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Wednesday 14 October 2009
Silicon wafer shipments to grow 23% in 2010, says SEMI
Silicon wafer shipments to the global semiconductor industry will increase 23% in 2010 compared to total shipments in 2009, according to SEMI. The shipments are estimated to decline...
Friday 7 August 2009
Solar wafer maker SAS expanding capacity
Sino-American Silicon Products (SAS), a Taiwan-based maker of solar-grade silicon wafers, is expanding its annual production capacity to 380MWp (megawatt-peak) equivalents, with expansion...
Thursday 6 August 2009
Wafer Works reportedly taps MEMS substrate market
Taiwan-based solar wafer maker Wafer Works has recently begun supplying MEMS substrates in small volumes to IDM customers, such as STMicroelectronics, Freescale and Analog Devices...
Tuesday 14 July 2009
Cymer ships laser-produced plasma EUV lithography source to ASML
Cymer, which specializes in excimer laser illumination sources for deep ultraviolet (DUV) photolithography systems, has kicked off shipments of what it claims is the world's first...
Thursday 11 June 2009
ACM Research finding strength in megasonic cleaning tool: Q&A with CEO David Wang
ACM Research has developed a 300mm single-wafer megasonic cleaning tool, which has been adopted by several leading foundry houses, according to company founder and CEO David Wang...
Wednesday 20 May 2009
Silicon wafer shipments decline in 1Q09, says SEMI
Worldwide silicon wafer area shipments declined sharply during the first quarter of 2009 when compared to the shipments recorded during fourth-quarter 2008, according to the SEMI...
Friday 15 May 2009
SAS to double LED PSS capacity
Taiwan-based Sino-American Silicon Products (SAS) will double its pattern sapphire substrate (PSS) capacity by the end of 2009 as the company's current capacity is not able to supply...
Thursday 16 April 2009
MEMC to focus on solar and SOI, to develop 18-inch wafers
US-based MEMC Electronic Materials has estimated that silicon wafer sales in the second quarter will outperform those in the first quarter. For 2009, the silicon wafer supplier intends...
Thursday 16 April 2009
Wafer supply tightening amid high utilization rates at pure-play foundries
The supply of 8-inch wafers, particularly epi wafers, has become increasingly tight recently while utilization rates at the 8-inch fabs of Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company...
Monday 9 February 2009
Silicon wafer ASPs fall 20% in 1Q09, says paper
The ASP of 12-inch silicon wafers has slid by 20% sequentially in the first quarter of 2009, in line with utilization drops at Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) and...
Tuesday 16 December 2008
Solar cell maker E-ton signs two long-term supply contracts
E-ton Solar Tech, a Taiwan-based maker of crystalline silicon solar cells, announced that the company has signed long-term silicon wafer supply contracts with two separate companies,...
Thursday 6 November 2008
Taiwan wafer makers SAS and Wafer Works hit record revenues in October
Sino-American Silicon Products (SAS) and Wafer Works, two Taiwan-based producers of semiconductor-grade and solar-grade crystalline silicon wafers, have both reported record high...
Wednesday 1 October 2008
Formosa Sumco switching to 500kg 12-inch silicon ingot production
Formosa Sumco Technology has reported success in producing its first 500kg 12-inch silicon ingot, which will significantly raise the company's production efficiency and cut product...
Friday 19 September 2008
SMIC and Wuhan city government to kick off operations of 12-inch fab on September 22
Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corporation (SMIC) and Wuhan city government (Hubei province, China) will jointly kick off official operation of the 12-inch wafer fab built...
Friday 6 June 2008
SAS and Green Energy see revenues hit record highs in May
Solar silicon wafer makers Sino-American Silicon Products (SAS) and Green Energy Technology both saw their revenues hit their highest levels in May, according to data released by...