SEMICON West '00—July 12, 2000—Millipore's Microelectronics Gas Process Division unveiled its new pressure scale and filter lines that, according to the company, can help eliminate contaminants before they get onto the wafer.
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SEMICON West '00—July 11, 2000—Fresh on the heels of two new product additions to its lithography portfolio, Silicon Valley Group (SVG) Lithography Systems has received an order for its Micrascan 193 step-and-scan lithography system from Cypress Semiconductor.
By Stephanie J. Levy
SEMICON West '00—July 11, 2000—Genus Inc. barely survived the downturn that slammed the semiconductor equipment industry in 1996-98. Revenues plunged by more than half, leading to cumulative losses of $58 million. By the time the company's stock fell to 44 cents in early 1998, “many people had written the company off,” says Bill Elder, who rejoined Genus as CEO shortly after that low point.
By Michael Sciannamea
SEMICON West '00—July 11, 2000—Getting half a dozen CEOs to agree on anything isn't easy, but there was no dissent on the outlook for the semiconductor equipment industry during a panel session Monday: the market is going great and there's no end in sight.
By Robert Ristelhueber
SEMICON WEST '00—July 11, 2000—Yield Dynamics has announced a new software package that promises users the ability to meet the overlay threshold required to achieve 0.12-µm rules using mix-and-match lithographic methods. The company is a supplier of yield management and process control software.
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CAMPBELL, Calif.—July 11, 2000—Compaq Computer Corporation and Camstar Systems Inc. announced the release of a computer integrated manufacturing solution for semiconductor test, assembly and packaging.
According to Camstar, the TAP suite solves back-end problems, provides for a paperless operation, offers wireless technologies for input/output convenience, and allows manufacturing data to be shared over the Internet.
Camstar says the product is based on Microsoft’s Windows DNA technologies including Component Object Model, Visual Basic for Applications, ActiveX, and Object Linking and Embedding for Process Control.
The TAP Suite includes components developed by Compaq and its partners, which are integrated through standard bus technologies. Camstar?s Windows NT-based InSite serves as an MES framework component and is included as part of the base system.
SEMICON West '00—July 11, 2000—Ultratech Stepper has been named exclusive supplier status by IEP/Casio (Integrated Electronics & Packaging Technologies Inc.). IEP has appointed Ultratech as its only lithography supplier for all of its licensees engaged in wafer-level CSP and bump processing operations.
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SEMICON West ’00—July 10, 2000—AvantCom Network Inc. today announced a collaboration with IBM Corp. to create an online network for tracking manufacturing floor equipment performance.
By Robert Ristelhueber
SEMICON West '00.—July 10, 2000—In San Francisco, Calif. today, Schlumberger Semiconductor Solutions introduced the next evolution of its sub-micron metrology tool, the IVS 135.
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SEMICON West '00— July 10, 2000—ASML launches its first product from its new TWINSCAN 300mm photolithography platform, the AT:700S scanner.
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SEMICON West '00—July 10, 2000—Announced today in San Francisco, Calif., Adept's new Flexible Front-End Systems for 200mm and 300mm are described as combining wafer sorting and SMIF loading into one system. The systems are named the Adept FFE 200 and the Adept FFE 300, combine these functions into a system that the company says will reduce cycle times, process complexity, and cost.
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