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09/11/2007 -- News from Japan: Tool firms sweating out dog days of summer
September 11, 2007 - Investors for several tool firms are sweltering more than usual during the "dog days" of summer, and sales are heating up for one prominent silicon supplier, according to a scan of the past week's headlines in Japan. -
09/11/2007 -- Tracking growth in PAT, and the rise of outsourcing
Global packaging and testing (PAT) revenues are expected to grow at half the rate in 2007 that they did in 2006, and will improve marginally in 2008, according to new data from Gartner Dataquest. A closer look inside the numbers reveals the emergence of outsourced semiconductor assembly and test services (SATS), which is poised to balloon by nearly a third over the next three years and reach equal footing with IDMs. -
09/10/2007 -- Tower closes $60M credit lines for Fab2 expansion
September 10, 2007 - Israeli foundry Tower Semiconductor Ltd. says it has closed funding commitments totaling $60 million to expand its 200mm Fab 2 facility. -
09/06/2007 -- ASE, Mitsui collaborating on hybrid packaging
September 6, 2007 - Advanced Semiconductor Engineering Inc. and Mitsui High-tec Inc. have signed a multiyear (minimum five years) cross-licensing agreement to design and make hybrid manufacturing technologies (HMT), with each side sharing IP rights and technical expertise. -
09/05/2007 -- ChipMOS sues Walton over BGA patents
September 5, 2007 - ChipMOS Technologies' Taiwan division has filed suit against domestic firm Walton Advanced Engineering Inc. alleging infringement of ball-grid array package-related patents used in DDR2 SDRAM devices. -
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September 2007 Exclusive Feature:
SPECIAL REPORT:
The rise of solar power
By Phil LoPiccolo, Editor-in-Chief The promise of photovoltaics (PV)—to solve the world's energy problems as well as fuel semiconductor industry growth—drew overflow crowds to presentations on anything solar at SEMICON West 2007. This two-part series reports on a pair of keynotes headlining the conference that described opportunities and challenges for semiconductor manufacturers and suppliers in the solar market. -
09/04/2007 -- AMAT, Oerlikon roll out PV manufacturing products
September 4, 2007 - With Applied Materials and Oerlikon Solar rolling out new technologies targeting manufacturing of thin-film solar modules, one analyst handicaps the PV manufacturing field, concluding that AMAT has a leg up on the competition. -
08/31/2007 -- BTU, DEK deal for solar cell metallization
August 31, 2007 - BTU International and DEK International have formed a strategic partnership to provide complete in-line metallization processes for photovoltaic (solar cell) manufacturing. -
08/28/2007 -- BOC trims tool cleaning/refurbish businesses
August 28, 2007 - Edwards (nee BOC Edwards) has sold "the majority" of its "Kachina" semiconductor equipment parts cleaning/refurbishment business to Applied Materials for an undisclosed sum, and its stake in another part of the business in Taiwan, in order to focus on "profitable growth" in its core vacuum and abatement areas. -
08/24/2007 -- Analyst: MCUs recovering, DSPs still struggling
August 24, 2007 - After nearly a year and a half of price competition that undercut ASPs, the microprocessor market should cover "modestly" in 2007 as PC demand now picks up, according to a report from IC Insights.
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