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Analyst: Photoresist market still growing, thanks to 193nm DUV
Jun 24 -- 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 04 -- 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 04 -- 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 the oil & gas industry, who will oversee company operations except new business development....
 
Not so fast: SIA nudges chip sales up
Jan 04 -- 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 03 -- 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....
 
Finnish firm nails down funding for semis, PV materials
Jan 03 -- Jan. 3, 2008 - Braggone, a Finland-based optoelectronics materials company, has received "multimillion-dollar" funding from Finland's National Technology Agency (TEKES) to commercialize its polymer materials, primarily targeting semiconductor and photovoltaics....
 
Report: SUMCO consolidating next-gen silicon wafer R&D
Jan 03 -- Jan. 3, 2008 - Japan's SUMCO (nee Sumitomo Mitsubishi Silicon Corp.), the world's No.2 silicon wafer provider, is planning to consolidate its domestic engineering staff of ~1000 workers at seven manufacturing facilities to a new R&D center at its facility in Imari, Saga Prefecture, according to the Nikkei daily....
 
Slowing Nov. chip sales darken 2007 growth prospects
Jan 02 -- Jan. 2, 2008 - Worldwide chip sales slowed in November to just a fraction of a percent vs. October, and are on pace for roughly 3% growth for all of 2007, below the Semiconductor Industry Association's (SIA) projections of 3.8% barely a month ago....
 
Vanguard takes over Winbond's 200mm lines
Jan 02 -- Jan. 2, 2008 - Vanguard International Semiconductor Corp. has officially acquired 200mm chipmaking lines from Winbond Electronics Corp., under a deal announced in March....
 
SEMI B:B inches up, but demand still soft
Jan 02 -- Jan. 2, 2008 - Global demand for semiconductor equipment made by North American-based manufacturers didn't improve much in November, according to recent data from SEMI....
 
Report: RF power chip market gaining strength, to $1B by 2012
Jan 02 -- Jan. 2, 2008 - A decline in wireless infrastructure (3G/cellular) deployments is opening up inroads for other markets to underpin the RF power semiconductor market, projected to be a $1B market by 2012, according to a report from ABI Research....
 
Reports: Taiwan's AU Optronics eyeing LEDs
Dec 21 -- December 21, 2007 - Taiwan's top display panel supplier AU Optronics is reportedly venturing into production of epitaxy for LEDs with a new subsidiary, gaining a foothold in a market seen as key for displays, according to local reports....
 
NXP buying US fabless GPS chip firm
Dec 21 -- December 21, 2007 - NXP Semiconductors (nee Philips' semiconductor business) is acquiring Newport Beach, CA-based fabless company GloNav, a developer of single-chip technology for global positioning systems (GPS) and other satellite navigation systems, for $85M in cash plus another $25M in two-year performance incentives....
 
Sino-American buying TI epi spinoff, eyes EU PV inroads
Dec 21 -- December 21, 2007 - Sino-American Silicon Products, a Taiwanese maker of medium-and small-diameter silicon wafers (and second only to Green Energy Technology in terms of domestic wafer capacity), has agreed to buy TI spinoff GlobiTech for $45 million, to extend and upgrade its technology capabilities....
 
 

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