SANTA CLARA, Calif. &#151 The semiconductor industry is on track to grow 30 percent in 2004, but there are signs that the IC-equipment business is slowing based on projected book-to-bill figures, ...
SAN JOSE, Calif. — The fab-tool market crashed in the third quarter. SEMI reported that worldwide semiconductor manufacturing equipment billings reached $6.56 billion in the third quarter of 2008, ...
Fab equipment spending is on pace for a record year in 2017, and it now appears that momentum could continue into 2018. Fab tool vendors found themselves in the midst of an unexpected boom cycle in ...
HSINCHU, Taiwan--(BUSINESS WIRE)--United Microelectronics Corporation (NYSE: UMC; TWSE: 2303)(“UMC”), a leading global semiconductor foundry, today announced that its flagship Fab 12A in Tainan, ...
The semiconductor equipment and materials industry has always been a tough business. Over the years, vendors have been under pressure to develop new technologies for a shrinking but demanding customer ...
The trade agreement signed by the U.S. President and the President of the European Commission earlier this week imposes a 15% tariff on virtually all goods made in Europe and shipped to America, ...