11/28/2005 For the better part of a decade, the United States and India have been building closer economic ties. Now efforts to forge more scientific ties — including the lucrative field of nanotechnology — have leaped forward.
11/23/2005 November 23, 2005 - Siltronic AG, Munich, Germany, is expanding its 300mm wafer production in Germany by investing ~136 million euro (US$160.6 million) in its production sites at Burghausen in Bavaria and Freiberg in Saxony. Up to 225 new jobs will be created.
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11/23/2005 Cascade Microtech, a maker of tools for precise electrical measurements on small structures, announced it is expanding its capabilities in the semiconductor failure analysis market.
11/22/2005 Stamford, CT — FEINFOCUS, a COMET business unit, and Xradia, a developer of ultra-high-resolution X-ray imaging systems for 3-D tomography, have joined forces to develop an advanced 3-D X-ray inspection technology for the semiconductor packaging and medical device industries. The microXCT defect detection system uses non-destructive 3-D tomography to view the complete structure of advanced packages, scanning packages in 3-D at full resolution.
11/22/2005 San Jose, CA — On a 3-month average basis, North American-based semiconductor equipment manufacturers posted $1.10 billion in orders in October 2005 and a book-to-bill ratio of 0.95, according to the October 2005 Book-to-Bill Report published by SEMI.
11/22/2005 November 22, 2005 - Spurred by a rush of new flat-panel televisions and a drop in prices, combined shipments of plasma and LCD models surpassed those of conventional picture tube TVs for the first time, the Nihon Keizai Shimbun reported today.
11/21/2005 Fremont, Calif., and Singapore — STATS ChipPAC Ltd. has qualified a copper process for integrated passive devices (IPDs) for miniaturization in RF wireless systems. Since the wireless market has to optimize size, performance, and cost, passive integration technology offers advantages for such applications as GSM/DCS and CDMA cell phones, Wireless LAN 802.11 a/b/g, and WiMax systems, primarily in RF power amplifiers and front-end modules (FEMs), which are a critical part of those systems.
11/18/2005 November 18, 2005 - The markets for materials, tools, and equipment supporting development of nanoelectronics will more than double to $4.23 billion by 2010, led by development activities in five key areas of the electronics industry, including semiconductors and MEMS/NEMS, according to a new report from SEMI.
11/18/2005 Migdal Ha'emek, Israel — Camtek Ltd. has received an order for several Falcon automatic optical inspection (AOI) systems for semiconductor wafers from a leading Chinese semiconductor manufacturer. The order is valued at $2 million (U.S.), and most of the order is expected to be filled before the end of 2005.
11/17/2005 San Jose, Calif. — The Semiconductor Industry Association (SIA)'s forecast of global semiconductor sales this year projects a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of nearly 10% for the 2005–2008 forecast period. The new forecast projects that worldwide sales of microchips will reach $309 billion in 2008 — a 45% increase from 2004's $213 billion record level.
11/17/2005 November 17, 2005 - The SIA has projected in its annual forecast of global semiconductor sales a CAGR of nearly 10% for 2005 through 2008. Worldwide sales of microchips will reach $309B.
