Past Issues 
2008
Solid State Technology
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Oct 01, 2008 |
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Sep 01, 2008 |
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Aug 01, 2008 |
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7 |
Jul 01, 2008 |
| 51 |
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Jun 01, 2008 |
| 51 |
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May 01, 2008 |
| 51 |
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Apr 01, 2008 |
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Mar 01, 2008 |
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Feb 01, 2008 |
| 51 |
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Jan 01, 2008 |
Microlithography World
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| 17 |
3 |
Aug 01, 2008 |
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May 01, 2008 |
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Feb 01, 2008 |
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Technology Articles
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Business
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Analyst: Intel, AMD both win in MPU sales
Unexpected strength in the PC market -- mostly from the notebook segment -- was good news for microprocessor (MPU) suppliers in 1Q08, with both AMD and Intel touting gains from different perspective, ...
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FM4910 evolves: Factory Mutual drops corrosion index, UL leads work for second test protocol
Faced with increasing industry pressure, Factory Mutual Research has removed the corrosion damage index from its FM4910 test standard for fire-safe plastics.
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Foundries maintain normal operations after second quake
By Christine Lunday, SST Online editor Two of Taiwan's leading chipmakers say they experienced no damages from another earthquake and subsequent aftershocks that hit the island early Friday, though eq ...
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Japan chipmakers increase spending, new fab lines planned
With plans for new wafer processing lines in the works, several Japan-based chipmakers have increased capital spending plans for the year -- good news for toolmakers eagerly awaiting the return of cap ...
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Market indicators see pause in tool bookings, shipments; AFI's Handelsman calls for caution
By Christine Lunday, SST online editor Two new reports from trade associations representing toolmakers in Japan and North America show a moderate slowing of business in August and September, and at le ...
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Cleaning
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AMAT's compact cleaning cluster for masks
by Ed Korczynski, Senior Technical Editor, Solid State Technology
April 23, 2008 - Cleaning has always been essential for mask manufacturing, but today there is increasing concern to the p ...
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Up Front
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450mm odds & ends: 450mm trumps "School Prime," questioning TSMC's 450mm push
by SST editors Bob Haavind, Pete Singer, Debra Vogler
May 22, 2008 - Tidbits gleaned from conversations and presentations about the 450mm debate: Reflections on AMD's "200mm Prime" ...
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BACUS 2007: Pushing optics yet again to 32nm
This year's BACUS meeting was all about the 32nm node, and with EUV and nanoimprint still not ready, it's clear that the industry will use today's immersion processes plus double patterning lithograph ...
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BACUS keynote: The new business model is collaboration
Rick Wallace, CEO of KLA-Tencor, launched BACUS 2007 with his keynote speech highlighting the technical and business challenges facing mask toolmakers. An early leader in mask inspection equipment, KL ...
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Mask industry survey: Steady as she goes, no icebergs ahead
The photomask industry is puttering along as usual, with mask revenues as a percentage of the global semiconductor industry remaining steady, as are the number of plates shipped, according to the annu ...
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Wall Street analyst: Take long view on solar PV
The cost to produce electricity with solar photovoltaics technology could reach grid parity with traditional utility electricity generation in five to eight years, after which the industry would take ...
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Top Stories
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The case for leasing equipment
A ConFab session on "Capital Equipment: Alternative Financing Models" was kicked off by Craig Ignaszewski, director of capital equipment procurement, IBM, with discussion of the rationale for leasing ...
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Samsung to pay $300M in DOJ DRAM deal
October 14, 2005 - Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. has agreed to pay a $300 million fine to the US Department of Justice regarding a single charge related to price-fixing allegations...
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iSuppli slashes 2005 chip outlook on energy, manufacturing woes
September 9, 2005 - Citing rising energy prices exacerbated by Hurricane Katrina, and a "troubling" production rampup even as prices and overall growth continue to slide, iSuppli Corp. has cut its for ...
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NA semi equipment industry posts May 05 b-to-b of 0.85
June 16, 2005 - North American-based manufacturers of semiconductor equipment posted $1.03 billion in orders in May 2005 (three-month average basis) and a book-to-bill ratio of 0.85, according to SEMI ...
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VLSI: Global tool orders off in April
Worldwide bookings for semiconductor manufacturing equipment totaled $3.72 billion in April, down 10.6% from March and 34.6% from a year ago, according to VLSI Research Inc.
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Tech Talk
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Bosch: Deep etch tools on target for 100µm/min throughput in 2-3 years
Deep etching equipment is about to make a big jump in throughput. Franz Laermer of Robert Bosch GmbH, inventor of the widely used Bosch process for deep reactive ion etching, told SST partner < ...
