08/11/2003 August 9, 2003 - Suzhou He Jiang, a mainland Chinese chipmaker, is planning for volume production in September 2003 for its 8-in. wafers made with a 0.18-micron process, according to the Taiwan Economic News. The company, headed up by former UMC execs, projects a monthly capacity of 10,000 wafers/month.
08/11/2003 August 9, 2003 - FormFactor, Livermore, CA, has begun production of its 253 DUT wafer test system, a large-area array probe card aimed at 300mm DRAM manufacturers. The array can test 253 devices per touchdown, thanks to proprietary interconnect technology and design tools.
08/11/2003 August 9, 2003 - Exports of information technology products reached a record $4.88 billion in July, a 31% increase from one year ago, according to data from the Ministry of Information and Communication (MIC) and the Financial Times. The amount surpassed the previous monthly high of $4.74 billion in October 2000.
08/11/2003 August 9, 2003 - Varian Semiconductor Equipment Associates, Gloucester, MA, a supplier of ion implantation systems, has been named as Tower Semiconductor's (Migdal Haemek, Israel) supplier of the year. The award was based on scores for service, delivery, technology, and support.
08/11/2003 August 9, 2003 - China Resources Logic (CR Logic) plans to restructure its semiconductor business into a $95 million joint venture, with a possible listing by 2005, according to the Financial Times. The business, CSMC Technologies Corp., is a 50/50 JV co-owned by CR Logic and Central Semiconductor Manufacturing Corp. (CSMC).
08/11/2003 August 11, 2003 - ChipMOS Technologies has signed an agreement to provide wafer testing and IC assembly and testing services to Renesas, Hsinchu, Taiwan. The deal, which expands the company's reach in Japan, covers Renesas' mobile memory chips for use in handheld devices, and low-power memory chips for graphics applications.
08/11/2003 AUG. 8--MILPITAS, Calif.--Lighthouse Worldwide Solutions, a provider of contamination monitoring solutions, has teamed with with Facility Monitoring System to distribute the FMS2 advanced monitoring software for the pharmaceutical and biomedical markets.
08/11/2003 AUG. 7--NASHUA, NH--Developed under an alliance with Integrated Dynamic Engineering, the Duofem handler from Robotic Vision Systems Inc. accommodates from 100mm to 300mm wafers, including wafers in film frame.
08/11/2003 Palomar Technologies began life as a small assembly and test division of a major aerospace company. Two decades later, the company went out on its own, switched its focus from manufacturing assembly equipment to providing complete assembly-line products for high-end MEMS that require customized precision.
08/11/2003 The U.S. Commerce Department's leading voice for technology has agreed to be a keynote speaker next month at the World Nano-Economic Congress in Washington, D.C., according to a news release.
08/08/2003 August 7, 2003 - Chartered Semiconductor, Singapore, IBM, East Fishkill, NY, and Infineon, Munich, Germany, say they're working together to develop an advanced foundry process at 65nm.
08/08/2003 August 6, 2003 - India enjoys a healthy mind- and market share for its outsourced services business, but some analysts think the country's IT industry needs a new fix: chip development.
08/08/2003 August 6, 2003 - Worldwide chip sales hit $37.6 billion in 2Q, up 3.2% from 1Q03, and up 10.4% from 2Q02. Semiconductor sales totaled $12.54 billion in June, up 0.4% from $12.49 billion in revenues in May 2003, according to data from the Semiconductor Industry Association (SIA). The May figures were revised downwards slightly from SIA's earlier estimates of $12.50 billion.
08/08/2003 August 6, 2003 - Based on the latest semiconductor equipment sales figures from the Semiconductor Equipment Association of Japan (SEAJ), that country is poised to lead a strong rebound in the equipment market.
08/08/2003 A U.S. District Court has ordered preliminary approval of a $2.5 million settlement of a class action lawsuit filed against Nanophase Technologies Corp., according to a news release.
08/08/2003 Book Review: Even in prosperous times, getting the cash to launch a new business is no easy task, and several years of a topsy-turvy economy have made the process even more difficult. Ron Peterson’s “how-to” book for the entrepreneur in need couldn’t hit the bookshelves at a more timely moment. But prepare to sift through reams of information – some of it redundant.
08/07/2003 August 6, 2003 - GlobiTech, Sherman, TX, has secured $7 million in new equity funding. The funding will be used for working capital to finance growth and increase capacity of the company's epi reactor production, which is targeted at the company's power MOS/discrete customers.
08/07/2003 August 5, 2003 - Raytheon, Lexington, MA, and IBM, Armonk, NY, have announced a deal to design and market systems for the aerospace and defense industries.
08/07/2003 August 5, 2005 - Polymer Assembly Technology, Billerica, MA, has opened up shop to offer flip-chip technology using polymer conductive adhesives. Founder and president Jim Clayton is the former director of R&D at Polymer Flip Chip Corp.
