“Our industry faces a number of challenges that will require close cooperation between the industry, academia, and the federal and state governments,” says George Scalise, SIA president. “Patrick Wilson’s experience and knowledge will be important assets as we focus on our agenda for improving the global competitiveness of the U.S. chip industry.”

(January 27, 2006) San Jose, CA &#8212 SV Probe, a supplier of high-performance probe cards, signed an agreement to purchase the assets of Kulicke and Soffa Industries, Inc.’s (K&S) wafer test business for $10 million. With the acquisition, SV Probe aims to provide continuous service and supply to K&S’ existing customer base for blade, cantilever, vertical, and advanced-vertical probe card products and wafer interface products.