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In late May, engineers, researchers, analysts and, yes, even editors, descended upon Walt Disney World in Orlando, Fla., for the 51st Electronic Components and Technology Conference (ECTC)

JCN Company's beginning inventory was reduced by 10 percent and 3 units during the first week's sales. The second week's sales were 5 percent and 8 units of the inventory at the end of the first week

Etalon, a division of Piezo Technologies (Indianapolis), has hired Andreas Hadjicostis to head up its engineering development group

Packaging for high-frequency components has never received much attention. Historically, high-speed millimeter wave integrated circuit (MMIC) devices were developed primarily as a resource for the United States military

The Enviro 300-mm Advanced Dry Strip System is a multi-chamber, single-wafer tool that is designed to remove resist and polymer residue by using microwave and low-energy RF plasmas

Why are so many upper echelon managers in our industry reluctant to admit what everyone else seems to know: that they have problems in their businesses? Their employees and factory workers, their suppliers and even their competitors know that they have problems

Zuken addresses time-to-market with predictive analysis tool

Perhaps the most intriguing thing about the semiconductor industry is the cycle that propels the business up and down by astounding amounts over short periods of time

As we push chip packaging smaller, the details of features internal to the packages become increasingly compact.

A key element for successful Chip scale and ball grid array packaging

The tape-and-reel process is typically the final step in semiconductor packaging, and it can substantially affect yield and impact a manufacturer's bottom line. Tape-and-reel technology has stabilized in recent years, however, and system performance has reached a peak

Reinventing the integrated circuit is more than just a lead-free issue