Semitool turns 30 Nov 8, 2009
With Semitool, a leading manufacturer of wafer processing equipment for the semiconductor industry, celebrating its 30-year anniversary in the valley, Thompson allows himself these moments of nostalgia. His decision to bring his business back to his hometown 30 years ago has paid dividends. (Montana Standard, MT)
Japanese technology: Invisible but indispensable Nov 6, 2009
Among the many steps are four in which the Japanese are indispensable: wafer processing; thin-film formation; coating, lithography and developing; and contact and packaging. Japanese companies rule the markets for essential components in all four stages and equipment in three of them (see chart 1). (The Economist)
LDK Solar Certifies Applied Materials' HCT MaxEdge Wire Saws for High Volume Production of Solar Wafers Sep 21, 2009
In addition, LDK Solar provides wafer processing services to solar cell and module manufacturers. LDK Solar's headquarters and manufacturing facilities are located in Hi-Tech Industrial Park, Xinyu City, Jiangxi Province in the People's Republic of China. (PR Newswire)
LDK Solar Acquires Controlling Interest of Solar Green Technology S.p.A. Jul 14, 2009
In addition, LDK Solar provides wafer processing services to monocrystalline and multicrystalline solar cell and module manufacturers. LDK Solar's headquarters and manufacturing facilities are located in Hi-Tech Industrial Park, Xinyu City, Jiangxi Province in the People's Republic of China. (PR Newswire)
Semiconductor International Jul 5, 2009
Wafer Processing Report. Litho logy Report. (Multichannel News)
IBM to forecast space weather from solar storms Jun 19, 2009
IBM's InfoSphere Streams software, which was just announced earlier this year, was crafted to solve information overload problems in any field, for instance it is also being used for real-time defect detection during semiconductor wafer processing. "In general, the big challenge for streaming analytic applications is to construct a computing platform that can cope by supporting applications that are adaptive and which process the data in a way that is intelligent not over-computing not... (EETimes)
Semitool warns employees of possible layoffs Mar 26, 2009
Semitool manufactures wafer processing equipment for the semiconductor industry. It has three facilities in western Montana two in Kalispell and one in Libby. (Missoulian, MT)
DALSA's Dr. Savvas Chamberlain Awarded Fellowship in the Engineering Institute of Canada Mar 10, 2009
DALSA's core competencies are in specialized integrated circuit and electronics technology, software, and highly engineered semiconductor wafer processing. Products and services include image sensor components (CCD and CMOS); electronic digital cameras; vision processors; image processing software; and semiconductor wafer foundry services for use in MEMS, high-voltage semiconductors, image sensors and mixed-signal CMOS chips. (CCNMatthews Press Releases)
Good, bad and ugly in fab tool market Feb 20, 2009
Nanomaterials for crystalline and polycrystalline wafer processing (Company: NanoSteel). Nanomaterials for DUV resists and slurries (Company: Rohm and Haas). (EETimes)
