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  • NAND Market Faces Oversupply, Weak Demand
    David Lammers, News Editor - 07/01/2008
     While DRAM prices are showing some strength, the NAND flash market is having a relatively tough year, analysts said. "Oversupply and weak demand" are facing the NAND vendors, Gartner reported, while Semico Research said NAND revenue growth is being impacted by "low consumer confidence." One bright spot: solid-state drives (SSDs), which may take off late in 2009. More

  • Rohm and Haas Opens Immersion R&D Facility
    Staff - 07/08/2008
     Rohm and Haas Electronic Materials opened an R&D facility to develop materials used in 193 nm immersion lithography. The company invested ~$60M, installing an immersion scanner, track and other tools at the company’s Advanced Technology Center (ATC) in Marlborough, Mass. More
  • Applied Breaks Ground on Singapore Center
    Staff - 07/08/2008
     Applied Materials Inc. broke ground for a major manufacturing and operations facility in Singapore. The center will support customers in the Asian chip industry, as well as the rapidly growing solar markets in India and China. It is expected to open in late 2009. More
  • Obducat Rolls Sindre for Patterned Media
    David Lammers, News Editor - 07/07/2008
     Sweden’s nanoimprint lithography (NIL) vendor Obducat AB is competing for the nascent market for hard disk drive media with discrete tracks and magnetic pillars. Obducat uses an intermediate polymer system (IPS) to protect the template, and employs simultaneous thermal and UV (STU) energy to harden the patterns, said Obducat CEO Patrik Lundstrom. More
  • BASF, Evonik to Develop Ceria-Based Slurries
    Staff - 07/03/2008
     BASF and specialty chemicals provider Evonik Industries AG will collaborate on the development of ceria-based CMP slurries, which are expected to come to market next year. More
  • Yole Updates 2007 MEMS Ranking
    Staff - 07/02/2008
     Yole Dévelopement updated its 2007 ranking of the 30 largest MEMS suppliers, adding Sanyo Electric to the list. With 2007 sales of $5.6B, the 30 largest companies account for an estimated 80% of the global MEMS market. More
  • No Question of Solar Momentum in U.S.
    Rhone Resch, President, Solar Energy Industries Association (SEIA), Washington, D.C., www.seia.org - 07/01/2008
     The U.S. solar energy industry, through a favorable mix of government incentives, corporate adoption and popularity with the public, has grown exponentially over the past few years. New solar installations nationwide increased by more than 40% from 2006 to 2007, resulting in 6000 new U.S. jobs. More
  • 2008 Editors' Choice Best Product Awards
    Jennifer Yario, Managing Editor - 07/01/2008
     Twenty products from 19 companies have been selected as recipients of the 2008 Editors' Choice Best Product Awards, annually awarded by Semiconductor International. More
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    No Question of Solar Momentum in U.S.
Rhone Resch, President, Solar Energy Industries Association (SEIA), Washington, D.C., www.seia.org, 07/01/2008
 The U.S. solar energy industry, through a favorable mix of government incentives, corporate adoption and popularity with the public, has grown exponentially over the past few years. New solar installations nationwide increased by more than 40% from 2006 to 2007, resulting in 6000 new U.S. jobs....

    2008 Editors' Choice Best Product Awards
Jennifer Yario, Managing Editor, 07/01/2008
 Twenty products from 19 companies have been selected as recipients of the 2008 Editors' Choice Best Product Awards, annually awarded by Semiconductor International....

    SEMICON West 2008 Executive Outlook
Staff, 06/15/2008
 In the front end, all eyes are on the extension of 193 nm lithography with immersion and double patterning, along with making high-k/metal gate processes more cost-effective. Meanwhile, real 3-D integration is occurring with package-on-package (PoP) and 3-D ICs using through-silicon vias (TSVs). Executives throughout the industry are emphasizing the importance of energy conservation, cost-effectiveness and high productivity — key measures going forward....

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