05/24/2004  May 24, 2004 -- National Semiconductor Corp. and Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. today announced the development of an advanced bus system interface (ABSI) and chipset for chip-on-glass (COG) notebook and monitor panels.

05/12/2004  May 11, 2004 - Capital spending in Taiwan's semiconductor and TFT-LCD industries is expected to top $15.02 billion this year, according to the China Economic News Service. Three domestic sectors -- IC foundries, IC packaging/testing, and large-sized TFT-LCD panels -- are predicted to take the world's no. 1 positions, respectively.

05/06/2004  Technology exports were up more than 42% in April to $5.88 billion, but South Korea's electronics industry could be facing "huge challenges" over the next couple of years, according to an analyst.

05/05/2004 

03/11/2004  (March 11, 2004) El Segundo, Calif.—If 2001 and 2002 were the dark ages for the semiconductor industry (and they were!), last year represented the start of a chip renaissance, with sales rising at a healthy 14.2 percent rate, according to data from iSuppli Corp., a provider of market intelligence services for the EMS, OEMs and supplier communities.

03/08/2004  March 8, 2004 - Bucking the will of the Japanese government's national LCD project, Sony Corp. has finalized a 50-50 joint venture with Korea's Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. to produce amorphous TFT-LCD products, a project that's been in the works since October 2003.

03/08/2004  MARCH 8--TOKYO--A plasma display panel (PDP) joint venture between Fujitsu Ltd. and Hitachi Ltd said on Monday it planned to nearly triple sales to$1.78 billion by the business year to March 2007.

02/05/2004  (February 5, 2004) San Jose, Calif.—SEMI has published 25 new technical standards applicable to the semiconductor and flat panel display manufacturing industries.

02/04/2004  Eikos Inc., a Franklin, Mass., developer of transparent carbon nanotube inks for conductive coatings and circuits, received a $1 million investment from Itochu International Inc., a U.S. subsidiary of Itochu Corp. of Japan, according to a news release.

01/19/2004  When is a wire more than a wire? When you add the "nano" prefix, of course. On one level, "nanowire" is a literal term: a channel for electrons or photons no wider than a few thousand atoms. But scientists have conjured fine filaments they also call nanowires that may one day serve as lasers or detectors of dangerous molecules or defective genes.

12/18/2003  (December 18, 2003) San Jose, Calif.—Ultratech Inc., a supplier of photolithography systems used to manufacture semiconductors and nanotechnology devices, announced that it has received a multiple-system order for 200-mm bump tools from the world's largest merchant gold-bump foundry.

10/24/2003  October 23, 2003 - Micronic Laser Systems AB, Taby, Sweden, has introduced a new registration measurement system for TFT-LCD photomasks.

10/20/2003  October 17, 2003 - Korea's Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. wowed investors with a 3Q03 profit up 6.6% from last year, due to record sales of flash memory chips used in digital cameras and mobile devices.

10/13/2003  Armed with a new name, streamlined operations and a thick portfolio of patents, Nano-Proprietary aims to dominate the big screen television market by licensing its carbon nanotube technology to manufacturers. The goal is to dramatically cut the cost of these giant in-home screens.

10/10/2003  October 10, 2003 - Atomnics Laboratory Inc. has developed new technology aimed at increasing chip mount density onto printed boards.

09/25/2003  Jean Chretien Favreau refers to himself as an “architect/inventor.” He seemed to have been wearing both hats when he first got the idea for Nanopage, a flexible digital screen. “I would do a lot of computer-assisted design and I was always frustrated by the small-sized screen,” he said. “So I imagined a screen you could roll up like a blueprint.” That little idea has come a long way.

09/16/2003  September 15, 2003 - Unaxis Semiconductors, St. Petersburg, FL, has unveiled an addition to its line of deposition and etching systems.

09/12/2003  September 10, 2003 - A new report proclaims that a turnaround is waiting in the wings for cleanroom equipment makers, thanks in large part to a brightened outlook for the semiconductor industry.

08/18/2003  August 14, 2003 - Allied Integrated Patterning Co. (AIPC) says it will complete equipment move-in and begin mass production of TFT-LCD photo masks by 2Q04. The affiliate of Allied Materials Technology Corp. (AMTC) hopes to generate sales of $130.8 million in sales by 2008, after an initial capital investment of $52.3 million.

07/14/2003  The following are press conferences and educational sessions that will be held at SEMICON West in San Jose, Calif. on July 17, 2003.