Online information source for semiconductor professionals
Qcept Technologies raises $9.5 million to expand wafer inspection business
Popular articles
Micron moving fast on Hynix in Q208 NAND flash rankings, says iSuppli - 19 August 2008
Numonyx to close California Technology Center - 12 August 2008
Qimonda starts major reorganization: exits PC DRAM market - 13 October 2008
Applied Materials sees higher CapEx spending for 2009 - 15 August 2008
Micron close to Inotera share purchase, says Gartner - 06 October 2008
Qcept Technologies has raised $9.5 million in Series C funding,
bringing its total VC funding close to $25 million. The funds will be
used to ramp production and service new customers for its non-visual
defect inspection tool, the ChemetriQ.
"This new funding will allow Qcept to speed delivery of our
ChemetriQ inspection solutions to help customers with their growing
NVD-related yield issues," stated Dr. David Lam, Chairman of Qcept.
"As our technology is highly complementary to optical wafer inspection,
chipmakers will now be able to capture a much broader range of
yield-impacting defects."
"Qcept's innovative technology is
ideally positioned to tap into the multi-billion-dollar wafer
inspection market, where there is a pressing need by today's leading
semiconductor manufacturers for new solutions that can address their
emerging yield problems," said Dr. Ralf Schnell, President and CEO of
SVC.
The Series C funding was led by Siemens Venture Capital
(SVC), a Siemens Financial Services Company. Pittco Capital Management
also participated in the round as well as previous investors.