[NJARC] Another alternative to semiconductors?

[john ruccolo]

Just FYI -- I have no interest in this company,
etc....

A little out of bounds, but still interesting.

Phiar Corporation Wins 2007 CSIA Apex Fast Forward
Award

Business Wire via Dow Jones

    Emerging Company Honored for Forward Thinking,
Next-Generation 

                       Technology Development 
BOULDER, Colo.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--June 19, 2007-- 

  Phiar Corporation, the leading provider of
metal-insulator electronics, today
announced that it won the Fast Forward Award at the
seventh annual CSIA Apex
Awards ceremony held in Denver, Colo. on June 5. The
annual CSIA (Colorado
Software & Internet Association) event honors the
breakthrough innovations and
contributions of Colorado's leading technology
companies. 
 

  "We are honored to be named the first ever recipient
of the CSIA Apex Fast
Forward Award," said Bob Goodman, CEO of Phiar
Corporation. "Phiar is excited to
be developing technologies that have the potential to
impact our daily lives as
well as working in a local market that is taking the
lead in commercializing the
next-generation of nanotechnology." 
 

  A new category in CSIA's 2007 Apex Awards, the Fast
Forward Award, is
presented to a company or individual who is thinking
beyond the boundaries of
today's technology and is creating the path to enable
next-generation technology
innovations. As the first recipient of this award,
Phiar Corporation and its
developments in metal-insulator technology are
exemplary displays of innovation
driving new technology developments. 
 

  Phiar develops metal-insulator electronic devices,
including diodes,
detectors, modulators and transistors. These basic
devices are the first
cost-effective, credible alternative to semiconductors
since the vacuum tube
era. The company expects applications to include:
cameras that can detect
plastic explosives and allow pilots to see through
fog, automotive
collision-avoidance systems and next generation
wireless radios that will enable
communication 100 times faster than today's Wi-Fi
connections. 
 

  "CSIA is proud to honor up-and-coming businesses
like Phiar Corporation that
are achieving significant technology milestones right
here in the state of
Colorado," said Su Hawk, president of CSIA. "Phiar is
a company with a bright
future that demonstrates innovation with the potential
to deliver new mass
market applications in the very near future." 
 

  Phiar's patented devices contain no semiconductors.
Metal-insulator
electronics utilize quantum tunneling, a phenomenon
where electrons on one side
of an insulating layer are forced to "appear" on the
other side. This transport
mechanism is so fast it happens in about 1
femtosecond, providing a substantial
speed advantage over semiconductor devices. Phiar's
devices can be manufactured
using readily available semiconductor factory
equipment. In high volumes,
Phiar's technology will be less expensive than
traditional silicon-based
electronics. 
 
   About CSIA 
 

  CSIA is the leader on behalf of the technology
industry in Colorado, providing
connections, insight, advocacy and competitive-edge
programs and services to
help technology companies succeed and prosper. Since
1994, CSIA has led
legislative issues and public policy to represent the
technology industry in
Colorado, and has provided a number of annual
programs, events and to create
peer-to-peer connections to grow business success for
Colorado's technology
industry. CSIA's activities represent the more than
3,000 technology companies
in the state, with specific attention to the more than
750 companies who are
active in CSIA. 
 
   About Phiar Corporation 
 

  Phiar is developing low cost, nano-scale devices
that take performance beyond
the physical limits of semiconductors. Phiar's
metal-insulator technology can be
integrated into supporting CMOS chip dies, or
manufactured on a wide range of
other substrates. Natively operating from DC to 3 THz,
Phiar's technology is a
compact, practical replacement for costly compound
semiconductors in GHz
applications and cryogenic devices in the emerging THz
field. Phiar is funded by
Menlo Ventures. For more information, visit
www.phiar.com. 
 
    CONTACT: Schwartz Communications 
             Alissa Vasilevskis / Karen Joe,
415-512-0770 
             phiar at schwartz-pr.com 
 
    SOURCE: Phiar Corporation 
Copyright Business Wire 2007 
 

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