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      <lastmod>2009-04-16T13:03:02+00:00</lastmod>
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      <loc>http://www.fabtech.org/news/_a/asml_drops_foray_into_optical_maskless_lithography/</loc>
      <lastmod>2009-04-16T12:46:20+00:00</lastmod>
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      <loc>http://www.fabtech.org/recruitment_news/_a/xilinx_looks_to_restructuring/</loc>
      <lastmod>2009-04-16T11:44:49+00:00</lastmod>
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      <loc>http://www.fabtech.org/news/_a/tool_order_oxford_instruments_reports_order_from_kaust_in_saudi_arabia/</loc>
      <lastmod>2009-04-16T09:44:26+00:00</lastmod>
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      <loc>http://www.fabtech.org/recruitment_news/_a/qimonda_portuguese_subsidiary_cuts_1000/</loc>
      <lastmod>2009-04-16T09:41:18+00:00</lastmod>
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   <url>
      <loc>http://www.fabtech.org/news/_a/tool_order_tsmc_to_use_jvx_6200_x_ray_metrology_tool/</loc>
      <lastmod>2009-04-15T15:28:51+00:00</lastmod>
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      <loc>http://www.fabtech.org/recruitment_news/_a/200_expected_to_be_laid_off_by_memc_korean_subsidiary/</loc>
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      <loc>http://www.fabtech.org/news/_a/cabot_microelectronics_sales_halved_due_to_unprecedented_low_demand/</loc>
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      <loc>http://www.fabtech.org/going_places/_a/micrel_inc_names_david_schie_vp_of_the_analog_business_unit/</loc>
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      <loc>http://www.fabtech.org/going_places/_a/jay_biskupski_named_cfo_at_peregrine/</loc>
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      <loc>http://www.fabtech.org/news/_a/asyst_defaults_on_us76_million_bank_loan_interest_payments/</loc>
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      <loc>http://www.fabtech.org/editor_s_blog/_a/think_quarterly_stupid/</loc>
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      <loc>http://www.fabtech.org/news/_a/gartner_major_semiconductor_equipment_companies_shuffle_positions_in_2008/</loc>
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      <loc>http://www.fabtech.org/news/_a/imec_confirms_semi_europes_call_for_action/</loc>
      <lastmod>2009-04-14T10:32:40+00:00</lastmod>
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      <loc>http://www.fabtech.org/news/_a/brooks_instrument_acquires_key_instruments/</loc>
      <lastmod>2009-04-14T10:27:46+00:00</lastmod>
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      <loc>http://www.fabtech.org/news/_a/tool_order_micronic_laser_systems_receives_order_for_prexision_8_laser_patt/</loc>
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      <loc>http://www.fabtech.org/news/_a/memc_confirms_50_fall_in_sales_for_first_quarter/</loc>
      <lastmod>2009-04-10T18:59:56+00:00</lastmod>
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      <loc>http://www.fabtech.org/news/_a/chartered_semiconductor_raises_us300_million/</loc>
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      <loc>http://www.fabtech.org/news/_a/semiconductor_fab_capacity_limits_could_spell_boom_for_industry/</loc>
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      <loc>http://www.fabtech.org/going_places/_a/dr_kenneth_kin_appointed_to_svtcs_board_of_directors/</loc>
      <lastmod>2009-04-08T14:26:58+00:00</lastmod>
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      <loc>http://www.fabtech.org/news/_a/gartner_final_2008_semiconductor_sales_tally_shows_54_decline/</loc>
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      <loc>http://www.fabtech.org/news/_a/spansion_gains_us70_million_from_samsung_in_patent_spat_settlement/</loc>
      <lastmod>2009-04-08T11:36:57+00:00</lastmod>
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   <url>
      <loc>http://www.fabtech.org/news/_a/texas_instruments_incorporated_announces_2008_supplier_excellence_award_win/</loc>
      <lastmod>2009-04-07T15:05:28+00:00</lastmod>
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      <loc>http://www.fabtech.org/going_places/_a/yuval_wasserman_named_new_coo_at_advanced_energy/</loc>
      <lastmod>2009-04-07T14:28:21+00:00</lastmod>
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      <loc>http://www.fabtech.org/news/_a/imec_expands_lab_space_in_leuven_facilities/</loc>
      <lastmod>2009-04-07T11:14:32+00:00</lastmod>
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      <loc>http://www.fabtech.org/news/_a/powerchip_semiconductor_cuts_dram_production_below_50_capacity/</loc>
      <lastmod>2009-04-06T19:37:42+00:00</lastmod>
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      <loc>http://www.fabtech.org/recruitment_news/_a/mks_instruments_lowers_headcount_further_as_sales_slump_worsens/</loc>
      <lastmod>2009-04-06T17:44:32+00:00</lastmod>
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      <loc>http://www.fabtech.org/news/_a/applied_enters_multi_year_system_support_agreement_with_tower_semiconductor/</loc>
      <lastmod>2009-04-06T10:50:26+00:00</lastmod>
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   <url>
