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Editorial Big changes come with smaller features
Momentous changes are ahead for the structure and business models of the semiconductor and allied industries, suggested several speakers and panel discussions at the SPIE Microlithography Symposium recently.
World News World News
February chip sales down 3.3%, orders up 6%
Tech News Technology News
Process enhances spin-on low-k dielectric processing
Show Report Innovation from small companies pervades Semicon Europa
Semicon Europa, held last month in Munich, Germany, was less crowded than usual, and many companies shared booths with others. The war in Iraq and global economic conditions tempered the usual hoopla, but plenty of technical innovation was on display.
Feol SPIE Microlithography Report: LIL may bridge 157nm, EUV gap
Although there were mixed messages about an uncertain lithography future at the SPIE Microlithography Symposium in Santa Clara, CA, Feb. 23–28, it appears that immersion optics may save the day.
Interconnect Near speed-of-light velocities for on-chip transmission of electrical signals
Using a design that takes advantage of the inductance-dominated, high-frequency regime of on-chip interconnect, comparable or better performance than proposed on-chip optical interconnects is possible without the additional associated manufacturing challenges of on-chip optics. The design is capable of transmitting data at velocities near the speed of light and offers a 5¥ improvement in delay over a conventional repeater-insertion strategy
Product News Product News
Laser dicer won't damage ultra-thin wafers
Perspectives SST editors ask industry experts about advanced wafer-cleaning evolution
Considering that wafer cleaning is crucial to virtually every wafer-processing step, Solid State Technology asked several industry process experts: How do you perceive conventional wet chemistry or nonliquid wafer-cleaning technology evolving to meet advanced requirements for interfaces and particle control?
People People in the News
Nikon Precision Europe, Langen, Germany, has appointed Hiroshi Sano president. He has worked for Nikon since 1979, most recently at Nikon Precision Singapore Pte. Ltd., a subsidiary of Nikon Pre-cision Equipment Co.
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