 The blog is written by Semiconductor Fabtech's Editor-in-Chief, Mark Osborne. He has been covering the semiconductor industry for over ten years. This area is intended to provide insight into topical stories of the time in a more informal manner.
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Feb 15, 2007 at 06:25 PM |
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Some financial analysts are now going public with concerns over AMD needing more cash this year as the company is hit with margin pressures and a $2 billion plan on equipment spending. Write Comment (0 comments) |
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Feb 15, 2007 at 04:16 PM |
The sad news that Applied Materials is to pull out of the ion-implant business and close its operations in Horsham, UK, with the loss of nearly 300 jobs is a big blow to the equipment industry that remains in the country. Having visited and met many people at the Horsham facility over the years, the news is much closer to home than usual when news like this is released.
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Feb 13, 2007 at 04:59 PM |
News that AZ Electronic Materials has seen its original private equity investment firm owner (The Carlyle Group) sell a 50 percent stake to another firm (Vestar Capital Partners) highlights that there is life after such acquisitions!
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Feb 12, 2007 at 11:22 AM |
Although Intel Corp. plans to start volume production at the 45nm node later this year, the leading-edge node for the rest of the CMOS logic community will be 65nm. This simple statement lays the foundation for a host of misconceptions about the 65nm node having been ‘cracked,' and that volume production at high yields is a given.
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Feb 02, 2007 at 11:41 AM |
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As a separate legal entity these days, Spansion still can't drag itself away from taking as many snipes as it can against its old foe Intel. In a very short and innocuous press release, highlighting the tool installation of 300mm equipment at its R&D facility, more thought was given to subtle digs at Intel than actually about the investment in leading-edge equipment.Write Comment (0 comments) |
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Feb 02, 2007 at 02:17 AM |
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Our website today didn't quite work, so we were unable to post news. Gremlins were at play. I have been told that things are now back to normal! I am writing this at past 2am in the morning, our time, so it's my duty to say sorry. We will be back Friday, so stay tuned!Write Comment (0 comments) |
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Jan 31, 2007 at 11:41 AM |
One of the first lessons I had in the semiconductor industry concerned ‘fab capacity.' This simple term is meant to describe the number of wafers a fab can produce when fully equipped and operating at full throttle. The cleanroom is bursting with tools, operators and in-process wafers. No matter what you do, the output becomes a constant, hence ‘capacity.'
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Jan 30, 2007 at 06:40 PM |
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As promised, Malcolm Penn of Future Horizons spent some time during his first of the year forecast meeting here in London, discussing what when wrong with his 20 percent growth rate projection for 2006, this time last year.Write Comment (0 comments) |
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Jan 29, 2007 at 08:20 PM |
Once again we have endured not one but three announcements concerning breakthroughs in metal gate materials and high-k dielectrics. I use the term ‘endured' as any details that could be called facts and figures were completely absent!
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Jan 25, 2007 at 12:04 AM |
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After a tumultuous 2006, ASM International could be renamed ‘Houdini Technologies' as it fended off an investor revolt with improved Front-end equipment sales performance and a degree of concessions to investors over its operational transparency! Before the company reports fourth quarter financials, it has wisely provided an update to its front-end operations, which could lead to profitability in 2007, after five years or so of losses. Write Comment (0 comments) |
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