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Friday 7 January 2011
Lithography back on track as dominant chip gear, says Information Network
After a plunge to 16% of the semiconductor equipment market in 2009, the lithography sector surged in 2010 to a 26.5% share of the global market, according to The Information Netwo...
Tuesday 7 December 2010
Rexchip reportedly orders EUV lithography tool from ASML
ASML has recently invited DRAM companies to make early reservations for extreme ultraviolet (EUV) lithography tools to avoid a repeat of early 2010, when immersion scanners saw constrained...
Thursday 23 September 2010
Explosive growth of LED driver ICs truly unparalleled, says Petrov Group
A bottom-up analysis of product portfolio, business performance, and technology and manufacturing trends of 25 IC vendors confirms the explosive growth of LED driver ICs, according...
Tuesday 10 August 2010
Macronix announces equipment purchase
Macronix International has announced an equipment purchase worth 76.44 million euro (US$100.72 million) from ASML, which supplies lithography systems, via a company filing with the...
Friday 16 July 2010
Ju Teng ready to adopt NIL technology for production
Chassis maker Ju Teng International Holdings is ready to introduce nano imprint lithography (NIL) technology to its production lines, but monthly capacity of the new production technology...
Friday 25 June 2010
TSMC to take delivery of EUV lithography system in 2011, says R&D head
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) will take delivery of its first extreme ultraviolet (EUV) lithography system from ASML in 2011 paving the way for the company to...
Monday 14 June 2010
ASML adds staff to meet surge in orders
Lithography equipment supplier ASML has rehired 700 employees that were previously laid off, as well as recruiting several hundreds of new staff, to meet a big surge in demand for...
Friday 19 March 2010
Litho market drops 47% in 2009, says The Information Network
Lithography tools for semiconductor manufacturing dropped 47% in 2009 on top of a 25% drop in 2008, according to The Information Network.
Monday 22 February 2010
TSMC to take delivery of ASML EUV lithography system
ASML Holding today announced that Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) will take delivery of a Twinscan NXE:3100 extreme ultra-violet (EUV) lithography system. This tool...
Monday 25 January 2010
Taiwan DRAM makers see delays in immersion litho delivery
Growing delivery lead times for immersion scanner equipment is likely to interrupt Nanya Technology and Inotera Memories' planned technology transition to sub-50nm in 2010, according...
Tuesday 17 November 2009
Toshiba develops photoresist for 20nm EUV lithography
Toshiba has announced development of a high-resolution photo-sensitive film (photoresist) essential for future application of extreme ultraviolet (EUV) lithography in semiconductor...
Friday 6 November 2009
DRAM makers shift focus away from expanding capacity, says iSuppli
After engaging in a massive capital spending program during the middle of the decade, the worldwide DRAM industry now has sufficient manufacturing capacity to last through 2012, causing...
Monday 12 October 2009
ASML upbeat on micro-lithography growth
Customers have turned more active in placing orders, according to Antonio Mesquida Kusters, Director of Market Intelligence for ASML. Citing predictions by research firms, Kusters...
Wednesday 15 July 2009
Elpida reportedly developing die-shrink 50nm process without expenditure on new tools
Elpida Memory has been quietly developing a technology based on its existing 65nm equipment for DRAM production, to enable a die shrink to 50nm, industry sources have claimed. The...
Tuesday 14 July 2009
Cymer ships laser-produced plasma EUV lithography source to ASML
Cymer, which specializes in excimer laser illumination sources for deep ultraviolet (DUV) photolithography systems, has kicked off shipments of what it claims is the world's first...