07/17/2000  SEMICON West '00--July 14,2000--Semitool's Paragon line of electrochemical deposition tools will include Royal Phillips Electronics new integrated metal-film metrology system, say the companies.

07/12/2000  SEMICON West '00--July 12, 2000--In San Jose, Cal., today, Teradyne Inc. introduced a VLSI test system that the company says will allow a full range of test capability without requiring hardware changes or system upgrades.

07/12/2000  SEMICON West '00--July 12, 2000--Boxer Cross unveiled a new metrology solution today in San Francisco, Calif. at the company's private exhibit at Zeum, the new art and technology center.

07/11/2000  CAMPBELL, Calif.--July 11, 2000--Compaq Computer Corporation and Camstar Systems, Inc. announced the release of a computer integrated manufacturing solution for semiconductor test, assembly and packaging.

07/11/2000  SEMICON West '00--July 11, 2000--Ultratech Stepper Inc. has been awarded exclusive supplier status by IEP/Casio (Integrated Electronics & Packaging Technologies Inc.).

07/11/2000  SEMICON West '00--July 11, 2000--Fresh on the heels of two new product additions to its lithography portfolio, Silicon Valley Group (SVG) Lithography Systems has received an order for its Micrascan 193 step-and-scan lithography system from Cypress Semiconductor.

07/10/2000  SEMICON West '00--July 10, 2000--At SEMICON West, August Technology today introduced two high-speed wafer inspection systems for defects down to 0.5 ?m.

07/10/2000  SEMICON West '00--July 10, 2000--ASML launches its first product from its new TWINSCAN 300mm photolithography platform, the AT:700S scanner.

07/10/2000  SEMICON West '00.--July 10, 2000--In San Francisco, Calif. Schlumberger Semiconductor Solutions today introduced the next evolution of its sub-micron metrology tool, the IVS 135.

07/10/2000  SEMICON West '00--July 10, 2000--Announced today in San Francisco, Calif., Adept's new Flexible Front-End Systems for 200mm and 300mm are described as combining wafer sorting and SMIF loading into one system.

07/10/2000  SEMICON West '00--July 10, 2000--Making its debut today in San Francisco, Calif., the Spectrum E automated modular batch wafer cleaning system from Semitool Inc. is the latest version of the company's Spectrum advanced surface preparation system.

07/07/2000  SAN JOSE, Calif.--July 6, 2000--Fujitsu today introduced three versions of a multi-chip package with stacked flash memory and the company's fast cycle RAM.

07/07/2000  SAN JOSE, Calif.--July 7, 2000--Canon is introducing its complete set of next-generation lithography tools at the SEMICON/West trade show.

07/07/2000  PITTSBURGH, Penn.--July 7, 2000--Sony Electronics has announced plans to establish a semiconductor design center in Pittsburgh this fall to develop technologies for the broadband network.

07/07/2000  SAN FRANCISCO, Calif.--July 7, 2000--Nova Measuring Instruments Ltd. will introduce a new dual-purpose integrated process control system for overlay registration measurement and full wafer macro defect inspection for photolithography manufacturing at the Semicon West show.

07/07/2000  Sunnyvale, CA--July 7, 2000--Nanometrics Inc. has introduced the NanoSpec 9100, an automated, non-contact film metrology system designed to measure films on substrates used in wireless, optical telecommunication IC manufacturing and other semiconductor devices.

07/07/2000  GENEVA, Swizerland--July 8, 2000--STMicroelectronics has announced that it will team with Nortel to develop optical network technology.

07/07/2000  PHOENIX, AZ--July 6, 2000--Completing the process three months ahead of time, Motorola's Semiconductor Products Sector has converted its Compound Semiconductor-1 (CS-1) Gallium Arsenide (GaAs) wafer fab facility from 4- to 6-inch wafers. The conversion triples the company's capacity.

07/06/2000  FRANKLIN, MA--June 22, 2000--Exitech Ltd. of Oxford, England has selected Extraction Systems' Vaporsorb II filter technology for its 157 nm exposure tool to conduct advanced optical lithography development. The company will conduct the research in association with lithography equipment suppliers at International SEMATECH.

07/05/2000  TOKYO, Japan--July 5, 2000--Toshiba Corp. has agreed to license CMOS process technology to South Korea's Dongbu Electronics Co., Ltd.