08/31/2000  TOKYO -- August 31, 2000 -- Japan's electronics giant Sony Corp. said it will spend $943 million over the next five years building its first 300-mm wafer fabrication facility.

08/29/2000  REHOVOTH, Israel?Aug. 29, 2000?In an effort to improve its wafer manufacturing efficiency, Motorola has placed multiple orders for Nova Measuring Instrument's NovaScan Integrated Thickness Monitoring (ITM) systems.

08/25/2000  SINGAPORE--Aug. 24, 2000--Chartered Semiconductor Manufacturing and Ricoh Company, Ltd. have announced an extension of their current manufacturing relationship.

08/25/2000  LONDONDERRY, N.H.--Aug. 25, 2000--SmartLynx Inc. announced new integration solutions that the company said provide bi-directional, intelligent data transfer for EDA tools.

08/24/2000  PAOLI, Penn.--Aug. 24, 2000--Ametek, Inc. has developed an oxygen analyzer for rapid thermal processing silicon wafer fabrication systems.

08/23/2000  STUTTGART, Germany and SINGAPORE--Aug. 23, 2000--A three-year manufacturing agreement potentially worth $250 million has been signed by Dialog Semiconductor and Chartered Semiconductor Manufacturing.

08/22/2000  TAINAN, Taiwan--Aug. 22, 2000--Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC), said they have selected Interwoven TeamSite/BroadVision Edition as their Web content management solution. In addition, the chip giant has ordered 300-mm high- and medium-current implanters from Varian Semiconductor Equipment Associates.

08/22/2000  MIGDAL HAEMEK, Israel--Aug. 22, 2000--Pending government approval, Tower Semiconductor Ltd. will embark on the construction of a new wafer fabrication plant valued at over $200 million.

08/21/2000  CUPERTINO, Calif.--Aug. 21, 2000--While semiconductor sales post record high numbers and bookings of semiconductor manufacturing equipment are at robust levels, a slowdown could be right around the corner, warns Advanced Forecasting, Inc. (AFI), a research firm for the semiconductor and related industries.

08/21/2000  BEIJING, China and AUSTIN, Texas--Aug. 21, 2000--After months of waiting and a premature announcement in July, Motorola has finally received approval for its planned 16B RMB (US$1.9 billion) investment in new semiconductor manufacturing and telecommunications facilities.

08/18/2000  AUSTIN, Texas--Aug. 18, 2000--Research consortium International SEMATECH today announced the launch of a Metrology/Yield Management Tool Initiative to develop and evaluate new measurement technologies for advanced semiconductor manufacturing processes.

08/17/2000  MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif.--Aug. 17, 2000-Synopsys Inc. and Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Corp. announced an agreement to jointly develop test chips and silicon-calibrated technology files.

08/06/2000  HERCULES, Calif.--Aug. 4, 2000--Bio-Rad Laboratories has sold its semiconductor measurements business to Accent Semiconductor Technologies.

08/04/2000  WILLOW GROVE, Pa.--August 3, 2000--Kulicke & Soffa Industries, a supplier of bonding equipment for the semiconductor industry, saw its share prices plunge 25% yesterday after it announced some customer order deferrals and push-outs for its 8028 ball bonders.

08/03/2000  KAOHSIUNG, Taiwan--August 2, 2000--Advanced Semiconductor Engineering flip chip factory has received wafer bumping and redistribution technology from Kulicke & Soffa Industries and Flip Chip Technologies.

08/01/2000  Time-to-market is indisputably the key issue facing the semiconductor industry. In the midst of the Internet revolution, opportunities abound for those semiconductor companies that can provide rapid solutions to these new-world demands

08/01/2000  Cleanroom takes aim at Listeria; Taiwan chipmakers report little damage from quake; Wilshire Technologies signs definitive agreement of sale with Foamex Asia ...

07/28/2000  PARIS, France--July 28, 2000--Building on their previous cooperation on 300mm wafer manufacturing requirements, International SEMATECH and the Japanese consortium Selete have made available the English language version of its 300mm equipment performance metrics for 0.13 ?m technology document.

07/27/2000  SANTA CLARA, Calif.--July 26, 2000--Applied Materials Inc. announced that TSMC has placed a volume purchase order for its 300mm semiconductor manufacturing systems. Applied is now shipping systems to TSMC's Fab 6 located in Tainan, Taiwan.

07/24/2000  BILLERICA, Mass.--July 21, 2000--Promising users significant savings in cost and time due to its easy integration into the wafer production process, SemiTest Inc. has introduced the Epimet Model 2, an upgraded epitaxial resistivity monitoring tool.