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Nov 16, 2005 at 02:55 PM |
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During a conference call with analysts regarding 1H05
financial results, Soitec reiterated the 50 million Euro contract, still
running with AMD in Dresden. However, a new contract worth a minimum of $100
million US dollars that runs from July 05 through to June 06, is not related to
AMD, rather it is a new contract with an unidentified customer, according to a
follow-up conversation Semiconductor
Fabtech had with Soitec's investor relations department.Write Comment (0 comments) |
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Nov 15, 2005 at 07:43 PM |
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Semiconductor Corporation, a joint venture of Dow Corning, Shin-Etsu Handotai
and Mitsubishi Materials has announced a plan to increase the production of
polycrystalline
silicon by 50 percent to mainly meet the growing demand from the solar panel
market.Write Comment (0 comments) |
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Nov 15, 2005 at 05:09 PM |
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Soitec's half-year consolidated results for its 2005-2006
financial year produced record revenues of 114.6 million Euro's. Net income
increased to 3.7 million Euros compared to a loss of 7.1 million Euros in the
same period last year, which marked the return to profitability.Write Comment (0 comments) |
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Nov 15, 2005 at 02:01 PM |
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Metara Inc., has raised $11.5 million US dollars in a Series E round of funding from its initial VC backers. VantagePoint Venture Partners and Cipio Partners provided the capital to help support the company increase sales channels and support services due to the continued adoption of the company's unique inline chemical analysis tools.
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Nov 15, 2005 at 01:09 PM |
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Wafer sales continued to increase over second quarter levels, according to the latest report from the SEMI Silicon Manufacturers Group (SMG). Shipments increased 9 percent quarter on quarter to 1,748 million square inches. The new quarterly total area shipments are 7 percent above third quarter 2004 shipments.Write Comment (0 comments) |
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Oct 27, 2005 at 06:02 PM |
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SUMCO, has ordered its second SIMOX-SOI designed implanter
from Ibis Technology Corporation. The Ibis i2000 oxygen implanter was
introduced in March 2002 with Ibis selling three tools previously. The cost of
the new tool is $7.0 million US dollars. Shipment is expected in early 2006.Write Comment (0 comments) |
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Oct 26, 2005 at 03:59 PM |
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Epichem, a UK-based precursor specialist has said that
Intel Capital was a single source investor in a first round of funding. No
figures or terms were provided.Write Comment (0 comments) |
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Oct 19, 2005 at 03:04 PM |
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ATMI, Inc., highlighted in its third quarter financial results that copper, used for interconnects was approaching 10 percent of all wafer starts in the semiconductor industry.Write Comment (0 comments) |
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Oct 18, 2005 at 04:55 PM |
By Dr Mike Cooke
The European Patent Office (EPO) has apparently upheld the grant to
MEMC of a European patent (EP-B-O 972 094, as amended) on defect-free
silicon for wafers of 200mm diameter or greater, which was opposed by
the Sumitomo Mitsubishi Silicon Group (SUMCO). MEMC is advised that a
written decision to this effect will be issued in the near future.Write Comment (0 comments) |
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Oct 18, 2005 at 12:21 PM |
By Dr Mike Cooke
French silicon-on-insulator wafer producer Soitec announced record
consolidated sales of €63.4 million for the second quarter of its
2005-2006 financial year. The sales were driven by increasing adoption
of SOI, especially 300mm, in servers, PCs and consumer electronics,
according to the company. Half-year consolidated sales rose 72.6% on a
year-on-year basis to €114.6 million.Write Comment (0 comments) |
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