GIS to expand lithography process-based production to develop thin-film type products

Dec 26, 15:17

Touch screen maker GIS, which is a subsidiary of the Foxconn Group, is reportedly planning to increase its capacitive thin-film type capacity for producing more lithography process-based...

ASML reportedly purchasing more components from Taiwan

Nov 14, 11:13

Lithography tool vendor ASML has increased its component orders to Taiwan makers, and also added new suppliers, according to industry sources.

ASML to acquire litho light source supplier Cymer

Oct 18, 10:25

ASML and Cymer have entered into a definitive agreement under which ASML will acquire all outstanding shares of Cymer in a cash-and-stock transaction currently valued at EUR1.95 billion...

TSMC joins Intel to play part of ASML co-investment program

Aug 6, 10:29

TSMC on August 5 announced that the firm has joined ASML's customer co-investment program, aimed at accelerating the development and industrialization of key next-generation semiconductor...

Can Nikon or Canon ever again catch ASML? asks Information Network

Apr 3, 11:12

A decade ago it was a three company race to achieve dominance in the semiconductor lithography market, but ASML has emerged as the clear leader with no signs of relinquishing its...

Cymer expects revenues to double

Jul 15, 17:05

Cymer expects its business to double by 2015 from 2010 thanks to development of the company's emerging products. Specializing in excimer laser illumination sources for deep ultraviolet...

Lithography back on track as dominant chip gear, says Information Network

Jan 7, 10:46

After a plunge to 16% of the semiconductor equipment market in 2009, the lithography sector surged in 2010 to a 26.5% share of the global market, according to The Information Netwo...

Rexchip reportedly orders EUV lithography tool from ASML

Dec 7, 02:25

ASML has recently invited DRAM companies to make early reservations for extreme ultraviolet (EUV) lithography tools to avoid a repeat of early 2010, when immersion scanners saw constrained...

Explosive growth of LED driver ICs truly unparalleled, says Petrov Group

Sep 23, 14:10

A bottom-up analysis of product portfolio, business performance, and technology and manufacturing trends of 25 IC vendors confirms the explosive growth of LED driver ICs, according...

Macronix announces equipment purchase

Stockwatch - Aug 10, 16:05

Macronix International has announced an equipment purchase worth 76.44 million euro (US$100.72 million) from ASML, which supplies lithography systems, via a company filing with the...

Ju Teng ready to adopt NIL technology for production

Jul 16, 14:16

Chassis maker Ju Teng International Holdings is ready to introduce nano imprint lithography (NIL) technology to its production lines, but monthly capacity of the new production technology...

ASML adds staff to meet surge in orders

Jun 14, 15:30

Lithography equipment supplier ASML has rehired 700 employees that were previously laid off, as well as recruiting several hundreds of new staff, to meet a big surge in demand for...

Litho market drops 47% in 2009, says The Information Network

Mar 19, 10:01

Lithography tools for semiconductor manufacturing dropped 47% in 2009 on top of a 25% drop in 2008, according to The Information Network.

TSMC to take delivery of ASML EUV lithography system

Feb 22, 10:45

ASML Holding today announced that Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) will take delivery of a Twinscan NXE:3100 extreme ultra-violet (EUV) lithography system. This tool...

Taiwan DRAM makers see delays in immersion litho delivery

Jan 25, 15:28

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...

DRAM makers shift focus away from expanding capacity, says iSuppli

Nov 6, 11:41

After engaging in a massive capital spending program during the middle of the decade, the worldwide DRAM industry now has sufficient manufacturing capacity to last through 2012, causing...

Cymer ships laser-produced plasma EUV lithography source to ASML

Jul 14, 15:15

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...

TSMC joins CEA-Leti program on multiple e-beam lithography

Jul 6, 17:03

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) has announced it will join a three-year program led by the CEA-Leti research institute on electron-beam (e-beam) maskless lithography...

TSMC sees delay in e-beam equipment delivery

May 18, 12:08

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) has seen a delay in the delivery of 300mm multiple electron-beam (e-beam) maskless lithography equipment from Mapper Lithography...

Hermes Microvision lands e-beam equipment order from SMIC

Mar 23, 16:14

Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corporation (SMIC) has placed orders for three e-beam inspection systems for 45nm and below production with Hermes Microvision (HMI), a subsidiary...

Semiconductor lithography sector continues to outperform rest of market, says The Information Network

Mar 23, 11:40

High-priced equipment enabled the semiconductor lithography sector to grow to 25% of entire front-end equipment processing market in 2008, according to market research firm The Information...

Foundries freeze procurement of new lithography tools for 2009, says paper

Newswatch - Dec 30, 15:08

As foundries will likely suffer a utilization rate of less than 40% in the first quarter of 2009, orders for new lithography tools are currently limited, according to a Chinese-language...

Applied Materials introduces aerial imaging to boost lithography productivity

Dec 1, 10:54

Applied Materials has announced its Applied Aera2 for lithography system. Using the system's IntenCD technology in the fab, semiconductor manufacturers can improve wafer critical...

SemiLEDs orders multiple lithography systems for LED manufacturing

Oct 16, 12:14

Ultratec, a supplier of lithography and laser-processing systems used to manufacture semiconductor devices, recently announced it received a multiple-system order from US-based SemiLEDs,...

Mapper and TSMC sign agreement for multiple e-beam lithography for 22nm node

Oct 14, 13:09

Mapper Lithography and Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) have signed an agreement, according to which Mapper will ship its first 300mm multiple-electron-beam maskless...

IBM looks at mathematical techniques to help overcome lithography obstacles at 22nm

Sep 18, 12:22

In response to ever increasing demands for smaller, more powerful and energy-efficient devices for cloud computing and high-performance servers, IBM has announced the semiconductor...