Recent ATIP Science and Technology Digests

Current ATIP Science and Technology Digests

ATIP produces several Digests in areas including

High Performance Computing in Asia
Nanotechnology in Asia
Asian Security Developments

Each Digest issue contains a collection of short timely articles selected by ATIP analysts as being particularly relevant to the Digest subject.

Digests appear monthly and are a great way to keep up with rapidly changing Asian developments on a specific topic.

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Asia Nanotech Digest (September/October 2007)
2007-11-19	Pages: 12

Document ID: 071101D ASIA NANOTECH DIGEST Page 1 of 12 ATIP Japan MBE 21 Akasaka Twin Tower 2-17-22 Akasaka Minato-ku Tokyo 107-0052 Japan http://www.atip.org/ Asia Nanotech Digest Nano Science and Technology in Asia Countries: China, India, Japan, Korea, Malaysia, Singapore, Taiwan September/October 2007 ATIP's Asia Nanotech DigestTM provides bimonthly, up-to-date information on nanotechnology developments in Asia. The areas of coverage are divided in major technological categories. Opinions and comments are the author's only and do not necessarily reflect ATIP's official views. Please contact ATIP with questions and comments, or to obtain further information. Note: This document is formatted for US letter-size paper In This Issue Nanotechnology Articles from ATIP 1. CNT Via Interconnects by Damascene Process 2. Ultrafast Semiconductor Photonic Switch by AIST/NEDO 3. Single Photon Emission from Atoms Doped in Semiconductor by NIMS 4. Dynamic Control of Photonic Crystal Nanocavity Q Factor 5. Shortest Wavelength Deep UV LED by RIKEN 6. First Demonstration of Electrically Driven 1.55-µm Single-Photon Generator 7. TAKANASHI Spin Current Project 8. Elucidation of High Endurance of BLT Memory Materials 9. Essential Difference Between Creep Motion by Weak Current and by Weak Magnetic Field in the Magnet Other Nanotechnology News 10. POSTECH Unveils World's Fastest Nano-transistor Links/Stories from the ATIP Nanotechnology Blog 11. 7 September Stories and Links 12. 14 September Stories and Links 13. 21 September Stories and Links 14. 28 September Stories and Links 15. 5 October Stories and Links 16. 12 October Stories and Links 17. 19 October Stories and Links 18. 26 October Stories and Links
Keywords: Advanced Materials, Bio Nanotechnology (Bio Nano), Carbon Nanotubes (CNTs), Materials, Nanotechnology (Nano), Semiconductors Countries: China, India, Japan, Korea, Malaysia, Singapore, Taiwan

A-QuIST/Nano Digest (September/October 2007)
2007-11-09	Pages: 31

ATIP Document ID: 070701D A-QUIST/NANO DIGEST (SEPTEMBER/OCTOBER 2007) Page 1 of 31 ATIP Japan MBE 21 Akasaka Twin Tower 2-17-22 Akasaka Minato-ku Tokyo 107-0052 Japan http://www.atip.org/ A-QuIST/Nano Digest Quantum Information Science & Technology in Asia Countries: Japan, Korea, China, Taiwan September/October 2007 ATIP's A-QuIST DigestTM provides up-to-date government, academic, and industry information news, as well as technical highlights on Quantum Information Science and Technology (QuIST) in the Asia Pacific region. Opinions and comments are the author's only and do not necessarily reflect ATIP's official views. Please contact ATIP with questions and comments, or to obtain further information. Note: This document is formatted for US letter-size paper In This Issue Major News 1. 2007 JST QuIST Projects Update 2. TAKANASHI Spin Current Project 3. SSDM 2007 Spintronics Topics Technical Highlights 4. Single Photon Emission from Nitrogen Atoms Doped in Semiconductors by NIMS 5. Ultrafast Semiconductor Photonic Switch by AIST/NEDO 6. Dynamic Control of Photonic Crystal Nanocavity Q Factor 7. First Demonstration of Electrically Driven 1.55-µm Single-Photon Generator 8. CNT Via Interconnects by Damascene Process 9. Essential Difference Between Creep Motion by Weak Current and by Weak Magnetic Field in the Magnet 10. Shortest Wavelength Deep UV LED by RIKEN 11. Elucidation of High Endurance of BLT Memory Materials 12. Laser Oscillation by Photon Generated from Single Artificial Atom 13. Luminescent Organic Nanotube by AIST 14. Single Photon Emission from Individual Nitrogen Pairs in GaP Recent & Upcoming Events 15. Event: 34th International Symposium on Compound Semiconductors (iscs2007) 16. Event: Symposium on Nano Quantum Information Electronic 17. Event: The 3 rd RIEC International Workshop on Spintronics 18. NIMS Forum 19. Event: International Symposium on Advanced Silicon-Based Nano-Devices (ISASN) 20. Event: JST CREST Workshop on Molecular Nano-Electronics Devices 21. Event: JST ICORP Workshop on Nanoscale Quantum Conductor Array Project 22. Event: JST SORST Workshop on Physics and Information
Keywords: Basic Sciences, Conferences, Government Funding, Magnetics, Materials, Nanotechnology (Nano), Photonics/Optoelectronics, Physics, Quantum Information/QuIST, Regional S&T Overviews Countries: China, Japan, Korea, Taiwan

