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TOKYO -- Sony's new CEO didn't wait long to shake up the
company, as the consumer electronics giant announced plans to close 11 factories and cut
10,000 jobs from its electronics business.
Howard Stringer, the media executive whom Sony hired to revitalize
its listing electronics business, said the cuts will save $1.8 billion
in costs by the end of fiscal 2007. The company revised downward its
forecast for the fiscal year ending in March to a net loss of
$89.8 million.
AUSTIN -- Smart Modular Technologies has inked a deal to license module and package stacking technologies from Staktek Holdings.
Smart makes memory products; Staktek is a provider of intellectual property and services for chip-stacking and module technologies.
Smart makes memory products; Staktek is a provider of intellectual property and services for chip-stacking and module technologies.
Under terms of the agreement, Smart can use
Staktek's ArctiCore technology for module products, and will be licensed to offer
stacking technology for leaded and BGA packages. Financial terms were not disclosed.
San Diego — KIC, Henkel Technologies, DEK, Engent, Vitronics Soltec and OK International will co-sponsor a lead-free workshop this Thursday and Friday at DEK’s facility in Schaumburg, IL.
This hands-on training program is designed for engineers and engineering management, and will provide a broader knowledge of lead-free materials interactions, and a greater understanding of the process including advantages and limitations. A sample lead-free board will be produced and taken away by each attendee. Engineering and technical representatives will be available for one-on-one discussion.
The workshop will feature hands-on production floor training in the following areas:
· Screen printing surface-mount adhesives and solder paste, and placement
· Reflow profiling
· Inspection/analytical
· Rework
· Wave.
For agenda and additional information: kicthermal.com/index.html.
Reservations must be made in advance.
This hands-on training program is designed for engineers and engineering management, and will provide a broader knowledge of lead-free materials interactions, and a greater understanding of the process including advantages and limitations. A sample lead-free board will be produced and taken away by each attendee. Engineering and technical representatives will be available for one-on-one discussion.
The workshop will feature hands-on production floor training in the following areas:
· Screen printing surface-mount adhesives and solder paste, and placement
· Reflow profiling
· Inspection/analytical
· Rework
· Wave.
For agenda and additional information: kicthermal.com/index.html.
Reservations must be made in advance.
