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tutes to develop new applications for the optical and semiconductor industries. With its unique perfor- mance and advanced features, we see the ASI as a key component to our research and development efforts,” said Thomas Arnold, PhD, Leader of the Young Researchers Group of the IOM.

In July 2006, QED became a wholly-owned

subsidiary of Cabot Microelectronics Corp. (NASDAQ:CCMP).

http://www.qedmrf.com

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vaya Nanotechnologies Inc receives a $3.146037 million investment. Svaya‘s technology is a mo-

lecular self-assembly process that produces highly uniform films on large area substrates.

http://www.svaya-nano.com/

hocking Technologies, Inc., has closed an $8M B-1 round led by Vista Ventures. The B-1 round

included participation from existing institutional

shareholders Arch Ventures, ATA ventures, Balch Hill Capital and Vista Ventures as well as SkyLake Incuvest & Co. of Korea.

“We are very fortunate to have the support of our existing investors as Shocking brings its product to market. The addition of SkyLake to our team will be instrumental in accelerating the strong interest we have seen in the Korean market. We are honored to be able to work with Dr. Daeje Chin and his team; their experience and guidance on how to quickly gain acceptance in Korea will surely accelerate our plans,” said Lex Kosowsky, President and CEO of Shocking.

Shocking Technologies, Inc. is a privately held, venture-backed company developing “Voltage Swit-

chable Dielectric™ (VSD™) materials and provi-

ding a total ESD solution. Shocking Technologies, Inc. started operations in 2006 as a privately held, venture-backed company. A VSD™ material is a po- lymer nano-composite that behaves like an insulator (dielectric) during normal circuit operation and beco- mes conductive when the voltage across the VSD™ material increases beyond a predefined threshold voltage. The voltage switches back to an insulator again after the voltage drops below the threshold. This unique property, coupled with the ability to tailor the response of the material, opens up several new areas in electronics. The first application being introduced enables embedded electrostatic discharge (ESD) protection in printed circuit boards (PCBs) and semiconductor packages.

http://www.shockingtech.com

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olyndra, Inc., a manufacturer of innovative

cylindrical photovoltaic systems for commercial

rooftops, announced the appointment of Edward W. (Ned) Barnholt to serve on its Board of Directors. So- lyndra has filed recently a registration statement with the Securities and Exchange Commission relating to the proposed initial public offering of its common stock.

http://www.solyndra.com

ST (Silicon Storage Technology, Inc.; NASDAQ: SSTI) has entered into an amendment to its pre-

viously announced merger agreement with Micro-

chip Technology Incorporated (NASDAQ: MCHP)

(“Microchip”), a leading provider of microcontroller and analog semiconductors. Under the terms of the amended agreement, the purchase price for each

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