      <loc>http://www.fabtech.org/going_places/_a/ian_chapman_banks_to_oversee_global_sales_and_marketing_for_chartered/</loc>
      <lastmod>2009-04-06T10:33:42+00:00</lastmod>
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      <loc>http://www.fabtech.org/news/_a/micron_cuts_capex_and_idles_capacity_at_inotera_as_qimonda_collapses/</loc>
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      <loc>http://www.fabtech.org/editor_s_blog/_a/micron_says_taiwan_memory_co_deal_didnt_make_sense_sour_grapes_or_astute_bu/</loc>
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      <loc>http://www.fabtech.org/news/_a/semiconductor_sales_fall_to_us142_billion_in_february/</loc>
      <lastmod>2009-04-03T11:01:55+00:00</lastmod>
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      <loc>http://www.fabtech.org/recruitment_news/_a/soitec_cuts_worforce/</loc>
      <lastmod>2009-04-03T09:47:51+00:00</lastmod>
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      <loc>http://www.fabtech.org/news/_a/electro_scientific_industries_zygo_call_off_merger_plans/</loc>
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      <loc>http://www.fabtech.org/news/_a/elpida_becomes_official_technology_partner_of_taiwan_memory_co/</loc>
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      <loc>http://www.fabtech.org/news/_a/qimondas_us_300mm_fab_goes_on_sale/</loc>
      <lastmod>2009-04-02T14:22:04+00:00</lastmod>
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      <loc>http://www.fabtech.org/news/_a/design_for_e_beam_start_up_raises_us9_million_in_series_b_investment_round/</loc>
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      <loc>http://www.fabtech.org/news/_a/ev_group_and_cea_leti_bond_further_on_3d_ic_tsv_integration/</loc>
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      <loc>http://www.fabtech.org/news/_a/intel_corp_grows_microprocessor_market_share_in_2008/</loc>
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      <loc>http://www.fabtech.org/news/_a/metrology_market_consolidation_marches_on/</loc>
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      <loc>http://www.fabtech.org/recruitment_news/_a/vitesse_cuts_workforce_by_12/</loc>
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      <loc>http://www.fabtech.org/going_places/_a/ioannou_replaces_molinaro_as_president_of_akrion_systems/</loc>
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      <loc>http://www.fabtech.org/news/_a/dram_bit_growth_to_stop_in_2009_as_fab_utilization_rates_sink_below_50/</loc>
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      <loc>http://www.fabtech.org/news/_a/tsmc_adds_to_analog_apps_with_180nm_embedded_flash_process/</loc>
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      <loc>http://www.fabtech.org/news/_a/ualbanys_cnse_opens_expansion_in_new_york/</loc>
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      <loc>http://www.fabtech.org/recruitment_news/_a/us_high_tech_industry_adds_77000_jobs_in_2008/</loc>
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      <loc>http://www.fabtech.org/news/_a/thin_film_electronics_inktec_produce_printed_memory_devices_in_r2r_volume_p/</loc>
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      <loc>http://www.fabtech.org/news/_a/taiwan_memory_co_formation_delayed/</loc>
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      <loc>http://www.fabtech.org/news/_a/tool_order_nova_wins_multiple_copper_metrology_order_from_a_foundry/</loc>
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      <loc>http://www.fabtech.org/news/_a/soitec_group_announces_smart_stacking_ready_for_manufacturing_and_technolog/</loc>
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      <loc>http://www.fabtech.org/news/_a/fab_closures_to_lead_to_job_losses_at_fairchild_semiconductor/</loc>
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      <loc>http://www.fabtech.org/recruitment_news/_a/agilent_technologies_cutting_2700_employees_to_renovate_electronic_measurem/</loc>
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      <loc>http://www.fabtech.org/news/_a/taiwan_semiconductor_capital_spending_fell_53_in_2008/</loc>
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      <loc>http://www.fabtech.org/news/_a/higher_material_costs_helped_keep_semiconductor_materials_market_buoyant_in/</loc>
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      <loc>http://www.fabtech.org/news/_a/suss_microtec_sees_sales_hike_of_25_for_2008/</loc>
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      <loc>http://www.fabtech.org/news/_a/tool_order_vistec_ships_e_beam_lithography_system_to_helmholtz_zentrum_berl/</loc>
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      <loc>http://www.fabtech.org/news/_a/silterra_offers_110nm_half_node_shrink/</loc>
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      <loc>http://www.fabtech.org/editor_s_blog/_a/powerchips_chairman_makes_a_point/</loc>
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      <loc>http://www.fabtech.org/news/_a/fsi_international_extends_vipr_technology_to_nand_flash_production/</loc>
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      <loc>http://www.fabtech.org/going_places/_a/former_transmeta_ceo_art_swift_accepts_mips_technologies_marketing_vp_role/</loc>
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