Japan/Asia HPC Digest High Performance Computing in Japan & Asia September 2007
2007-11-05	Pages: 30

ATIP Document ID: 071001D HPC DIGEST (SEPTEMBER 2007) Page 1 of 30 ATIP Japan LLC MBE 221, Akasaka Twin Tower 2-17-22 Akasaka Minato-ku Tokyo 107-0052 JAPAN http://www.atip.org/ Japan/Asia HPC Digest High Performance Computing in Japan & Asia September 2007 ATIP's Japan/Asia HPC DigestTM provides up-to-date government, academic, and industry information news, as well as technical highlights on High Performance Computing (HPC) in Japan and Asia. Opinions and comments are the author's only and do not necessarily reflect ATIP's official views. Please contact ATIP with questions and comments, or to obtain further information. This document is formatted for US letter-size paper In This Issue Special Report: "Kei-soku" Update New Information in September 1. RIKEN Formally Announces System Design Following CSTP's Approval 2. RIKEN Contracts with Vendors 3. NGSC Budget Request for FY2008 4. NGSC Facility Building Illustrations 5. RIKEN NGSC Symposium 2007 Opened Government/Public Sector 6. MEXT Budget Request for FY2008 7. JMA Requests FY2008 Budget to Power Up Numerical Weather Forecast 8. JMRI Offers Weather Data Delivery System Built by SGI 9. JAXA Bids Supercomputer Procurement 10. Kyushu University Call for Proposals 11. SGI Wins Supercomputer System at Institute for Chemical Research, Kyoto University 12. CDAC of India Delays Supercomputer Development 13. Earth Simulator Center Selects Blue Coat SG Client to Accelerate Data Globally Academic Sector Activities 14. Tokyo Tech and Microsoft Tie Up 15. Narasimhan, Doyen of Indian Computer Science, Dies High Performance Computing No new Information This Month Grid Computing/Networks 16. Folding@Home Crossing the PetaFlop barrier 17. NCSA to Host PRAGMA Events 18. Trio's World-First Science Cluster
Keywords: HPC, HPC Architectures, HPC Sites and Centers, Government Funding Countries: Australia, China, India, Japan, Korea, Taiwan

HPCDigest-August2007
2007-10-14	Pages: 31

ATIP Document ID: 070831D HPC Digest Page 1 of 31 ATIP Japan LLC MBE 221, Akasaka Twin Tower 2-17-22 Akasaka Minato-ku Tokyo 107-0052 JAPAN www.atip.org Japan/Asia HPC Digest High Performance Computing in Japan & Asia August 2007 ATIP's Japan/Asia HPC DigestTM provides up-to-date government, academic, and industry information news, as well as technical highlights on High Performance Computing (HPC) in Japan and Asia. Opinions and comments are the author's only and do not necessarily reflect ATIP's official views. Please contact ATIP with questions and comments, or to obtain further information. This document is formatted for US letter-size paper In This Issue Special Report: "Kei-soku" Update Immediate Release New Information in September 1. NGSC Progress Status / RIKEN Formally Announced System Design Special Report: "Kei-soku" Update 2. NGSC Progress Status / CSTP Committee #67 Approved Working Group Report with Slight Modification 3. From MEXT ISTC Committee #45 4. Applications and Benchmark Test for NGSC 5. Dr. HIMENO Admits Complex Simulation Still Underway at Fujitsu HPC Forum 6. Earth Simulator and Kobe University, Hyogo Prefecture University Collaboration 7. MEXT Calls for Public Comments on NGSC Government/Public Sector 8. Call for Proposal at the National Institute for Fusion Science, Japan 9. Beijing Meteorological Bureau Introduces IBM System p-575 to Prepare 2008 Olympics 10. METI of Japan Distributes 1000 Linux PCs to Schools Academic Sector Activities 11. Canterbury University of New Zealand Introduces Blue Gene 12. International Collaboration between TACC, Tokyo Tech, HLRS, Barcelona, Edinburgh, IPICyT, PSNC, and CeCalCULA High Performance Computing 13. One-trillionth Refinement of Calculation Accuracy Took Several Months of Computation on RIKEN Supercomputer Grid Computing/Networks 14. New Zealand Supernet's Growth "Slow" 15. Thailand Goes Tera: Scientists Connect to the Power of ThaiGrid

