Silicon revenues also experienced growth from first quarter 2004 and second quarter 2003 (up 11 percent and 24 percent, respectively) as a result of increased prices, greater 300 mm sales and overall demand. This data is inclusive of polished silicon wafers, including virgin test wafers, epitaxial silicon wafers and non-polished silicon wafers shipped by the wafer manufacturers to the end-users.
(August 26, 2004) Washington, D.C.—The International Microelectronics and Packaging Society (IMAPS) and The American Ceramic Society (ACerS) recently issued a call for papers for the first International Conference on Ceramic Interconnect and Ceramic Microsystems Technology. The conference will take place April 10-13, 2005, at the Baltimore Marriott Waterfront Hotel in Baltimore, Maryland, and will be co-located with the 107th Annual Meeting and Exposition of The American Ceramics Society.