Past Issues 
2008
Solid State Technology
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Dec 01, 2008 |
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Nov 01, 2008 |
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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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Jul 01, 2008 |
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Jun 01, 2008 |
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May 01, 2008 |
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Apr 01, 2008 |
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Mar 01, 2008 |
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Feb 01, 2008 |
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Jan 01, 2008 |
Microlithography World
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| 17 |
4 |
Nov 01, 2008 |
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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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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 ...
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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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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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Lithography
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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
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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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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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Interview: Chinese tool firm AMEC tips equipment, strategy
Gerald Yin, CEO and co-founder of equipment startup Advanced Micro-Fabrication Equipment Inc. (AMEC), discusses his company's foray into thin-film deposition and etch tools for leading-edge IC manufac ...
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HDDs vs. SSDs redux, at IDEMA breakfast panel
NAND flash memory manufacturers have made no secret about their rosy outlook for solid-state drives (SSDs) in consumer applications and notebook computers, as well as projected lower cost/GB and incre ...
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PV solar: Looking for reality among the forecasts
What makes the photovoltaic solar cell industry so interesting and exciting is that the potential for growth is enormous, but realizing this opportunity is not straightforward. This is a competition b ...
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Thin-film vs. c-Si: No clear-cut winners, yet
PV is hardly a one-size-fits-all industry. Crystalline silicon has dominated since its inception, and will likely maintain a commanding presence for the foreseeable future. However, thin-film technolo ...
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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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Technology News
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Samsung, Toshiba cross-licensing NAND flash tech
December 3, 2007 - Samsung Electronics and Toshiba have agreed to cross-license their respective OneNAND and LBA-NAND NAND flash memory technologies, to both spur overall growth of, and gain footholds ...
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Triquint offering combines InGaP, InGaAs processes
December 3, 2007 - Triquint Semiconductor says it has combined two processes for wireless/RF design to integrate functional blocks onto a single die, reducing part count, saving board space and loweri ...
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Toshiba licenses Tessera's image-enhancement tech
December 3, 2007 - Tessera Technologies says it has licensed its OptiML Focus image-enhancement technology to Toshiba, for use in camera modules for next-generation mobile phones and PDAs.
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Report: NEC consolidating domestic chip work, sends work to Toshiba
November 30, 2007 - NEC is evaluating ways to consolidate its chipmaking base to save money, and like Sony expects to outsource production of next-generation chips to Toshiba, possibly by as early as ...
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Nikon boosts throughput in upgraded i-line stepper
November 29, 2007 - Nikon is uncrating a new i-line stepper that it says exceeds 200 wafers/hr throughput, targeting use in sub-critical layers in volume production of memory and microprocessor device ...
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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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November 2005 Exclusive Feature: WAFER LEVEL TEST
Reliability testing using a highly parallel source-measure method
Pete Hulbert, Keithley Instruments Inc., Cleveland, Ohio
New semiconductor materials and shrinking device dimensions have made reliability testing increasingly important because the gate ...
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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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TI's Templeton named SEMI's Inoue EHS recipient
December 4, 2007 - Richard Templeton, president/CEO of Texas Instruments, has been awarded the 2007 Akira Inoue Award from SEMI, for his efforts and achievements in semiconductor industry environmenta ...
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Tower to shave $20M through workforce, supply changes
December 4, 2007 - Israeli foundry Tower Semiconductor says it is implementing a new cost-cutting plan, saying it will save about $20M through a combination of moves including job cuts and renegotiate ...
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NXP shuffles mfg execs
December 4, 2007 - Ajit Manocha, chief manufacturing officer of NXP Semiconductors (nee the chipmaking business of Royal Philips), is leaving the company to return to the US "for personal reasons," th ...
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SVTC, SEMATECH's ATDF merge to expand R&D capabilities
December 4, 2007 - Months after significant reorgs on both sides, the SVTC (nee the Silicon Valley Technology Center) and SEMATECH's R&D foundry subsidiary Advanced Technology Development Facility (AT ...
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