10/02/2003  September 25, 2003 - ATMI Inc., Danbury, CT, has introduced an RFID-based process monitoring system for liquid materials in a fab, aimed at replacing similar barcode-based systems.

10/02/2003  September 29, 2003 - Cymer Inc., San Diego, CA, a supplier of excimer laser light sources, has named Anthony Yen as senior VP of lithography market development.

10/02/2003  September 26, 2003 - Schott Lithotec, Jena, Germany, has signed EUV lithography agreements with a pair of industry groups.

10/02/2003  September 24, 2003 - Wafer foundry Silterra Malaysia Sdn. Bhd. says it has received "record bookings" during 3Q, mostly for its sub-0.18-micron technologies, and predicts "robust customer demand" for 4Q03 and through 2004.

10/02/2003  September 25, 2003 - China's Semiconductor Manufacturing International Inc. (SMIC) has signed a deal with MicroFab Technology to profide wafer bumping solutions.

10/02/2003  September 24, 2003 - CMOS wafer prices rose an average of 3% from 2Q03 to 3Q03, according to the Fabless Semiconductor Association (FSA).

10/01/2003  To understand the impact of package stress, what key parameter of an operational amplifier (op-amp) the stress affects most must be considered. A general-purpose op-amp specifies an input offset voltage (VIO). This parameter is the DC voltage that must be applied to the input terminals to cancel the DC offset within the op-amp to force the quiescent DC output voltage to a specified level (Figure 1).

09/30/2003  The titans of corporate America and academia embraced nanotechnology at one of the premier R&D conferences recently, even as they cautioned that true nanoscale devices and widespread adoption are still years away. The first real market applications still are expected to be coatings and nanomaterials. Until scientists can perfect nanomanufacturing – true nanoscale devices and products are still further in the future.

09/29/2003  SEPT. 29--SAN JOSE, Calif.--The Semiconductor Industry Association (SIA) says that sales of semiconductor chips reached $13.4 billion in August, up from $12.9 billion the previous month, making it the sixth consecutive monthly increase.

09/25/2003  September 24, 2003 - LSI Logic Corp., Milpitas, CA, has sold its 6-in. wafer manufacturing facility in Tsukuba, Japan, to Kyoto-based Rohm Co. for approximately $23.5 million.

09/25/2003  September 23, 2003 - Applied Materials is reportedly considering shutting down its wafer cleaning business, which would result in the closure of its Israeli subsidiary Oramir Semiconductor Equipment, according to the Israel Business Arena.

09/25/2003  September 23, 2003 - Researchers at Europe's Inter-university MicroElectronics Center (IMEC), Leuven, Belgium, have developed a prototype tool to model and analyze noise generated on low- and high-ohmic substrates used in ultra-deep, sub-micron CMOS technologies.

09/25/2003  September 22, 2003 - Researchers at Royal Philips Electronics, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, and the Inter-university Microelectronics Center (IMEC), Leuven, Belgium, say they have completed fabrication of 65nm CMOS devices.

09/25/2003  Chromux Technologies Inc., an Oxnard, Calif.-based optical MEMS supplier, will manufacture MEMS devices for NP Photonics Inc. and serve as an Asian distributor for the Tucson, Ariz.-based firm, according to a news release.

09/22/2003  September 19, 2003 - Nam Tai Electronics has begun construction of new manufacturing facilities in Shenzen, China to produce LCD, RF, and CMOS components.

09/22/2003  September 19, 2003 - Amkor Technology Inc., Chandler, AZ, is expanding its test and wafer probe capacity in Taiwan through a deal with FICTA.

09/22/2003  September 17, 2003 - Infineon Technologies, Munich, Germany, plans to spend $1.2 billion over the next four years on its China operations to double its domestic market share.

09/22/2003  September 17, 2003 - RFWaves, Or Yehuda, Israel, and Taiwan foundry Tai-saw Technology Co. Ltd. (TST), have agreed to mass produce radio frequency chipsets.

09/22/2003  September 16, 2003 - TSMEC will reportedly invest an extra $222 million to increase production fivefold at its 8-in. wafer plant in Shanghai.

09/22/2003  September 16, 2003 - Silicon Microstructures Inc. (SMI), Milpitas, CA, says it has completed expansion at its MEMS wafer fab in Milpitas two months ahead of schedule.