ETIP Nanotechnology Digest (June/July/August 2007)
2007-09-19	Pages: 18

ETIP Document ID: 070831D NANOTECHNOLOGY DIGEST JUNE/JULY/AUGUST 2007 Page 1 of 18 ATIP Japan MBE 21 Akasaka Twin Tower 2-17-22 Akasaka Minato-ku Tokyo 107-0052 Japan http://www.atip.org/ Nanotechnology Digest Nanotechnology in Europe June/July/August 2007 Countries: Austria, Denmark, France, Germany, Italy, Netherlands, Sweden, Switzerland, United Kingdom Technology keywords: Advanced Materials, Basic Sciences, Biology, Bio-Nano, Biotechnology (Bio), Carbon Nanotubes (CNTs), Chemistry, Conferences, Electronics, Energy, Energy Conservation, Energy Storage, Engineering, Environmental, Fuel Cells, Government Funding, Government S&T Policy, Manufacturing, Materials, MEMS, MEMS/Nano, Nanotechnology, OLED, Optoelectronics/Photonics, Physics, Regional S&T Overviews, Renewable Energy, Semiconductors, Sensors, Solar Cells The European Technology Information Program's (ETIP's) Nanotechnology DigestTM provides up-to-date government, academic, and industry information news as well as technical highlights on nanotechnology in the European region. ETIP is a program of the Asian Technology Information Program (ATIP). Opinions and comments are the author's only and do not necessarily reflect ETIP/ATIP's official views. Please contact ETIP/ATIP with questions and comments, or to obtain further information. Note: This document is formatted for US letter-size paper In This Issue... Major News Community News 1. PETeC Ground-Breaking Marks Start of North East Plastic Electronics Revolution 2. Investment of 3 Billion for EU Nanoelectronics Research Program 3. Nanotechnology Task Force Launched to Drive UK Research Strategy 4. INL: A New French "Nanocluster" 5. European Parliament Plans for "Euro MIT" 6. Germany Seeks to Conquer Markets with New Nanotechnology Initiative Energy News 7. Carbon Nanohorns for Hydrogen Storage 8. Latest Biomaterials Offer Fuel Cell Hope 9. Low-Cost Catalysis, Inexpensive MoS2 Mimics Precious-Metal Catalysts Electronics News 10. Scientists Create Electron Surf Machine 11. Carbon Nanotube Transistors Get Faster 12. Graphene Sensors Detect Toxic Gases
Keywords: Advanced Materials, Basic Sciences, Biology, Bio-Nano, Biotechnology (Bio), Carbon Nanotubes (CNTs), Chemistry, Conferences, Electronics, Energy, Energy Conservation, Energy Storage, Engineering, Environmental, Fuel Cells, Government Funding, Government S&T Policy, Manufacturing, Materials, MEMS, MEMS/Nano, Nanotechnology, OLED, Optoelectronics/Photonics, Physics, Regional S&T Overviews, Renewable Energy, Semiconductors, Sensors, Solar Cells Countries: Austria, Denmark, France, Germany, Italy, Netherlands, Sweden, Switzerland, United Kingdom

Japan/Asia HPC Digest (July 2007)
2007-09-17	Pages: 36

ATIP Document ID: 070701D HPC Digest Page 1 of 36 ATIP Japan LLC MBE 221, Akasaka Twin Tower 2-17-22 Akasaka Minato-ku Tokyo 107-0052 JAPAN www.atip.org Japan/Asia HPC Digest High Performance Computing in Japan & Asia July 2007 ATIP's Japan/Asia HPC DigestTM provides up-to-date government, academic, and industry information news, as well as technical highlights on High Performance Computing (HPC) in Japan and Asia. Opinions and comments are the author's only and do not necessarily reflect ATIP's official views. Please contact ATIP with questions and comments, or to obtain further information. This document is formatted for US letter-size paper In This Issue Special Report: "Kei-soku" Update New Information in July 1. NGSC Progress Status Shown at the ISTC Committee, MEXT 2. FY2008 Budget Request Plan by MEXT 3. From CSTP Committee #66 Government/Public Sector 4. Advancesoft Fair 5. RSS21 2007 Symposium 6. Seven National University Computer Centers Open Doors to Private Companies 7. Proposals Selected for R&D of Next-Generation IT Infrastructure Construction 8. JAEA to Get PetaFlop Computer for ITER Academic Sector Activities 9. Quantum Beez Delivering the Largest Bioinformatics Cluster in Malaysia - 1.5 TeraFlops 10. CHGC Leverages Accelerated Bio-Informatics Solution for Faster Time to Insight High Performance Computing 11. Origin of Strong Force Identified by KEK Blue Gene Using 3000-Hour CPU Time 12. Asian Sites on June 2007 Top500 List Grid Computing/Networks 13. NICT Develops 10 GbE 80 GbOP Interface Technical Highlights 14. RedNeurons MPU2016: Supercomputer with a New Concept 15. NEC SX Roadmap Business/Industry 16. Why is Karmarkar Out of Tata's Project? 17. Super Plan for Global Power Broker
Keywords: Government Funding, HPC, HPC Architectures, HPC Sites and Centers, Regional S&T Overviews Countries: Australia, China, India, Japan, Korea, Malaysia, New Zealand

