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Business
- Analysis roundup: Stinky economy, souring forecasts
  The extent of the financial crisis is still unknown, of course, and most agree that it will get worse before it gets better. We've been gathering reports from leading market forecasters and analysts a ...
- 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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Cleaning
- 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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Lithography
- Haze and sun for mask symposium
  Highlights from last week's SPIE/BACUS Symposium on Photomask Technology in Monterey CA, include discussion of damage to pellicles caused by aggressive 193nm radiation, what's behind a new "sun effect ...
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Metrology
- Inside Rudolph's new inspection modules
  Rudolph Technologies product manager Tuan Le tells SST about the improvements in its systems for detecting edge defects, necessitated by the switch to immersion lithography at 45nm.
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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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Toshiba, SanDisk ramping 43nm NAND flash with HK+MG, 3b/cell
Toshiba and SanDisk aim to increase their share of the NAND flash market by bringing down costs, as they accelerate the ramp of their new Yokkaichi Fab 4 next year, introducing 43nm geometries, high-< ...

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JSPA gets Korea patent for LED wafer scribing
Jan. 4, 2008 - JP Sercel Associates says it has been awarded a patent in Korea for its front-side laser scribing technique for LED wafers.

Qimonda, Macronix extend pact for memory work
Jan. 3, 2008 - Germany's Qimonda and Taiwan's Macronix International have signed a deal to jointly develop nonvolatile memory technologies over a five-year period, sharing development costs and poolin ...

IITC event adding 3D, process details to interconnect agenda
Jan. 2, 2008 - Responding to feedback from attendees, this year's IEEE International Interconnect Technology Conference (June 1-4, 2008) will widen its reach to include more content about 3D issues, a ...

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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.

Report: Taiwan DRAM firms pushing out orders
Jan. 4, 2008 - Thanks to an ongoing harsh pricing environment, major DRAM manufacturers Winbond and Nanya have begun to push out equipment orders, according to a pair of reports.

FormFactor appoints oil/gas services exec as president
Jan. 4, 2008 - Semiconductor test/probe equipment firm FormFactor has named a new president: Mario Ruscev, former president of testing services at Schlumberger Ltd., a technology/services provider in ...

Not so fast: SIA nudges chip sales up
Jan. 4, 2008 - Days after sending out its monthly global semiconductor sales update, the SIA has revised the figures going back to September, to reflect an extra $1.35B in DRAM sales.

Analyst clubs Cymer on Gigaphoton's US gains
Jan. 3, 2008 - Laser light source manufacturer Gigaphoton has made major inroads into US semiconductor manufacturers, enough to cause at least one analyst to sound the alarm for competitor Cymer Inc.

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