Intermolecular Announces Plans for New R&D Center in San Jose Driven by Business Growth in Semiconductors and Clean Energy
New High-Productivity Combinatorial (HPC) R&D Center will support more Collaborative Development Programs and include dedicated Clean Energy Lab
SAN JOSE, Calif. — July 14, 2010 — Responding to rapid growth over the past three years and increasing demand for R&D programs in the semiconductor and clean energy sectors, Intermolecular Inc. will relocate to a larger headquarters facility in San Jose in early 2011.
The new facility located at 3011 N. First Street provides more than 140,000 square feet of office and lab space, offering a 300% increase in cleanroom space to house a state-of-the-art High Productivity Combinatorial (HPC) Research and Development Center. The HPC R&D Center will incorporate Intermolecular’s proprietary combinatorial processing equipment, metrology and characterization tools, electrical test equipment, various semiconductor high-volume manufacturing tools and other infrastructure.
The move is being driven by rapidly increasing demand for Collaborative Development Programs (CDPs), in which Intermolecular team members work with customer teams to accelerate R&D efforts using Intermolecular’s unique toolset, and data management and analysis software. This customer-specific approach to collaborative technology development has been proven to bring new materials, processes and devices from initial discovery to high-volume production with unprecedented speed and much lower costs than traditional R&D methods.
“After doubling in size over the last three years, and with many new projects on the horizon, we simply need more space to meet market demand and to further expand our development infrastructure,” commented David Lazovsky, Intermolecular president and CEO. “We’re experiencing accelerating growth with semiconductor companies in the Flash memory, DRAM and foundry sectors, as well as with materials and equipment suppliers serving the semiconductor industry.”
Activity within Intermolecular’s clean energy technologies group is also ramping, as evidenced by the recent signing of a strategic CDP and technology licensing agreement with Guardian Industries Corp. of Auburn Hills, Mich. to jointly develop advanced glass coatings for energy and other applications. The new facility will include a dedicated Energy Lab to facilitate the accelerated development of various photovoltaic and energy-related technologies.
Lazovsky added, “We are pleased to be able to expand here in San Jose, the heart of Silicon Valley, where we’re in close proximity to several of our customers and partners, and have access to some of the world’s best engineers and technologists.
Intermolecular will transition operations to the new facility over the next several months and expects to complete the relocation in early 2011.
About Intermolecular
Intermolecular, Inc. delivers High Productivity Combinatorial™ (HPC) technology products and services that enable customers to maximize semiconductor R&D ROI. The company’s Tempus™ HPC™ Platform offers chipmakers, materials suppliers and equipment manufacturers integrated processing, characterization and informatics systems that exponentially accelerate learning in materials discovery, process development and IC device integration.
Customers apply Intermolecular’s technologies in their R&D projects through Collaborative Development Programs (CDPs) with Intermolecular’s multidisciplinary team, or through purchase of Tempus systems, or by licensing of IP developed and qualified by Intermolecular. By leveraging HPC technologies to quickly develop, integrate and electrically test multiple alternative solutions, at minimum cost and risk, customers obtain unique IP and time-to-market advantage.
Founded in 2004, Intermolecular is based in San Jose, California. A more detailed description of the Tempus HPC platform and information about customer projects are available here.
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