Asia Nanotech Digest (July/August 2007)
2007-09-12	Pages: 16

ATIP Document ID: 070905D ASIA NANO DIGEST JULY/AUGUST 2007 Page 1 of 16 ATIP Japan MBE 21 Akasaka Twin Tower 2-17-22 Akasaka Minato-ku Tokyo 107-0052 Japan http://www.atip.org/ Asia Nanotech Digest Nano Science and Technology in Asia Countries: Bangladesh, China, India, Japan, Korea, Malaysia, Singapore, Taiwan July/August 2007 ATIP's Asia Nanotech DigestTM provides bi-monthly, up-to-date information on nanotechnology developments in Asia. The areas of coverage are divided in major technological categories. Opinions and comments are the author's only and do not necessarily reflect ATIP's official views. Please contact ATIP with questions and comments, or to obtain further information. Note: This document is formatted for US letter-size paper In This Issue Nanotechnology Articles from ATIP 1. "Nano-Gap Switch" by AIST 2. Reversible Control of Junction Between Single Molecule and Electrode by RIKEN 3. Direct Dynamic Observation of Single Retinal Molecule Photo-Isomerization by AIST/JST 4. Development of RF MEMS Variable Capacitor at Toshiba 5. New Potential for Carbon Nanotubes 6. World's First Nano Nitriding Technology Unveiled 7. Optical Nano-Resonator with Q Factor of 200 M by NODA 8. Nanoscience and Photoscience Symposium at NAIST 9. OHTSU Nanophotonics Symposium 10. Novel Display Material from Soap Molecules and Rare-Earth Metal Ions 11. Workshop on Theoretical Approach to Magnetism Other Nanotechnology News 12. Stable Au Nanoparticle Manufacturing Technology Unveiled 13. KAIST Succeeds in Creating Single Crystal Ag Nanowires 14. KAIST Unveils Next-Generation Semiconductor Technology Links/Stories from the ATIP Nanotechnology Blog 15. India angles to be nano-enabled, solar-industry hub 16. Researchers add value to Thai fabrics 17. Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) strengthens patent portfolio 18. Norstel and the Energy Technology Research Institute (ETRI), AIST enter into a strategic collaboration for Silicon Carbide (SiC) materials development 19. Purdue, Korean scientists team up on USD 4.5 million project 20. China-Korea Nanotechnology Research Center formally opens in Beijing 21. Call for nanotechnology proposals by Indo-German Science and Technology Cooperation 22. Vietnam, India issue joint declaration on strategic partnership 23. RIKEN develops fluorescent DNA probes 24. Pooled resources aid nanotechnology 25. Nanotechnology provides the answers: Vitharana
Keywords: NANO,Advanced Materials, Bio Nanotechnology (Bio Nano), Carbon Nanotubes (CNTs), Materials, Nanotechnology (Nano), Semiconductors Countries: Bangladesh, China, India, Japan, Korea, Malaysia, Singapore, Taiwan

Japan/Asia HPC Digest (June 2007)
2007-08-12	Pages: 28

ATIP Document ID: 070701D HPC Digest Page 1 of 28 ATIP Japan LLC MBE 221, Akasaka Twin Tower 2-17-22 Akasaka Minato-ku Tokyo 107-0052 JAPAN http://www.atip.org/ Japan/Asia HPC Digest High Performance Computing in Japan & Asia June 2007 ATIP's Japan/Asia HPC DigestTM provides up-to-date government, academic, and industry information news, as well as technical highlights on High Performance Computing (HPC) in Japan and Asia. Opinions and comments are the author's only and do not necessarily reflect ATIP's official views. Please contact ATIP with questions and comments, or to obtain further information. This document is formatted for US letter-size paper In This Issue Special Report: "Kei-soku" Update 1. MEXT Releases RIKEN's NGSC Project Review Report: Summary 2. Erratum and Correction on Kei-Soku Update TM - June Issue (June 22, 2007) 3. NGSC Project Deputy Chair Mr. SAKATA Gives Talk at SciDAC 2007 4. NGSC Application Codes Details Up on Web 5. RIKEN to Host Second NGSC Symposium October 3-4, 2007 Government/Public Sector 6. Result of MEXT Calls for Climate Change Prediction Research 7. ES Resources Quota and CREST-type Projects for FY2007 8. ES Calls for Charged Computer Service by Industries 9. Call for Materials on ES-II Confirmed 10. NICT Installs NEC SX-8 for Research of Magnetosphere Simulation 11. Supercomputer to Support Climate Change Scientists in Queensland, Australia Academic Sector Activities 12. Korea's Tongmyong University becomes the First to Introduce a Supercomputer for Animation Movie in Korea 13. KISTI Supercomputing Center Organization Restructuring 14. ITC, University of Tokyo Enhanced Hitachi SR System 15. Call for Bid by NAOJ and National Universities 16. CREST Begins Project to Increase Linux Security and Reliability 17. Altair Launches Design Center of Excellence with UniKL High Performance Computing 18. NEC Offers Quadruple Vector Math Library Package Grid Computing/Networks 19. KISTI to Start National Supercomputing Collaborative Application System Establishment Project 20. SINET3 Starts Service in Japan 21. AIST Organizes GEO-Grid
Keywords: HPC, HPC Architectures, HPC Sites and Centers, Government Funding Countries: India, Japan, Korea

