08/01/2012 

Semiconductor foundry United Microelectronics Corporation (NYSE:UMC; TWSE:2303) gained LEED-NC Gold recognition for its 300mm Fab 12A P3 & P4 in Tainan, Taiwan, from the U.S. Green Building Council.

08/01/2012 

Crossing Automation, Inc. announced three new options for the Spartan 300 that deliver an end-to-end contamination-free sorter environment. The new options target high volume manufacturing at 32nm and below.

07/31/2012 

Seagate Technology plc (NASDAQ:STX) added Gary Gentry to lead its solid state drive (SSD) business as senior vice president, SSD.

07/31/2012 

EDAX Inc. introduced the Octane Series silicon drift detectors (SDD) for its TEAM EDS Analysis Systems on electron microscopes.

07/30/2012 

CGI Americas is introducing the QMO Series inert gas and vacuum ovens and MOL Series Class 100 cleanroom ovens, based on the SMO Series precision ovens from C Sun, to the North American market.

07/30/2012 

FEI (NASDAQ:FEIC) launched the Verios XHR SEM for metrology on beam-sensitive and sub-nanometer-scale materials in advanced semiconductors.

07/30/2012 

Pfeiffer Vacuum introduced the Sputter Process Monitor SPM 220 and High Pressure Analyzer HPA 220 gas analysis systems to monitor and document vacuum processes.

07/30/2012 

Teknek debuted an elastomer roller care system for all contact cleaning rollers. Unlike IPA cleaning, the elastomer Roller Doctor rejuvenation pad exfoliates the roller surface with a precise quantity of proprietary cleaning solution.

07/27/2012 

EMCORE, compound semiconductor-based components and subsystems supplier, will replace multiple legacy manufacturing systems in its compound semiconductor fab and back-end packaging operations with the Camstar Enterprise Platform.

07/27/2012 

Texas Instruments Incorporated (TI, NASDAQ:TXN) announced Q2 2012 revenue of $3.34 billion, and expects Q3 to be about flat. Fab under-absorption charges will weigh on TI in Q3 and into Q4, analysts point out.

07/27/2012 

Optomec’s Aerosol Jet deposition tools are being used for printed sensor, display, solar cell, CMOS and passive devices, and other development areas, with new installations at CEA Liten (France), Innovation Lab (Germany) and the University of Sheffield (UK).

07/26/2012 

Texas Instruments Inc. (TI) leads the fast-growing industrial electronics semiconductor market, growing its market share in 2011 in large part due to its acquisition of National Semiconductor, according to IHS.

07/26/2012 

Apple Inc. is not only the world’s leading original equipment manufacturer (OEM) in terms of semiconductor purchasing, its also is increasing semiconductor buying at a faster rate than other top firms, reports IHS.

07/26/2012 

While communications make up the bulk of analog IC sales, growth is coming from automotive, energy, mobility, and medical/healthcare apps, according to Semico. This semiconductor sector is also moving to 300mm wafer production at smaller device nodes, which offers cost advantages.

07/26/2012 

AIXTRON SE introduced a 5 x 200mm gallium nitride on silicon (GaN-on-Si) reactor design for its G5 Planetary Reactor MOCVD platform. AIX G5+ comprises special reactor hardware and process design, developed with customers in AIXTRON’s R&D lab.

07/25/2012 

GLOBALFOUNDRIES will add 90,000 more square feet of semiconductor manufacturing space to Module 1 of Fab 8 in NY. The completed semiconductor manufacturing area will total 300,000sq.ft.

07/25/2012 

Micron is more than doubling its DRAM manufacturing capacity by buying bankrupt Elpida Memory’s assets. But the move is “not without risk,” according to IHS.

07/25/2012 

In reporting its Q2 and H1 2012 results, STMicroelectronics (ST, NYSE:STM) said it will reduce its 2012 capex plan by about 25%, down to $500 million to $600 million.

07/25/2012 

Mattson Technology installed its paradigmE etch system at a major foundry, expanding the tool's customer base.

07/24/2012 

One year after ramping Fab 5 at the site, Toshiba will reduce its NAND Flash memory semiconductor production at its Yokkaichi Operation fab in Mie Prefecture, Japan.