Worldwide semiconductor capital equipment spending is projected to surpass US$29.4 billion in 2010, a 76.1% rise from 2009 spending of US$16.7 billion, according to Gartner.
Test and measurement instrument supplier Chroma Ate has announced revenues for February 2010 jumped 84% on year to NT$321 million (US$10 million). Revenues for the first two months...
While conditions in the global semiconductor industry in 2010 are set to improve dramatically compared to 2009, the reality is that the year is likely to deliver only a modest recovery...
Globalfoundries, Jeol, KLA-Tencor, NuFlare Technology, Petersen Advanced Lithography and Samsung Electronics have joined the eBeam Initiative - a forum dedicated to the education...
Japan-based semiconductor equipment manufacturers posted a book-to-bill ratio of 1.36 in January 2010 compared to 1.3 in the prior month and 0.55 a year earlier, according to Semiconductor...
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) has announced separate equipment purchases totaling around NT$3.85 billion (US$120 million) from Lam Research, Tokyo Electron, ASML,...
North America-based manufacturers of semiconductor equipment posted US$1.13 billion in orders in January 2010 (three-month average basis) and a book-to-bill ratio of 1.20, according...
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) announced on February 2 that it has spent nearly NT$6 billion (US$187.18 million) for front-end equipment procurement, cleanroom...
Taiwan-based equipment makers have expressed concern that their revenue growth in 2010 will not be as strong as expected because of extended delivery lead times for key semiconductor...
Growing delivery lead times for immersion scanner equipment is likely to interrupt Nanya Technology and Inotera Memories' planned technology transition to sub-50nm in 2010, according...
Global spending on semiconductor manufacturing equipment is expected to rise by 46.8% in 2010 compared in 2009, bringing an end to three consecutive years of decline, according to...
North America-based manufacturers of semiconductor equipment posted US$863.3 million in orders in December 2009 (three-month average basis) and a book-to-bill ratio of 1.03, according...
Sales of Japan-made semiconductor and flat-panel display (FPD) equipment are forecast to reach 1.12 trillion yen (US$12.3 billion) in fiscal year 2010, up 37.7% from 813 billion yen...
Sources at semiconductor equipment makers believe Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) will make a more ambitious attempt than its internal goal towards capital spending...
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) spent more than NT$145 billion (US$4.57 billion) on machinery equipment in 2009, while rival United Microelectronics Corporation...
