Semicon West 2012 News
Silicon Innovation Forum to bridge funding gaps
March 1, 2013
SEMI, in collaboration with strategic investing groups throughout the global semiconductor industry, has announced the Silicon Innovation Forum, or SIF, to bridge funding gaps for new and early-sta...
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Chip tool demand slumps in 2Q12, though Taiwan shines
October 1, 2012
Worldwide semiconductor manufacturing equipment totaled $10.34B in 2Q12, down -4% from the previous quarter and about -13% from a year ago, according to monthly data from SEMI and SEAJ. Bookings we...
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The energy behind energy at SEMICON West
September 1, 2012
At SEMICON West, keynoter Shekhar Y. Borkar, Intel Fellow and director of extreme-scale technologies at Intel, focused on the energy demands of ubiquitous computing, and how technologies developed ...
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LED fab equipment capex to brighten in H2
September 1, 2012
Barclays Capital Inc. analysts held conversations with the LED supply chain at SEMICON West, confirming for Barclays that Q2 2012 orders for MOCVD tools remained flattish with the trough-like Q1 nu...
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SEMICON West hosts 2012 ITRS updates
September 1, 2012
2012 is an even-number year, meaning that only updates, rather than major revisions, are made to the International Technology Roadmap for Semiconductors (ITRS). |
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Supply chain readiness in an era of accelerated change
August 10, 2012
In this SEMI News and Views blog, Karen Savala covers EUV lithography, 450mm wafers, and 3D IC developments, based on her recent presentation at SEMICON West, “Supply Chain Readiness in an Era of A...
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SEMICON West takeaways: Seasonality over cyclicality, lithography and test trends
July 16, 2012
SEMICON West kicked off with a surprise announcement regarding Intel's investment in ASML, but generally the event highlighted trends “as expected” in the fab supply chain, say Barclays analysts.
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Notes from SEMICON West: Detecting solder joint fractures
July 16, 2012
Jennifer Wrigley and Robert Bellinger, Olympus, share insights on SEMICON West’s Test and Packaging attendees’ challenges -- namely, ways to more easily detect and quantify solder joint fractures o...
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12/13/2012
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IEDM 2012: There's a new app for that
12/11/2012
A year ago an SST reader, fed up with all-to-familiar conference chaos, told us about an App he'd built specifically to navigate through the International Electron Device Meeting (IEDM), browsing and reading papers and scheduling and mapping to on...
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Join The ConFab discussion
02/26/2013
The ConFab is Solid State Technology's annual conference and networking event. This year, it will be held June 23-26 at The Encore at The Wynn in Las Vegas. We recently started a LinkedIn group, where we will inform members of new activities, and ...
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Questions and answers on FD-SOI
01/04/2013
A month or so ago, we implemented (without much fanfare) the ability to comment and rank articles on this site, and more easily use social media tools. I’d like to call your attention to one interesting exchange, and also invite you to start...
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