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Interview: John R. Bertucci & Paul Blackborow – MKS Instruments

By Mark Osborne, Editor-in-Chief, Semiconductor Fabtech

ABSTRACT

Following on from the lead article by John West of VLSI Research in Semiconductor Fabtech 18, in which the market researcher highlighted the emergence of the new ‘critical sub-systems’ business model, we take a more detailed look at one of the largest and tightly integrated sub-systems suppliers, MKS Instruments, in an effort to highlight the advantages this brings to chip manufacturers and tool suppliers.