06/10/2005 (June 10, 2005) Norwalk, Conn. — The North American semiconductor dielectric materials market is estimated at $107 million in 2005, and is forecasted to grow at an average annual growth rate (AAGR) of 7.3% to $152 million by 2010. During the same period, the global market is expected to increase from $597 million in 2005 to $1,012 million by 2010, according to a forthcoming report, RGB-243R Evolving Dielectrics in Semiconductor Devices, from Business Communications Co., Inc.
06/10/2005 June 10, 2005 -- A new report indicates that 20 new fabs are expected to be built in China between 2005 and 2008, with many of the projects to be equipped with used and refurbished equipment. SEMI's China Capital Equipment and Electronic Materials Market Outlook also says that in 2004, new semiconductor equipment sales in mainland China reached US$2.73 billion, with used/refurbished equipment sales estimated at US$180 million.
06/10/2005 Mohr Davidow Ventures led the round. New investors Mitsui & Co. of Japan and Onpoint Technologies also participated, along with existing investors Benchmark Capital and others.
06/10/2005 Although China currently accounts for a relatively small share of the world semiconductor total, 20 new fabs are expected to be built between 2005 and 2008.
06/09/2005 (June 09, 2005) San Jose, Calif. — Ultratech Inc. has named Peter Shamshoian as its new VP of sales for North America and Europe. Having over two decades of semiconductor-industry experience, Shamshoian will report directly to Rick Friedman, senior VP of worldwide sales and marketing, in his new role.
06/09/2005 June 9, 2005 - Denso Corp. has said that it will build an additional plant to produce IC wafers at the site of its Kota plant in Aichi Prefecture, central Japan, according to a report in the Nikkei English News. Desno, the automotive component manufacturing affiliate of Toyota Motor Corp., said it will initially invest about 17 billion yen (US$158 million) for the new production facility by the fiscal year ending March 2007.
06/09/2005 BOSTON, June 8 /PRNewswire/ -- A first-of-its-kind study released today by Harvard University scientists found that babies in Neonatal Intensive Care Units (NICUs) receiving intensive therapy with polyvinyl chloride (PVC) medical devices were exposed to a toxic phthalate at very high levels -- an average of 25 times higher than the general population and up to 50 times higher for the most exposed.
06/09/2005 LINDON, Utah, June 7 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Electric Aquagenics Unlimited, Inc. (EAU) announced the introduction of a new version of their Empowered Water Pathogen Intervention System based on substantially larger EO cells.
06/08/2005 June 8, 2005 - IBM, Chartered Semiconductor Manufacturing, and Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. are jointly developing design kits for the 65nm base and low-power processes. Specifically, the three companies will offer 65nm designers common design kits that consist of physical verification (design rule checking (DRC) and layout versus schematic (LVS) matching) and parasitic extraction (RCX) technology files.
06/08/2005 June 8, 2005 - KN Platz Inc., a member of the Sumitomo Metal Industries Ltd. group of companies, has developed a device that can remove solids as small as 10nm dia. from waste liquids with high efficiency, according to Nikkei English News.
06/08/2005 (June 08, 2005) San Jose, Calif. — The Semiconductor Industry Association's (SIA) revised forecast projects that worldwide sales of semiconductors will grow 6% in 2005 to $226 billion. In the November 2004 forecast, the SIA had projected that 2005 sales would be essentially flat with 2004's $213 billion sales level. The new forecast also projects a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 9.8% through 2008, and also projects that global chip sales will reach $309 billion in 2008.
06/07/2005 (June 07, 2005) Hsinchu, Taiwan — ChipMOS Technologies Ltd.'s 70.3% owned subsidiary, ChipMOS Taiwan, has signed a syndicated loan agreement with a bank syndicate consisting of six local banks in Taiwan. S.J. Cheng, ChipMOS chairman and CEO, along with representatives from the bank syndicate, were present at the signing ceremony in Hsinchu, Taiwan.
06/07/2005 June 7, 2005-Novellus Systems Inc. and global technology research consortium SEMATECH are partnering to develop and evaluate low-k dielectric films with k values <2.2, and explore the limits of ultra low-k integration. As part of the joint development agreement, SEMATECH will purchase a VECTOR PECVD system for depositing ultra low-k films and a ultraviolet thermal processing (UVTP) system for post-deposition film curing.
06/07/2005 June 7, 2005 - STEAG HamaTech USA Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of STEAG HamaTech, Sternenfels, Germany, will be expanding its presence in Austin, TX, with an initiative to strengthen US infrastructure capabilities for installed base customer support for photomask process equipment, as well as product development for niche wafer applications.
