Revenues for the period, which ended January 30, were up 6 percent from $1.57 billion for the fourth fiscal quarter of 1999, and up 125 percent from $742 million for the first fiscal quarter of 1999.
By Christine Lunday, Online editor
Hoping to catch the e-business wave crashing over the chip industry, business-to-business network provider AvantCom Network wants to link semiconductor fabs with their tool suppliers, with the goal of allowing equipment firms to retrieve real-time tool status and parametric data from their installed tool base.