04/04/2012 

Metrology tool supplier Nova Measuring Instruments Ltd. (NASDAQ:NVMI) will provide the production tools of record performing CMP metrology at a leading foundry.

04/02/2012 

Bruker Corporation acquired all of the shares of SkyScan NV, a scientific instruments company serving materials science and life sciences/pre-clinical imaging needs.

03/27/2012 

03/26/2012 

At the recent Common Platform Technology Forum -- produced by Global Foundries, Samsung and IBM -- Simon Segars, executive vice president and general manager of the physical IP division at ARM, spoke about the impact of the internet of things and mobile computing on the way electronics are designed and used.

03/21/2012 

Worldwide semiconductor manufacturing equipment spending is projected to total $38.9 billion in 2012, an 11.6% decline from 2011 spending of $44 billion, according to Gartner Inc.

03/21/2012 

A high-volume semiconductor fab using particle monitor wafers to test for contamination in wafer fab tools looked to reduce its labor and test time. The fab switched to wireless wafer-like airborne particle sensors. Allyn Jackson, CyberOptics Semiconductor, shares the case study.

03/19/2012 

Advantest Corporation began producing MEMS relays for semiconductor testing equipment, high-speed communications devices, HF wave measurement equipment and their components.

03/19/2012 

LTX-Credence Corporation (Nasdaq:LTXC) released the Diamondx test platform for ASSP and the DragonRF for RF device test. In addition, LTX-Credence launched a SerDes test instrument and new testing software.

03/16/2012 

VLSIresearch released its 2011 Top Semiconductor Equipment suppliers rankings, noting important acquisitions and strong spending in lithography tools in 2011. Semiconductor equipment spending was driven by aggressive capacity expansion in the foundry and logic sectors.

03/15/2012 

Execs from Samsung, IBM, GlobalFoundries and ARM looked to the future at The Common Technology Platform Forum in Santa Clara. They focused on the innovation pipeline for 20nm and 14nm technology nodes, and the role that EUV, FinFETs, TSVs, CNTs and DSA will play.

03/13/2012 

Riber, MBE tool supplier will work with imec on epitaxy process technologies for next-generation III-V semiconductor CMOS devices.

03/13/2012 

Worldwide sales of semiconductor manufacturing equipment totaled $43.53 billion in 2011, representing a year-over-year increase of 9%, shows SEMI. North America surpassed Taiwan as the region with the highest amount of spending.

03/12/2012 

Nova Measuring Instruments Ltd. (NASDAQ:NVMI) received $12 million in orders from leading semiconductor foundries for metrology on 2Xnm manufacturing ramp ups.

03/09/2012 

Confovis will begin providing MountainsMap imaging and surface analysis software from Digital Surf with its ConfoCAM LED grid-confocal measuring systems for inspection and research.

03/06/2012 

Semiconductor fab equipment spending will remain flat in 2012, says SEMI. But look for a record spend from semiconductor makers in 2013, jumping from $38.85 billion spent in 2012 to $45 billion in 2013.

03/05/2012 

After only 2 months, semiconductor foundries are already considering raising their 2012 capex budgets, says Terence Whalen, Semiconductor Equipment analyst for North America at Citi.

03/02/2012 

The National Physical Laboratory in the UK is leading a new EMRP project on thin film manufacturing metrology for industries such as opto electronics, plastic and printed electronics, displays and lighting, memories and solar cells.

02/29/2012 

Nanolab Technologies Incorporated inaugurated its 47,000sq.ft. state-of-the-art facility in Milpitas, CA, more than doubling Nanolab Technologies' space.

02/29/2012 

GLOBALFOUNDRIES appointed Magnus Matthiasson, formerly of Philips Lumileds, as chief procurement officer (CPO), reporting to CFO Dan Durn.

02/24/2012 

North America-based manufacturers of semiconductor equipment posted $1.18 billion in orders, $1.24 billion in billings, and a book-to-bill of 0.95 in January 2012, according to SEMI.