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John West, VLSI Research
ABSTRACT
In recent years equipment manufacturers have increasingly looked to their supply base for the design and engineering of subsystems and components for their products. At the same time we’ve seen the end users of equipment also taking advantage of these companies’ expertise to improve the productivity and performance of their installed tools. Both these trends have contributed to the subsystem industry’s raised profile beyond that of mere suppliers of components.
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