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May 14, 2008 at 02:37 PM |
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First off, in the interests of full disclosure, I moderated the "New Growth Paradigms for Semiconductors" panel at last week's Advanced Semiconductor Manufacturing Conference (ASMC) in Cambridge, MA.Write Comment (0 comments) |
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May 13, 2008 at 02:21 PM |
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What does it mean when a company gets rid of its Chief Talent Officer?
1. The person wasn’t talented enough to bring in the talent!
2. The company can’t get the talent anymore so the job role isn’t required!
3. Or, there is so much talent at the company that it’s bursting at the seams, so job done and move on! Write Comment (0 comments) |
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May 13, 2008 at 12:05 PM |
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As we walked through the dusty, weedy area of previously tested solar modules known as the "boneyard" at the Photovoltaic Testing Laboratory (PTL), my tour guide and lab marketing manager Paul Symanski warned me that "there might be snakes" among the piles of Solar Power Corp., Astropower, and other museum-worthy units.Write Comment (0 comments) |
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May 09, 2008 at 11:18 AM |
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Since the silicon wafer shipment numbers came out earlier this week, it's time for Chip Shots to dive in and turn those square inches into square meters and see how the recent quarterly chip revenues stack up against the silicon slabs shipped.Write Comment (2 comments) |
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May 08, 2008 at 03:44 PM |
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Can one ever do too much benchmarking, or does a small amount of manufacturing-practice polling go a long way? If you're in the midst of a hellish fab ramp, you'd have ample reason to be annoyed by a survey asking questions about why the ramp is so hellish.Write Comment (1 comments) |
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May 08, 2008 at 03:28 PM |
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All those expecting Hector Ruiz to finally reveal the plans for his ‘Asset Smart’ strategy during AMD’s annual investor conference will have been disappointed.Write Comment (3 comments) |
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May 06, 2008 at 03:53 PM |
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Though it's bound to get a lot of coverage, the news that Intel, Samsung and TSMC all want to see a 450mm pilot line in operation by 2012 shouldn’t come as much of a surprise to anyone. Write Comment (0 comments) |
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May 05, 2008 at 01:55 PM |
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For those who thrive on the nitty-gritty of semiconductor defect inspection, review, and characterization, the Advanced Semiconductor Manufacturing Conference (ASMC) provides enough source material--or at least info on defect source mechanisms--to satiate most appetites.Write Comment (0 comments) |
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May 02, 2008 at 03:34 PM |
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Southern California Edison's project to cover more than 100 warehouse and other industrial rooftops with 250 MW of solar/PV modules continues to move forward.Write Comment (0 comments) |
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May 01, 2008 at 06:04 PM |
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Nestled along the western shore of Lake Michigan an hour north of Milwaukee, the mythic burg of Sheboygan is not the first location that comes to mind when you think of semiconductor materials--or anything in the chipmaking value chain for that matter.Write Comment (0 comments) |
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