in order to has been impossible using the current
will be the NVision platform combining support NTU´s research programmes electron-optical equipment. We also
both e-beam and ion-beam technology, and to manifest and develop NTU´s hope to use this equipment to prepare
followed by a LIBRA 120 PLUS position as one of the leading regional our students for professional careers in
transmission electron microscope (TEM) academic institutions for research in high-tech fields and expose them to
in early summer of 2009. The new TEM material analysis and life science advanced research opportunities.”
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instrument will be housed in the NTU’s applications,” said Manfred Hanke, In addition to the machine
Facility for Analysis, Characterisation, Managing Director of Carl Zeiss SMT installation, Carl Zeiss and NTU will also
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Testing and Simulation in the School of Singapore. “The partnership with NTU collaborate in the fields of application
.eur Materials Science and Engineering, is the next logical step after the launch development, engineering exchange
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together with other cutting-edge of the first Carl Zeiss Advanced Imaging and training programmes. NTU staff
equipment such as X-ray Centre in Singapore (AICS) in early 2008 and students will be able to network
diffractometers that are used to and underlines the company’s position with advanced group users of Carl Zeiss
discover the arrangement of atoms in as a partner of science. The partnership systems and gain access to state-of-the-
solids. with NTU will be another key art instruments around the world.
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Issue I 2009 JV to focus on femtocells
UBIQUISYS, a 3G femtocell company, designed to support the advanced ZoneGate femtocells.”
and picoChip, a supplier of features of the ZoneGate femtocell, “Ubiquisys and picoChip are in
femtocell silicon, today announced such as cognitive radio techniques, the vanguard of the femtocell market;
that they are working together to grid technology and application we are delighted to continue as a
integrate the picoChip PC302 services. strategic supplier for the next
processor into the Ubiquisys Current ZoneGate femtocells use generation of Ubiquisys femtocells,”
ZoneGate femtocell. picoChip’s PC202 processor, and this said Pete Claydon, co-founder and
picoChip will continue to be one experience has informed the COO, picoChip.
of Ubiquisys’ strategic suppliers, development of the PC302. “We have a close relationship,
extending a five-year working “We have worked closely with spanning nearly five years of co-
relationship. picoChip on both requirements and operation and joint development.
The picoChip PC302 is a highly timelines,” said Will Franks, founder This will be the third generation of
integrated baseband processor that and CTO, Ubiquisys. “picoChip’s femtocells we have worked on
offers a combination of high roadmap is aligned with our rapid together, with ever-increasing
performance and low cost. It is development of next generation performance and reduced cost.”
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