The Chip Shots blog channels the observations of Fabtech's Senior Contributing Editor from -- U.S., Tom Cheyney, a 20-year veteran of semiconductor and advanced micro/nanoelectronics trade journalism. Tom was editor in chief of MICRO (the original home of Chip Shots) until it ceased publication in July 2006; he also serves as Senior Contributing Editor for Small Times. Tom calls Los Angeles home.
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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 (0 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 (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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Apr 30, 2008 at 08:01 AM |
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James "Jim" Rogers' appointment to the Applied Materials' board of directors adds a seasoned nonsemi industry pro to the mix.Write Comment (0 comments) |
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Apr 29, 2008 at 05:16 PM |
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Monday's announcement that Dow Chemical's Building Solutions unit has asked Global Solar Energy to participate in its Department of Energy Solar America Initiative (SAI) project to develop building-integrated photovoltaic (BIPV) products came as no surprise--to me, anyway.Write Comment (0 comments) |
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Apr 23, 2008 at 11:22 PM |
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The Chip Shots one-man show is taking it on the road this week, first to Sheboygan, WI, to visit the SAFC Hitech plant and now in Phoenix, for a solar-heavy schedule of facility tours in the sunburned McCainiac state of Arizona.Write Comment (0 comments) |
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Apr 21, 2008 at 12:54 PM |
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The most iconic list in American business journalism--Fortune's roster of the top 500/1000 US companies ranked by revenues--came out today online and will appear in the magazine's May 5 issue.Write Comment (0 comments) |
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Apr 17, 2008 at 04:05 PM |
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The latest update of Gartner Dataquest's semiconductor capital equipment spending forecast paints a grim picture of the market's prospects this year, with capital expenditures expected to slide 19.8% compared to 2007's results (down from the 13.2% downtick forecast issued in December).Write Comment (2 comments) |
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