E-QuIST Digest (May/June 2007)
2007-07-29	Pages: 11

ETIP Document ID: 070703D E-QUIST Page 1 of 11 US Office: PO Box 4510 Albuquerque, NM 87196-4510 Japan Office: MBE 221, Akasaka Twin Tower, 2-17-22 Akasaka, Minato-ku, Tokyo 107-0052 JAPAN http://www.atip.org/ E-QuIST Digest Quantum Information Science & Technology in Europe May/June 2007 Countries: Austria, Belgium, France, Germany, Greece, Ireland, Italy, The Netherlands, Poland, Russia, Spain, Switzerland, United Kingdom Technology keywords: Advanced Materials, Basic Sciences, Computer Security, Conferences, Defense Applications, Electronics, Education/Training, Engineering, Government Funding, Government S&T Policy, Homeland Security, Information Technology, Magnetics, Mathematics, Nanotechnology, Optoelectronics/Photonics, Physics, QuIST/Quantum Information Processing, Regional S&T Overviews, Semiconductors, Simulation, Modeling and Testing The European Technology Information Program's (ETIP's) E-QuIST DigestTM provides up-to-date government, academic, and industry information news as well as technical highlights on Quantum Information Science and Technology (QuIST) in the European region. ETIP is a program of the Asian Technology Information Program (ATIP). Opinions and comments are the author's only and do not necessarily reflect ETIP/ATIP's official views. For questions and/or comments, or to obtain further information, please contact ETIP/ATIP at help@atip.org . Note: This document is formatted for US letter-size paper In This Issue... Major News QuIST Community News 1. EPS QEOD Prizes 2. New Award in Honor of Prof. Herbert Walther 3. New Positions at ICFO, Barcelona Quantum Computing News 4. Two-Dimensional Transport and Transfer of a Single Atomic Qubit in Optical Tweezers 5. Demonstration of Controlled-NOT Quantum Gates on a Pair of Superconducting Quantum Bits 6. An On-Demand Coherent Single-Electron Source 7. Temperature Dependence of Coherent Oscillations in Josephson Phase Qubits
Keywords: Advanced Materials, Basic Sciences, Computer Security, Conferences, Defense Applications, Electronics, Education/Training, Engineering, Government Funding, Government S&T Policy, Homeland Security, Information Technology, Magnetics, Mathematics, Nanotechnology, Optoelectronics/Photonics, Physics, QuIST/Quantum Information Processing, Regional S&T Overviews, Semiconductors, Simulation, Modeling and Testing Countries:

