07/17/2003 July 17, 2003 - The Semiconductor Test Consortium has released the second draft of the specification for its Open Semiconductor Test Architecture (OPENSTAR). The new draft of the platform, which is supported by more than 35 semiconductor, equipment, and instrumentation companies, covers hardware, software, and mechanical specifications.
07/17/2003 July 17, 2003 - Global Hauri has released new antivirus software targeting systems in vertical markets, including the semiconductor industry.
07/17/2003 July 14, 2003 - Infineon Technologies, Munich, Germany, has signed a multi-year agreement with Singapore foundry Chartered Semiconductor to provide volume manufacturing for Infineon's OptiMOS and CoolMOS power chips. Infineon's OptiMOS chips will be manufactured in Chartered's Fab 2 plant, where it is scheduled to be qualified by the end of 2003, with volume production planned for 2004.
07/17/2003 July 14, 2003 - ETEC Systems, Hayward, CA, has been awarded a three-year, $13.5 million contract by the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) to develop sub-45nm lithography systems.
07/17/2003 July 14, 2003 - Applied Materials and TSMC have entered into a joint development agreement to develop TSMC's copper chips on AMAT's SlimCell electrochemical plating system.
07/17/2003 (July 18, 2003) K&S Announces a Volume Purchase Agreement with National Semiconductor; Semiconductor Companies Take Center Stage at AP Award Program; Tessera Presents 3-D Packaging Symposium
07/17/2003 The following is a selection of new products that you will see on the exhibitor floor at SEMICON West in San Jose, Wednesday, July 16, to Friday, July 18. See the SEMICON WEST EXHIBITOR LIST for booth numbers.
07/17/2003 Former Israeli Prime Minister Shimon Peres confirmed that he will be a keynote speaker in September at the World Nano-Economic Congress in Washington, D.C., according to a news release
07/17/2003 Made of nanostructured polymer films, OLED screens emit their own light and are lighter, smaller and more energy efficient than conventional liquid crystal displays. To marketing and branding experts, the fact that three Fortune 500 heavyweights are vying to make OLED technology a consumer proposition suggests that the market for next generation nano-powered displays will be a real contest.
07/16/2003 The following is a selection of new products that you will see on the exhibitor floor at SEMICON West in San Jose, Wednesday, July 16, to Friday, July 18. See the SEMICON WEST EXHIBITOR LIST for booth numbers.
07/16/2003 (July 17, 2003) Asymtek Awarded Patents for Underfill Dispensing and Conformal Coating Techniques; BTU Debuts Integrated Line for Reflow Processing; Carsem Receives ISO/TS 16949:2002 Quality Management Systems Certification; Future Growth in Semiconductor Manufacturing will Rely on International Co-operation, Not Regional Rivalries; Camstar and Pilgrim Software Announce Partnership
07/16/2003 The Netherlands is strong in MEMS research, but it fares badly compared with other European countries when it comes to boasting companies that actually produce components. Its lack of mid-size producers to drive commercialization partially explains why it lags neighboring countries.
07/15/2003 JULY 15--Salt Lake City, Utah--Daw Technologies, Inc., a controlled environment and cleanroom component design, engineering and installation firm, says it intends to be acquired by Valor Equity Partners, a Chicago-based private equity firm.
07/15/2003 JULY 15--MILPITAS, Calif.--Lighthouse Worldwide Solutions has unveiled the Handheld 2016, a 0.2-micron particle counter that displays both cumulative and differential particle count data
07/15/2003 July 14--FRANKLIN, Mass.--Metrology will play an increasingly critical role in preventing molecular contamination of deep UV optics and resists in 193nm lithography, according to participants in Extraction Systems' recent Lithography Contamination Control and Monitoring Roadmap Workshop.
07/15/2003 July 14, 2003 - Sales of Japanese-made semiconductor manufacturing equipment are expected to rise 8.6% in fiscal 2003 to 931.3 billion yen ($7.9 billion), following a 2.9% drop in 2002, according to the Semiconductor Equipment Association of Japan (SEAJ).
