AMD, Intel dispute heats up

Advanced Micro Devices announced this week that Intel plans to pull its 2001 cross-licensing patent agreement in the next 60 days, unless concerns surrounding AMD's joint venture chip foundry are addressed, says CNet.

Intel's warning is an escalation of concerns it expressed more than five months ago, following AMD's announcement that it planned to spin off its manufacturing assets to a joint venture with the Abu Dhabi government.

The joint-chip foundry, Globalfoundries, calls for the government's Advanced Technology Investment Company (Atic) to own a majority 55.6% stake, but AMD and Atic will hold equal voting rights. The deal officially closed earlier this month.

Millipore, a provider of technologies, tools and services for bioscience research and biopharmaceutical manufacturing, released its Mobius FlexReady Solutions at the Interphex 2009 life sciences conference taking place in New York this week, reports Business Wire.

Mobius FlexReady Solutions represent a significant breakthrough in Millipore's single-use solutions, enabling biopharmaceutical manufacturers to readily convert to single-use technologies.

“The biomanufacturing industry is changing rapidly and our customers are asking for operational flexibility that will save them time and money while giving them the quality and peace of mind that Millipore has always provided,” said Jean-Paul Mangeolle, president of Millipore's bioprocess division.

Philip Evans was named the British Colombia (BC) Leadership Chair in Advanced Forest Products Manufacturing Technology yesterday, says Vancouver 24hrs.

Evans, a world-leading researcher, will be tasked to come up with technologies for modifying and improving the properties of wood to make the province's lumber more desirable on the global market.

The provincial government chipped in $2.25 million to endow the chair permanently at the University of British Colombia and keep Evans here.