Asia Nanotech Digest (May/June 2007)
2007-07-20	Pages: 15

Page 1 of 15 ATIP Japan Office: MBE 221, Akasaka Twin Tower, 2-17-22 Akasaka, Minato-ku, Tokyo 107-0052 JAPAN http://www.atip.org/ Asia Nanotech Digest Nano Science and Technology in Asia Countries: China, India, Japan, Korea, Malaysia, Singapore, Taiwan, Vietnam May/June 2007 ATIP's Asia Nanotech DigestTM provides bi-monthly, up-to-date information on nanotechnology developments in Asia. The areas of coverage are divided in major technological categories. Opinions and comments are the author's only and do not necessarily reflect ATIP's official views. Please contact ATIP with questions and comments, or to obtain further information. Note: This document is formatted for US letter-size paper In This Issue Nanotechnology Articles from ATIP 1. Luminescent Thin Film by Ion Beam Deposition 2. Spatially Inverted GaP for Nonlinear Optical Devices 3. Aharonov-Bohm (A-B) Oscillations in Photoluminescence (PL) from Charged Exciton in Quantum Tubes 4. ARAKAWA QD Engineering Project 5. Optical-Control of Molecular Bonding State 6. CAS Scores Progress in Developing Nanoscale Data-storage Medium 7. High-Efficiency UV Emission Semiconductor Materials 8. CAS Finish Quantum Structure and Device Project 9. AIST 2D Photonic Crystal Ring Resonator 10. HIRAKAWA Quantum Semiconductor Electronics 11. Field Emission of Stand-Alone Carbon Nanocoil 12. Current Hysteresis Suppression in CNT Thin Film Transistor 13. Nano-Electronics at NTT BRL 14. Sensitive Nano CT Contrast Media Unveiled 15. GIST Unveiles Polymer Ordering Control Technology for Next-Generation Device Performance Improvement Other Nanotechnology News 16. Imaging The Motion of a Single Molecule 17. Special Journal Issue on Nanotechnology in Singapore Links/Stories from the ATIP Nanotechnology Blog 18. NanoInk selects Schmidt Scientific as exclusive distributor for China and Taiwan 19. InP stretches Japanese backbone to 40 Gbps 20. Carbon nanohorns as potential intracellular delivery vehicle 21. Malaysia to lead South-South collaboration 22. Carl Zeiss SMT and SIINT open nanotechnology demonstration center in Japan 23. Satyam enters into USD 200 million deal with Applied Materials
Keywords: Advanced Materials, Bio Nanotechnology (Bio Nano), Carbon Nanotubes (CNTs), Materials, Nanotechnology (Nano), Quantum Information Science & Technology (QuIST), Regional S&T Overviews, Semiconductors Countries: China, India, Japan, Korea, Malaysia, Singapore, Taiwan, Vietnam Countries:

A-QuIST Digest (May/June 2007)
2007-07-06	Pages: 31
QuIST
ATIP Document ID: 070406D A-QuIST Digest May/June 2007 Page 1 of 31 ATIP Japan Office Harks Bldg, 1F 6-15-21 Roppongi Minato-ku Tokyo 106-0032 Japan www.atip.org A-QuIST Digest Quantum Information Science & Technology in Asia Countries: Japan, Korea May/June 2007 ATIP's A-QuIST DigestTM provides up-to-date government, academic, and industry information news, as well as technical highlights on Quantum Information Science and Technology (QuIST) in the Asia Pacific region. Opinions and comments are the author's only, and do not necessarily reflect ATIP's official views. Please contact ATIP with questions and comments, or to obtain further information. Note: This document is formatted for US letter-size paper In This Issue Major News 1. NTT/NII/NIST 200 km Quantum Encryption Ultra-fast 10-GHz quantum cryptography system 2. Quantum Coherent Tunable Coupling of Superconducting Qubits 3. QKD Topics at QIT 16 4. ARAKAWA IT Device Workshop 5. Spins Control in Semiconductor QDs by TARUCHA 6. Semiconductor Quantum Electronics by HIRAKAWA 7. Nano-Electronics at NTT BRL Technical Highlights 8. New Optical Phase Measurement Beats the Standard Quantum Limit with Four- Entangled Photons 9. A-B Oscillations in PL from Charged Exciton in Quantum Tubes 10. Optical-Control of Molecular Bonding State 11. Anti-Reflection Lens Based-on Nano-Particle 12. Spatially Inversed GaP for Nonlinear Optical Devices 13. Luminescent Thin Film by Ion Beam deposition 14. High Efficiency UV Emission Semiconductor Materials 15. 2D Photonic Crystal Ring Resonator by AIST 16. Field Emission of Stand-Alone Carbon Nano-Coil by NAKAYAMA 17. Current Hysteresis Suppression in Carbon Nanotube (CNT) Thin Film Transistor by NIMS-RIKEN Recent & Upcoming Events 18. Event : 1st Interna t ional S y mposium on Adva n ced Magnetic M a terial s a nd A pplication 19. Event : 33rd Fullerene-Nanotube G e neral Symposium
Keywords: Advanced Materials, Basic Sciences, Conferences, Information Technology (IT), QuIST, Materials, Nanotechnology (Nano), Physics, Semiconductors Countries: Japan, Korea

