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Friday 15 September 2006
Now known as Vistec
Earlier this summer, DigiTimes.com had the opportunity to talk about the SEMICON show with the general manager of Vistec Semiconductor Systems Division, Gerhard Ruppik, and Vistec...
Wednesday 13 September 2006
Micron: Analyzing the present, looking to the future
Although the issue of excessive inventory is casting a shadow over the global semiconductor industry, players in the memory sector continue increasing their capital expenditure (capex)...
Wednesday 13 September 2006
Rohm and Haas to open Chunan plant in December
US-based polishing technology supplier Rohm and Haas will conduct an opening ceremony at its Taiwan manufacturing site in December 2006, the company said at the SEMICON Taiwan 2006...
Tuesday 12 September 2006
SEMICON Taiwan opens bigger than last year
The 11th annual SEMICON Taiwan trade show started on Monday at the Taipei World Trade Center (TWTC), with 620 companies exhibiting their solutions at 1390 booths. Both numbers are...
Tuesday 12 September 2006
Controlled chaos of renaissance: Q&A with Ho-Ming Tong, R&D general manager of ASE
Last year, Taiwan's leading packaging-and-testing house Advanced Semiconductor Engineering (ASE) was expected to have a tough time since the company suffered from a fire at its plant...
Tuesday 12 September 2006
From ITRS roadmap to latest lithography development
The International Technology Roadmap for Semiconductors (ITRS) is now one of the most important references for the semiconductor industry. It addresses the technological challenges...
Tuesday 12 September 2006
Inventory? But don't panic
The semiconductor equipment book-to-bill (B/B) ratio dropped for the first time in six months in July, when it stood at 1.06, as opposed to 1.14 in June, according to figures posted...
Monday 11 September 2006
BASF values importance of chemical localization
Eyeing the rising role of chemical mechanical planarization (CMP), leading chemical maker BASF indicated that its solution meets the various current complex various mask layer requirements...
Monday 11 September 2006
Despite shadow of lawsuit, SMIC preps for 65nm
The recent legal dispute between Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) and Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corporation (SMIC) has not hindered SMIC's plans to...
Monday 11 September 2006
Rumored PSC-Elpida fab may use "Inotera" model
Although Powerchip Semiconductor Corporation (PSC) has reiterated that plans to construct a speculated new fab in cooperation with Elpida Memory have not yet been finalized, company...
Monday 11 September 2006
Trenching ahead: Q&A with Charles Kau, president of Inotera
Created less than four years ago as a joint venture between the Germany-based Infineon Technologies and Taiwan-based Nanya Technology, Inotera Memories is now seen as an example of...
Monday 11 September 2006
China-industry investments and industry development
China is one of the most dynamic areas in the overall electronics industry and the semiconductor sector in particular. Since 2000, a number of ambitious fab projects were announced...
Monday 11 September 2006
The next step - Industry takes aim at 450mm
The semiconductor industry faces challenges without end, and one of the major issues looming on the horizon is the move to 450 millimeters, and all the questions and challenges that...
Monday 11 September 2006
Where do we go from here? Q&A with Archie Hwang, chairman of SEMI
In June, Archie Hwang became the first chairman of SEMI from Taiwan. In practice, he wears a number of hats. Hwang is chairman and CEO of Taiwan distributorship Hermes-Epitek. Simultaneously...
Monday 11 September 2006
Cross-strait second-hand equipment overview
Expansion in Taiwan's semiconductor industry is not dictated solely by the desire to deploy leading edge production technologies or larger wafer sizes, but also by current market...