MEMS, Microfluidics and Microsystems Executive Review

MEMS Based Memory: The Next Generation?

Cavendish Kinetics is a fabless semiconductor company active in the area of design and integration of MEMS devices into standard CMOS processes.  In particular, Cavendish Kinetics has developed the Nanomech™ embedded process module, which is based on standard CMOS processing. The company’s Nanomech-based activities are focused on the development and qualification of non volatile memory technology which originated at the famous Cavendish Laboratory, Cambridge University.  We spoke with Mike Beunder, the CEO of Cavendish Kinetics.

Micralyne CEO on MEMS

Micralyne is a manufacturer of microfabricated and MEMS-based products which include sensors, lab-on-a-chip devices, and optical switch systems.  We spoke with Chris Lumb, the CEO of Micralyne.

MEMS and Microphones

A few weeks ago, we mentioned a story which reported that 5% of all microphones sold in 2005 will be MEMS microphones.  This week, Shawn Beus from Knowles Acoustics has an interesting review of MEMS based microphones.