nanoarun

found it !! see previous post (nanosnake) for details :-)

just for fun... was helping out my labmate by taking some SEM pictures of his Bragg Gratings, when I just hit upon this one. Did not miss the chance.. Previously I also had a "dancing golden-X" picture, which was essentially a Ti-Au alignment pattern in the shape of a X which did not stick properly and got a li'l bent and was sticking up! Again, an SEM picture.. but can't find it now :-( .. had I been a blogger then, would have surely uploaded it here .... Is there any nano-photography competition ?! :-)

"wafer packaging plant" ?! http://www.rediff.com/money/2007/apr/03intel.htm World's largest chip manufacturer, Intel Corporation on Tuesday said it awaits detailed guidelines of the semiconductor policy before deciding on setting up a manufacturing facility in India. "After the Cabinet approval, the government has notified the policy but we are waiting for the detailed policy guidelines before announcing any decision," Intel South Asia managing director Ramamurthy Sivakumar told PTI. The government in mid-March notified the semi-conductor policy with an expectation to attract Rs 24,000 crore (Rs 240 billion) of investment in the next three years. Intel, which is currently running a development centre in Bangalore, has been in constant dialogue with the Indian government for setting up a manufacturing base, most likely an assembly test manufacturing plant, commonly known as a wafer packaging plant. Intel has fifteen 12-inch wafer fabrication plants in the US, Ire