A lower order intake during the fourth quarter points to slower market environment for 2005, the company says. Preliminary net sales for Q4 were reported as about CHF 74 million ($62.5 million), down 11% sequentially but 19% above the year-ago figure. Order intake in the last three months of 2004 declined 25% sequentially to CHF 62.4 million ($52.7 million).
(January 12, 2005) Half Moon Bay, Calif. — The semiconductor industry will overcome the hurdle of the next two technology nodes, but the long list of required new materials will need to be shortened to make it economically viable, according to speakers on the second day of SEMI ISS 2005.