09/05/2007 September 5, 2007 - Freescale Semiconductor has put two Scottish facilities on the market for sale, one already producing 150mm/0.35-micron devices, and the other an unoccupied 200mm shell able to be upgraded to 300mm.
09/04/2007 September 4, 2007 - With Applied Materials and Oerlikon Solar rolling out new technologies targeting manufacturing of thin-film solar modules, one analyst handicaps the PV manufacturing field, concluding that AMAT has a leg up on the competition.
09/04/2007 ;to solve the world's energy problems as well as fuel semiconductor industry growth—drew overflow crowds to presentations on anything solar at SEMICON West 2007. This two-part series reports on a pair of keynotes headlining the conference that described opportunities and challenges for semiconductor manufacturers and suppliers in the solar market.
09/04/2007 September 4, 2007 - Korean specialty memory test handler supplier TechWing Inc. says it has won a civil lawsuit filed by Mirae Corp. regarding patent infringement and compensation for damages.
09/04/2007 Applied Materials says its new SunFab is the world's first integrated production line for manufacturing thin film silicon solar modules using 5.7 square meter glass panels.
09/04/2007 Nanogen, Inc., developer of advanced diagnostic products, has entered into a definitive agreement for a $20 million registered offering to institutional investors of Senior Convertible Notes and warrants.
09/04/2007 EXECUTIVE OVERVIEWIn this edition of Chip Forensics, Dick James tears down Apple's 8GB iPhone, and the reverse engineering of a Peregrine RF switch similar to the one used by Apple within it, to look at the unusual silicon-on-sapphire (SoS) process used for its manufacture.
09/04/2007 September 4, 2007 - A year after starting construction on their Fab 4 joint NAND flash fab, Toshiba and SanDisk have inaugurated their newest 300mm fab at Toshiba's facility in Yokkaichi, Mie Prefecture, Japan.
09/04/2007 August 29, 2007 -- /PRnewswire/ -- ST. LOUIS, MO -- SAFC(R), a member of the Sigma-Aldrich Group, has announced a $4.5 million capacity expansion program at its flagship SAFC Pharma(TM) high-potency API (HPAPI) facility in Madison, WI.
09/04/2007 September 4, 2007 - Semiconductor test firm ASE Group says it wants to buy the remaining 49% ownership in subsidiary ASE Test Ltd. it does not own, in a cash offer valued at $784 million.
09/04/2007 August 31, 2007 -- BILLERICA, MA -- Millipore Corporation today announced that Phase 1 of the plant modernization project is complete at its facility in Kankakee, IL.
09/04/2007 SUSS MicroTec and Surface Technology Systems (STS) will bring their "MEMS Technology: Embracing the Future" Roadshow to Europe in September, following a five-city tour in the U.S. this April. The Roadshow event features presentations from SUSS, STS, Primaxx, and XACTIX, covering trends in wafer bonding, wafer-level test, and other manufacturing steps.
09/04/2007 September 4, 2007 - "Abrupt" shutdowns and delays caused by a "construction incident" at its Pasadena, TX facility has caused MEMC Electronic Materials to reduce its 3Q07 sales by about 5% below its $500 million target, though the company says it will likely recover those sales in 4Q.
09/04/2007 August 27, 2007 -- TAMPA, FL -- The first international Certified Pharmaceutical Industry Professional (CPIP SM) credential has been awarded to four industry professionals, announced ISPE-PCC on August 24.
09/04/2007 August 27, 2007 -- VALENCIA, FL -- If you haven't already heard about the use of UVC technology for air purification, you will soon. The use of UVC technology has been endorsed or specified by numerous federal, state, and local governmental agencies as well as various industry groups and standards bodies.
09/04/2007 August 28, 2007 -- SAN DIEGO -- RASIRC(TM), the steam purification company, will feature a low-cost, safe, highly effective system to produce ultrahigh-purity steam at the European Photovoltaic Solar Energy Exhibition in Milan, Italy, September 3-7, 2007.
09/04/2007 August 29, 2007 -- /PRWEB/ -- MINNEAPOLIS, MN -- The American Filtration and Separations Society (AFS) is offering short course training on Oct. 15 in Ann Arbor, MI.
09/04/2007 September 4, 2007 - Worldwide chip sales posted their best monthly growth in nearly a year in July, rising 3.2% vs. June largely due to an incremental climb in memory pricing, according to the latest data from the Semiconductor Industry Association (SIA). But taking out the three-month average, sales didn't look so pretty.
09/04/2007 IRC Advanced Film, a business of TT electronics, franchised Semi Dice (Los Alamitos, CA) as a global distributor for wire-bondable products. Semi Dice offered the component manufacturer a partner experienced in bare die and the semiconductor industry, said Steve Wade, director, sales and marketing, IRC.
09/04/2007 UniTemp GmbH, in partnership with plasma-finish GmbH, developed a semiconductor processing and packaging system that combines plasma and thermal applications. The resulting plasma-temperature processing oven, Model PTP, features a compact chamber and fast ramp rates.
Applied Materials says its new SunFab is the world's first integrated production line for manufacturing thin film silicon solar modules using 5.7 square meter glass panels.