July 28, 2008 - Industry News
Japan's chipmaking plants slow to rally after Iwate quake
Most of the facilities that make food, electronics and other products resumed operations Thursday after a powerful earthquake in ...
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June 27, 2008 - Technology News
Researchers tout metallization technique with magnetic materials
Researchers from the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) say they have developed a process to build 3D nanoscale ...
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June 23, 2008 - Industry News
Ferrotec seeking solar cell inroads to break "chip rut"
Chip equipment firm Ferrotec is one of many companies seeking to diversify into new growth opportunities, and its move into solar ...
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June 19, 2008 - Industry News
Unisem, Flip-Chip ink WLP licensing deal
Unisem Berhad and subsidiary Unisem-Advantpack Technologies (UAT) have agreed to license FlipChip International's wafer bumping and wafer- ...
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June 18, 2008 - Technology News
Intel eyes scalable FBC technology for 15nm and beyond
Among the papers being presented by Intel at the VLSI Symposium (June 17-20 in Hawaii) is one describing fabrication of the smallest reported ...
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June 18, 2008 - Industry News
Unisem, Flip-Chip ink WLP licensing deal
Unisem Berhad and subsidiary Unisem-Advantpack Technologies (UAT) have agreed to license FlipChip International's wafer bumping and wafer- ...
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May 22, 2008 - Technology News
IDM economics at 32nm and beyond
Masaaki Kinugawa, GM of Toshiba's Oita operations, discussed the tough challenges faced by fabs developing advanced processes today. Both ...
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May 21, 2008 - Industry News
Redefining fab productivity from a waste perspective
Applied Materials is urging the semiconductor industry to rethink how it defines productivity. Taking a page out of the Toyota playbook, ...
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May 14, 2008 - Technology News
450mm by 2012: Between the lines of PR lingo
Some of the biggest chipmakers are eager for a transition to 450mm wafers, because they see very attractive cost savings. And ...
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May 8, 2008 - Industry News
SEMI: Wafer shipments flat in 1Q08
Worldwide silicon wafer area shipments were roughly the same in 1Q as they were in 4Q, reflecting the industry's overall conservative ...
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May 7, 2008 - Technology News
Chip heavyweights pin down 450mm date, tout "collaboration"
Three of the world's top chipmakers -- Intel, Samsung, and TSMC -- have agreed on a due-date of 2012 to have a 450mm-wafer-capable pilot line ...
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April 21, 2008 - Industry News
SEMI: March tool demand takes a step back
Even the quarterly-ending month couldn't muster enough strength to give the industry a positive boost, as demand continues to show softness ...
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April 8, 2008 - Industry News
Feb. chip sales "weak" but no alarm for 1Q
February semiconductor sales were about 5% below expectations but the full picture for 1Q08 seems to still be within the seasonal range of ...
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March 24, 2008 - Industry News
How Taiwan's presidential elections will impact the semiconductor industry
This weekend Taiwan will elect a new president, and based on each candidate's platform -- and what each has promised to industry ...
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March 19, 2008 - Industry News
Analyst: Silicon MEMS microphones demand stalls
The silicon MEMS microphone sector grew 12.4% in 2007 to 238M units, well off the pace of the prior two years (2005-2006) where installations ...
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March 19, 2008 - Industry News
Analyst: Top IC suppliers remain largely unchanged 2007
Despite a late-year slowdown among industry and US economic uncertainty, 2007 turned out to be a decent year for major IC and related ...
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March 13, 2008 - Top Story News
Analyst downgrades semi wafer outlook; still "balancing" solar industry, biz growth
A report from FBR Research says wafer sales to the semiconductor industry should decline about 6%-7% in 1Q08, but that will be
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March 5, 2008 - Industry News
NAND woes already denting 2008 outlook: Gartner
Visibility isn't improving much in the semiconductor industry, but Gartner Dataquest already doesn't like what it sees, particularly in ...
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March 4, 2008 - Top Story News
SIA: No surprise, Jan. chip sales down
Global sales of semiconductors took their seasonal dip in January, down -3.6% from December to $22.28M, but roughly flat with a year ago, ...
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March 4, 2008 - Industry News
Fabless group, India chip body to co-support initiatives
The Global Semiconductor Alliance (nee Fabless Semiconductor Association) has signed a deal to form an alliance with the India ...
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February 21, 2008 - Industry News
Toshiba, Sony finalize chip JV details
Sony and Toshiba are disclosing more details about their semiconductor JV, including PlayStation chips, following preliminary agreements ...
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February 12, 2008 - Industry News
Sumitomo, Axcelis argue over unsolicited takeover bid
The next chapter in semiconductor industry consolidation may be unfolding, with an unsolicited offer from Sumitomo Heavy Industries ...
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February 8, 2008 - Technology News
New silica contamination standards for UV inspection tools
VLSI Standards has released a new NIST-traceable silica contamination standards product line to calibrate new high-intensity UV inspection ...
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February 4, 2008 - Industry News
Bulk silicon slims down: doing more with less
Recent interest in thin-film solar cells is driven in part by the high-cost limited supply of bulk polysilicon, the starting material for ...
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February 1, 2008 - Technology News
Self-Assembly for Semiconductor Industry
Download the following article "Self-Assembly for Semiconductor Industry" from the November 2007 issue of the IEEE Transactions on ...
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