07/16/2002  July 16, 2002 - Hillsboro, OR - Lattice Semiconductor Corp. has entered into an agreement to acquire privately held Cerdelinx Technologies Inc., San Jose, CA.

07/16/2002  In the expensive and complicated world of integrated metrology, a different approach could get customers interested in a concept that may work better - while also being cheaper, simpler, and less intimidating.

07/16/2002  July 16, 2002 - Sunnyvale, CA - Virtual Silicon Technology Inc., a supplier of semiconductor IP, has received an order from 1st Silicon, Malaysia's largest wafer foundry, to port its semiconductor IP to 1st Silicon's 0.18-micron process technology.

07/16/2002  July 16--DUBLIN, Ohio -- Ashland Specialty Chemical Co., a division of Ashland Inc., and Semitool, Inc. have agreed to work jointly on innovation and process improvement in wet chemical processing for semiconductor manufacturing.

07/16/2002  Nanotech researchers can move faster if they share information. That's why the French and U.S. governments are increasing cooperation. Private industries are doing it, too, but they're working together just long enough to get onto the playing field, then it's business competition as usual.

07/15/2002 

07/12/2002  WOODBURY, NY, and HILLSBORO, OR, - Veeco Instruments Inc. and FEI Co. have penned a definitive merger agreement to combine the companies into one provider of 3-D metrology and process equipment.

07/12/2002 

07/11/2002  July 11, 2002 - Milpitas, CA - Nanometrics Inc., a supplier of integrated and standalone metrology equipment, has introduced its next-generation stage technology platform.

07/10/2002  July 10, 2002 - Seoul, Korea - Samsung Electronics Co. said it plans to invest an additional 160.8 billion won (US$137.8M) to upgrade two of its 13 existing semiconductor production lines at its Kiheung plant.

07/09/2002  July 9, 2002 - San Jose, CA - Electroglas Inc., a supplier of process management tools for the semiconductor industry, has unveiled DefectID, automatic defect classification software that helps improve manufacturing productivity and yields for wafer fabrication test, assembly, and packaging operations.

07/09/2002  Tokyo, Japan - Toshiba Corp. said it will invest five billion yen over the next two years to boost its semiconductor manufacturing capacity in China, in order to meet growing local demand. Toshiba also plans to take full control of a local joint venture.

07/02/2002  July 2, 2002 - Kirchheim, Germany - Dialog Semiconductor Plc has acquired the CMOS imaging business and associated CMOS Active Pixel Sensor (APS) patent portfolio from the New Jersey-based Sarnoff Corp., the R&D institute formerly known as RCA Laboratories.

07/01/2002  JULY 1---Kirchheim/Teck-Nabern, Germany--Dialog Semiconductor has acquired the CMOS imaging business and associated complementary metal oxide semiconductor (CMOS) active pixel sensor (APS) patent portfolio from New Jersey-based Sarnoff Corp., the research and development firm formerly known as RCA Laboratories.

07/01/2002  The Bridgman-Stockbarger method of growing CaF₂ has been around for decades. Now that the semiconductor industry has an escalating need for the material - a "must have" for lens systems in 157nm lithography tools - debate has focused on the adequacy of supply and the technique used to obtain it.

07/01/2002  Last month I had the good fortune to have a lengthy chat with the leadership of the IEEE Components, Packaging and Manufacturing Technology (CPMT) Society during ECTC

07/01/2002  Adept Technology and DEK have announced a partnership to develop a fully automated wafer handling system for DEK's screen printer wafer bumping and ball placement system

06/27/2002 

06/26/2002  June 26, 2002 - Taipei, Taiwan - Major semiconductor companies and other high-tech firms at the two science-based industrial parks in Taiwan were not affected by the strong earthquake yesterday.

06/26/2002  Researchers at Argonne National Laboratory have invented a wafer that can detect neutron radiation from concealed nuclear weapons. An inexpensive handheld device that incorporates the wafer could eventually be used in airports by law enforcement agencies or by weapons inspectors.