(February 19, 2008) Going to SEMICON West? PTI Seminars and SEMI have announced semiconductor courses at the San Francisco show in July. Some courses of interest include: Fundamentals of MEMS Design and Fabrication, Introduction to Chip and Wire Assembly in Microelectronics Packaging, and Low-cost Flip Chip, WLCSP, and Lead-free Technologies.
(February 20, 2008) Genoa, NV Techcet Group LLC reports the market for interconnect metals and dielectric materials, totaling $350 million in 2007, is maintaining its lead as the highest growth area compared to other semiconductor process materials.