Evolution of the IT Industry

Ultratech’s History ...

29 Sep 2017

Founded in 1979 as Ultratech Stepper, it was the oldest stepper company in the world until its sale to Veeco in 2017. Used in the semiconductor lithography process, its stepper was unique in its use of a 1X len ... See more

Moore’s Law GDP Value ...

13 Feb 2015

How the Moore’s Law raises income in relationship to the economies of the United States and the World. ... See more

Moore's Law: 40 Years a ...

01 Jan 2005

In 1965, Gordon Moore sat down to pen his article for Electronics magazine. Eventually, it would come to be known as Moore's Law. This is an overview, published Forty years later, celebrating how it was still g ... See more

SEMATECH - An Oral Hist ...

16 Jun 1992

An interview with Dave Anderson ... See more

Paradigms of Maskless L ...

The replacement of optical lithography with e-beam direct write for semiconductor manufacturing has been predicted since Gordon Moore penned his 1965 paper, writing "It is worth noting that this density of comp ... See more

Environmental Health an ...

15 Sep 1994

The semiconductor industry has always worked hard to have and to maintain extremely high health and safety levels. ... See more

Semiconductor Bonding & ...

Bonding and inspection has historically been overlooked by upper management in semiconductor companies. Their attention has been drawn by the enormous capital requirements of wafer fabrication. However, this ... See more

Introduction to Assembl ...

Assembly equipment consists of those types of equipment used to separate the completed wafer into its individual dice and to assemble each die into its own package. The assembly equipment market comprises roug ... See more

Process Diagnostics - D ...

Process diagnostic equipment is critical to semiconductor manufacture. Though this equipment is not used to directly manufacture devices, it serves to verify consistent and in-control manufacturing processes. ... See more

Introduction to Questor ...

Questor systems consist of those types of equipment used in the design, verification, handling, inspection and test of integrated circuits. This equipment, although critical in assuring device design or design ... See more