Japan-Asia HPC Digest (April 2007)
2007-06-29	Pages: 27
HPC
ATIP Document ID: 070430D HPC Digest APRIL 2007 Page 1 of 27 ATIP Japan LLC MBE 221, Akasaka Twin Tower 2-17-22 Akasaka Minato-ku Tokyo 107-0052 JAPAN www.atip.org Japan/Asia HPC Digest High Performance Computing in Japan & Asia April 2007 ATIP's Japan/Asia HPC DigestTM provides up-to-date government, academic, and industry information news, as well as technical highlights on High Performance Computing (HPC) in Japan and Asia. Opinions and comments are the author's only and do not necessarily reflect ATIP's official views. Please contact ATIP with questions and comments, or to obtain further information. This document is formatted for US letter-size paper In This Issue Special Report: "Kei-soku" Update 1. HOSHINO Leaves MEXT Information Division 2. Project Leader WATANABE Top News 3. MEXT Holds Conceptual Design Evaluation Working Group Meetings 4. BMT 21 Application Selected Codes 5. RSS21 Hosts Urban Disaster Prevention Workshop 6. RSS21 Multi-Scale Coupled Simulations Workshop Government/Public Sector 7. Japan FY2007S&T Budget 8. Earth Simulator Center More Collaborations 9. "Strategic Utilization of Earth Simulator" Conference 10. New NIG System 11. MEXT Calls for Climate Change Prediction Research 12. National Computer Museum Petitions METI Technical Highlights 13. TMSC Begins 45nm Process 14. Fujitsu Develops 40Gbit Optical Communication Technology Business/Industry 15. Chinese Academy of Science and STMicroelectronics Commercialize Loongson-2E 64 Bit Processor 16. SONY Leaves Three Joint Venture on Next Generation Semiconductors 17. NEC Announces Lower FY2006 Profit 18. HITACHI Expects FY2006 Deficit 19. Fujitsu Revises Fiscal 2006 Unconsolidated Financial Results Forecast 20. Severe Rules Cause Deficit 21. Fujitsu and Sun Unveil Co-developed SPARC Enterprise Servers
Keywords: HPC, HPC Architectures, HPC Sites and Centers, Government Funding Countries: China, India, Japan, Korea

Asia Nanotech Digest (March/April 2007)
2007-06-22	Pages: 15
ATIP Digest
Page 1 of 15 ATIP Japan Office Harks Bldg, 1F 6-15-21 Roppongi Minato-ku Tokyo 106-0032 Japan http://www.atip.org Asia Nanotech Digest Nano Science and Technology in Asia Countries: Bangladesh, China, India, Japan, Korea, Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore, Taiwan March/April 2007 ATIP's Asia Nanotech DigestTM provides bi-monthly, up-to-date information on nanotechnology developments in Asia. The areas of coverage are divided in major technological categories. Opinions and comments are the author's only and do not necessarily reflect ATIP's official views. Please contact ATIP with questions and comments, or to obtain further information. Note: This document is formatted for US letter-size paper In This Issue Nanotechnology Articles from ATIP 1. Chinese Researchers Develop Nano-ring MRAM Device 2. MEXT, METI Metal Resource R&D Projects 3. Vertical-Type Organic Transistors with Built-In Nano-Triode Arrays 4. Chinese Researchers Develop Light-driven Conformational Switch From Natural DNA 5. Boron-Doped CNT Enhanced Electric Conductivity 6. Ion Implantation for Increased Silicon Semiconductor Device Integration 7. Samsung Manufactures World's First 60-nanometer 1 Giga DRAM 8. Samsung Unveils World's First 3G Fusion Memory 9. World's Smallest Tera-Level Flash Memory Unveiled 10. Nanomaterial Controlled by Supersonic Waves 11. Japan-India Workshop on Optronic Materials and Devices (JIWOMD-07) 12. PSM Supersolids Workshop 13. Chinese Scientists Synthesize Single-crystalline Antimony Telluride Nanobelts 14. NIMS FED Blue Nitride Phosphorous System 15. Ultra-High Q Photonic Nanocavity by NODA Other Nanotechnology News 16. Nanotechnology and Society in India 17. China's Institute of Computing Technology and ST Microelectronics Announce Their Cooperation on the Loongson Processors 18. India to Invest Rs 1,000 Cr on Nanotechnology 19. Chinese Develop Quantum Cryptography Network 20. Carl Zeiss SMT and SIINT Open Nanotechnology Demonstration Center in Japan Focus on Japan's Nanotechnology Researchers 21. Mikako SAITO, Associate Professor, Department of Biotechnology and Life Science, Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology 22. Hideki YAMOCHI, Professor, Division of Molecular Materials Science Research Center for Low Temperature and Materials Sciences, Kyoto University
Keywords: NANO