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Pyxis banks on single-pass manufacturability and yield optimization
Building on its relationships with partners PDF Solutions, Ponte Solutions, and Brion Technologies, Pyxis Technology launched its Nexus Solution Suite on Sept. 25, having matured the product through i ...
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Brion debuts tools for dual dipole and custom illumination
Brion Technologies, the computational lithography wing of lithography toolmaker ASML, says its Tachyon system will now do the mask transformations needed for dual dipole lithography, to permit chip de ...
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IBM enables single chip cell phones sans GaAs
As cell phone demand surges in emerging markets, IBM says it's seizing the last significant opportunity to reduce cell phones' cost and size by developing a low cost, integrated solution with multiple ...
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Cadence leverages recent acquisitions with new products
September 10, 2007 - Targeting 45nm design, Cadence announced several new design flows that will be part of the 7.1 release of its Encounter digital IC platform in October. Described by the acronym WY ...
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Technology News
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NEC tips multicore dynamic control tech
October 5, 2007 - NEC says it has developed technology that allocates performance from multicore processors and let embedded devices coordinate via the Internet, saying it will offer more scalability ...
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AmberWave, UCSB working on mesoporous materials
October 5, 2007 - AmberWave Systems and the U. of California/Santa Barbara (UCSB) have agreed to collaborate on and fund materials science research targeting mesoporous materials, in a move to open no ...
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Analyst: AMAT "at a crossroads" as solar biz ramps
October 4, 2007 - Applied Materials is on track to recognize its first revenues for thin-film solar modules by the April quarter, earlier than many analysts have been expecting, and a first customer t ...
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Johns Hopkins tips tiny self-contained microincubator for labs
October 4, 2007 - Researchers from Johns Hopkins U. have created a CMOS-based thumb-size microincubator to culture living cells for lab tests, offering a mobile yet still protected and relatively low- ...
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Matsushita: Electronics with 45nm chips going on sale in Nov.
Matsushita Electric Industrial Co. is again touting its 45nm work, saying that six video recorders are set to hit the market in November incorporating a 45nm version of the company's UniPhier system L ...
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Feature Articles
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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 presenta ...
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May 2006 Exclusive Feature:
Tackling future CMOS challenges outside Moore's Law
By Bob Haavind, Editorial Director, SST
Is Moore's Law dead -- and if so, does it really matter? That question, posed at a recent SEMI breakfast panel near Boston, brought some surprising ...
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March 2006 Exclusive Feature: INDUSTRY STRATEGY SYMPOSIUM
Special Report from the editors of SST
By Bob Haavind, Phil LoPiccolo, SST editors
Part 1: Chip industry set for resurgence, not maturity, predict ISS speakers
A recurrent debate during the 2006 Industry Strategy Symp ...
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December 2005 Exclusive Feature: COMPOUND SEMICONDUCTORS
Using AFM to enhance MOCVD-grown OE devices
Doru I. Florescu, Veeco Instruments Inc.
Metal-organic chemical-vapor deposition has steadily progressed from small-scale materials research to a mass production technology, enabling such ...
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October 2005 Exclusive Feature: MATERIALS
Multilayer barrier coatings for flexible organic electronics
L.L. Moro, N.M. Rutherford, X. Chu, R.J. Visser, Vitex Systems, San Jose, California
All electronic and optoelectronic devices require protection from the influences of the environment. A ...
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Business News
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Analyst: Photoresist market still growing, thanks to 193nm DUV
June 24, 2008 - The photoresist market managed to grow for the sixth straight year in 2007, driven by demand for 193nm deep ultraviolet and consumption in Asia, according to recent data from Gartner.
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STS closing German site, ops to be based in UK
October 5, 2007 - Surface Technology Systems Plc (STS), a UK-based supplier of deep silicon etch and deposition systems, says it will close its local office in Ulm, Germany, and relocate customer serv ...
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NXP opens wallet for French R&D site
October 5, 2007 - NXP Semiconductors has opened a 100M euro R&D center in Caen, France, housing 800 engineers working on technologies such as RF, silicon tuners, SiP process technologies, and other se ...
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SunPower building 2MW plant on Korean landfill
October 5, 2007 - SunPower and Korean energy company EnE System plan to build a 2MW solar electric power plant in Jeonju, Korea's Jeolla province, on landfill property owned by Jeonju Solar Energy. Co ...
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Winbond carving out logic business
October 4, 2007 - Winbond Electronics Corp. says it has formed a task force to evaluate formation of a new subsidiary to take over the company's logic IC business next year, a move that would vault th ...
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