August 5, 2008 - Technology News
Solar-cell simulation gets a dino-sized push from Synopsys' Sentaurus
Although its name conjurs connections with the dinosaur realm, fallen Roman (or Romulan) Empire heroes, or fabled half-human/half-horse ...
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July 2, 2008 - Industry News
Shinichi Machida named as President and CEO of Fujitsu Microelectronics America
Fujitsu Microelectronics America, Inc. has announced the appointment of Shinichi "James" Machida as President and CEO, effective from June ...
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June 6, 2008 - Industry News
National Semiconductor's Halla says company to make solar PV play this summer
If you're a power semiconductor manufacturing executive and you're not at least examining the solar energy market, you should make sure ...
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May 29, 2008 - Industry News
WSTS lowers semiconductor projections for 2008
The spring semiconductor market forecast from WSTS shows a significant decline in global IC sales expected in 2008, compared to its last ...
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May 7, 2008 - Top Story News
Samsung posts 413% growth in foundry revenues
It may have been a lacklustre year in 2007 for revenue growth on the parts of TSMC, UMC and Chartered Semiconductor, but according to ...
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April 22, 2008 - Industry News
Semiconductor sector sees mixed results in latest Fortune 500/1000 list of top US companies
The most iconic list in American business journalism--Fortune's roster of the top 500/1000 US companies ranked by revenues--came out today ...
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April 22, 2008 - Industry News
Mattson in sub-45nm flash anneal program with global semiconductor manufacturer
Mattson Technology had its ‘Millios’ flash Rapid Thermal Processing (fRTP) system selected by a global semiconductor manufacturer for sub ...
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April 10, 2008 - Technology News
FPO electronics makes news again, opens door for self-promotion, further reporting
Reporting from this week's Printed Electronics Europe show in Dresden, Germany--as well as recent news from Thin Film Electronics and other ...
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April 10, 2008 - Industry News
Semiconductor doom & gloom too early, says Future Horizons
Malcolm Penn at Future Horizons believes it is too early to ‘write-off’ 2008 as a bad year for the semiconductor industry as overall company ...
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April 8, 2008 - Industry News
iSuppli cuts NAND revenues from 27% growth to 9% for 2008
iSuppli Corp. has slashed expected revenue growth for the NAND flash memory market in 2008. Due to the worsening consumer spending ...
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March 26, 2008 - Industry News
Take a deep breath: IC Insights offers calm advice amid the gathering recessionary storm
The possibility of a US recession has become less of a threat and more of a reality faster than you can say "Bear Stearns." But to link such ...
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March 20, 2008 - Industry News
SEMI book-to-bill ratio of 0.93 in February could be best for year
With memory manufacturers, especially NAND flash producers capital spending plans front-half year loaded and continued tightening of ...
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March 18, 2008 - Industry News
Top semiconductor equipment suppliers of 2007 ranked by VLSI Research
Applied Materials retained the top spot of semiconductor equipment suppliers, according to the 2007 rankings by revenue from VLSI ...
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March 12, 2008 - Industry News
Tronics, Europractice's first MPW MEMS partner, talks about thick SOI metrology challenges
As one of the premier purveyors of MEMS fabricated on thick silicon-on-insulator (SOI) wafers, Tronics Microsystems knows a thing or two ...
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February 29, 2008 - Industry News
Toshiba/SanDisk: world domination countdown begins
The problem of the missing fab(s) was sorted very quickly with the announcement that Toshiba - with SanDisk, its NAND flash ...
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February 12, 2008 - Industry News
Converting silicon inches into meters, then comparing wafer sales, area shipments with chip revenues
Anyone familiar with Chip Shots knows my proclivity for periodic ranting against the use of the English measurement system for measuring wafer ...
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February 8, 2008 - Industry News
Value chain's missing link, Part II: Tailwinds' fresh approach to customer engagement
Although semiconductor manufacturers constitute the first target market segment for Tailwinds, head honcho Dennis Riccio also has the ...
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February 7, 2008 - Industry News
Richard Templeton receives 2007 SEMI Akira Inoue award
Texas Instruments’ CEO and President Richard Templeton has been named as the recipient of the 2007 SEMI Akira Inoue award for excellence in ...
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February 5, 2008 - Industry News
Foundries put squeeze on industry, but will it hold?
TSMC will spend approximately $1.8 billion in 2008, down significantly from $2.6 billion in 2007. UMC will stretch to between $500 and $700 ...
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January 17, 2008 - Industry News
SEMI mISSives 2008: Serving up some bite-sized food for thought
Every Industry Strategy Symposium includes not only the latest macro- and microeconomic forecasts and predictions, but a lot of interesting ...
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January 14, 2008 - Top Story News
Used semiconductor equipment market to reach $8 billion in 2009, says Semiconductor Partners
With a significant slowdown in new 300mm fab announcements and projections for capital spending in 2008 expected to decline by at ...
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December 4, 2007 - Industry News
New Product: KLA-Tencor combines bare wafer flatness, shape, edge roll-off and nano-topography in 1
Product Briefing Outline: KLA-Tencor has released the WaferSight 2 that measures bare wafer flatness, shape, edge roll-off and ...
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November 21, 2007 - Industry News
Good deal hunting at Applied Materials
Applied Materials can't seem to leave the solar equipment business alone at the moment, as it continues its acquisition trail. The latest is ...
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November 16, 2007 - Top Story News
Semiconductor equipment book-to-bill ratio continues decline in October
The October 2006 Book-to-Bill Report published by SEMI highlights the continued decline in bookings over sales recognition since the peak ...
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November 1, 2007 - Industry News
Chartered expects to ramp 45nm for AMD by mid-2009
Chartered Semiconductor noted in a conference call with financial analysts that it expects to ramp 45nm SOI wafers for AMD in the early ...
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