Japan/Asia HPC Digest March 2007
2007-06-21	Pages: 22
ATIP Digest
ATIP Document ID: 070331D HPC Digest March 2007 Page 1 of 22 ATIP Japan Office Harks Bldg, 1F 6-15-21 Roppongi Minato-ku Tokyo 106-0032 Japan www.atip.org Japan/Asia HPC Digest High Performance Computing in Japan & Asia March 2007 ATIP's Japan/Asia HPC DigestTM provides up-to-date government, academic, and industry information news, as well as technical highlights on High Performance Computing (HPC) in Japan and Asia. Opinions and comments are the author's only and do not necessarily reflect ATIP's official views. Please contact ATIP with questions and comments, or to obtain further information. This document is formatted for US letter-size paper In This Issue Special Report: "Kei-soku" Update NOTICE: "Kei-soku" Update now appears as part of the HPC Digest 1. Keisoku System Spec Definition Further Delay Expected 2. Keisoku System Spec Speculation 3. Kobe Port Island Selected as Keisoku Computer Facility Location 4. Kansai Economic Federation Welcomes Kobe Selection 5. RIKEN HPC Symposium 2007 Opened 6. MEXT Calls for Proposals for Next Generation IT Infrastructure Construction R&D Project 7. HPC Digest March Issue Erratum and Corrections Government/Public Sector 8. RIKEN ACCC Starts MD-GRAPE3 Service 9. Earth Simulator Center South African International Collaboration 10. Earth Simulator Center Osaka University Collaboration 11. National Institute of Environmental Science (NIES) Installs NEC SX-8R 12. ICEPP Univ. Tokyo Installs Dell Blade Server High Performance Computing 13. GRAPE-DR Targets 2 Peta Flops in 2008 14. China to Unify HPC Technology Standards 15. Gordon Bell Award at SC06 Grid Computing 16. Sony Joins Stanford University Folding@Home Program to Further Medical Research Technical Highlights 17. Fujitsu Develops Wavelength Tunable Laser 18. Fujitsu and TITECH Actualize World's First Infrared Light Propagation in Optical Crystal Films on Silicon Substrate 19. Fujitsu Achieved High Performance Cluster Communication Using Ethernet for Tsukuba U's PACS-CS
Keywords: HPC

Japan/Asia HPC Digest (May 2007)
2007-06-19	Pages: 24
HPC
ATIP Document ID: 070617D HPC Digest Page 1 of 24 ATIP Japan LLC MBE 221, Akasaka Twin Tower 2-17-22 Akasaka Minato-ku Tokyo 107-0052 JAPAN www.atip.org Japan/Asia HPC Digest High Performance Computing in Japan & Asia May 2007 ATIP's Japan/Asia HPC DigestTM provides up-to-date government, academic, and industry information news, as well as technical highlights on High Performance Computing (HPC) in Japan and Asia. Opinions and comments are the author's only and do not necessarily reflect ATIP's official views. Please contact ATIP with questions and comments, or to obtain further information. This document is formatted for US letter-size paper In This Issue Special Report: "Kei-soku" Update New Information in May 1. Conceptual Design Evaluation Working Group of MEXT Meetings Continue Government/Public Sector 2. Earth Simulator Center Seeks ES-II? 3. Call for Proposal: Strategic Utilization of Earth Simulator 4. Earth Simulator Research Themes Selected for FY2007 5. Earth Simulator FY2006 Review Conference Held 6. Japan's AIST Computational Biology Research Center Reorganized 7. Workshop for the Japan-China-Korea Science and Technology Cooperation 8. Call for Proposal on National Bio Resource Project of Japan 9. CDAC India to Launch Supercomputer for Bioinformatics' R&D Academic Sector Activities 10. Call for Comment on Supercomputer Procurement at Kyoto University 11. Call for Comment at National Astronomical Observatory of Japan 12. Call for Proposal at Institute of Medical Science, Univ. Tokyo High Performance Computing 13. Japanese Automotive Industries on HPC Grid Computing/Networks 14. Indian Effort to Broadband Free in 2 Years 15. MIMOS of Malaysia Ties Up With SGI 16. New Internet2 Land Speed Records Set by Univ. Tokyo Team Technical Highlights 17. NEC Develops Highly Reliable Packet Transport Network 18. NEC, JST, and RIKEN Successfully Demonstrate World's First Controllably Coupled Qubits 19. Setting up an Indian Supercomputer 20. IBM-Sumsong 32 nm partnership
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Asia Nanotech Digest (January/February 2007)
2007-03-30	Pages: 17
ATIP Digest
Page 1 of 17 ATIP Japan Office Harks Bldg, 1F 6-15-21 Roppongi Minato-ku Tokyo 106-0032 Japan www.atip.org Asia Nanotech Digest Nano Science and Technology in Asia Countries: China, India, Japan, Korea, Singapore, Taiwan, Thailand January/February 2007 ATIP's Asia Nanotech DigestTM provides monthly, up-to-date information on nanotechnology developments in Asia. The areas of coverage are divided in major technological categories. Opinions and comments are the author's only and do not necessarily reflect ATIP's official views. Please contact ATIP with questions and comments, or to obtain further information. Note: This document is formatted for US letter-size paper In This Issue Nanotechnology Articles from ATIP 1. TOKURA ERATO Projects, Orbitronics, and Multiferroics 2. Photonic Crystals Trap and Delay Light for Over One Nanosecond 3. Photoconductive Coaxial Nanotubes of Molecularly Connected Electron Donor and Acceptor Layers 4. Domain Nucleation and Annihilation in Uniformly Magnetized State Under Current Pulses in Narrow Ferromagnetic Wires 5. Photonics CPT 2007 Workshop Other Nanotechnology News