Betting on the continued impetus of an improving global economy, the Semiconductor Industry Association (SIA) has raised its previous outlook for semiconductor sales over the next three years, with a significantly better view on 2009.
Mentor Graphics is launching what it calls a comprehensive test and yield analysis platform incorporating homegrown and acquired technologies, to help customers drill down through failure analysis data to better identify defects and fix them, thus saving time and improving yields.
Novellus VP/GM Sesha Varadarajan explains how the company's new Sabre Excel tool uses "state-of-the-art" millisecond control, dynamic current modulation, a low-corrosion electrolyte, and redesigned wafer handling to provide fill and defect density performance for the 22nm technology node.
Yet more incoming signs that the chip industry is back on the recovery track: the SIA's latest monthly data shows a big push in September, and the group says chip sales are on pace to beat its midyear forecast.
Frank Bok Namgun and Philippe Cochet from Azores discuss the various cost-of-ownership merits of steppers vs. scanners in photolithography for flat-panel displays, including capital equipment and mask costs.
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