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February 25th, 2009

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  1. Registration Open for i xchange on May 12

    Each year, the Ben Franklin Technology Partners of Northeastern Pennsylvania hosts i xchange, the premier business networking opportunity in northeastern Pennsylvania. Click here to register now! The event attracts more than 600 technology entrepreneurs, manufacturers, venture capitalists, economic developers, regional influencers, 

  2. Texas Instruments Acquires CICLON Semiconductor; Strengthens Analog Power Management Portfolio

    February 11, 2009–Texas Instruments Incorporated (TI) (NYSE: TXN) today acquired Bethlehem, PA-based CICLON Semiconductor Device Corporation, a leading designer of high-frequency, high-efficiency power management semiconductors. The acquisition expands TI’s capability to improve energy efficiency in today’s end-equipment designs, including high-power computing and server systems. CICLON Semiconductor Device Corporation (pronounced See-Clone) is a fabless provider of Continue Reading…

  3. High-Tech Venture, IQE, Inc., Succeeds with High-Level Support

    The real estate adage “Location, location, location” has a cousin in the semiconductor industry: “Faster, faster, faster.” The inexorable desire for speed—not to mention size reduction, reliability, cost, and design flexibility—had led to new materials and processes, including sophisticated molecular beam epitaxy, MBE. In 1989, Tom Hierl and his start-up company, Quantum Epitaxial Designs, Inc. Continue Reading…

  4. Thinking Small Yields Big Dividends for Custom Processing Services

    For Gregg Shemanski, making things smaller is big business. And it keeps getting bigger every day. Apparent contradictions aside, Shemanski’s company, Custom Processing Services (CPS), specializes in micronizing and ultra-fine grinding of materials into tiny particles—often much smaller than a speck of dust. Customers worldwide use the processed materials in a wide range of products, Continue Reading…

  5. Ben Franklin Opens Opportunities for Umbrella Maker

    Expanding a business venture is much like adding children to a family. You are forced to embrace a host of additional concerns – mainly space, money, and proper attention. With kids, most people choose not to go it alone. They usually have someone to share the responsibilities. But in the business world, where can one Continue Reading…