Summary : This section examines the vendors who supply semiconductor manufacturing equipment. There are approximately 534 of them. The top five are shown below in Figure 2.0.0-1. In 1989, these five companies held a 26.4% share of the semiconductor equipment market. The market share for the top five equipment suppliers was virtually unchanged over the 1988 figure, 26.3%. Japan-based firms hold four of the top five position in 1989, as compared to only three in 1988. These are: Tokyo Electron Ltd., Nik ... See More
The Future of Integrated Electronics draft, written by Dr. Gordon E. Moore for E ...
The Future of Integrated Electronics draft, written by Dr. Gordon E. Moore for Electronics Magazine while he worked at Fairchild Semiconductor. This seminal paper would prove to be one of the most important pap ... See more
The Invention of the Transistor and the Birth of the Information Age. Michael Ri ...
The Invention of the Transistor and the Birth of the Information Age. Michael Riordan, co-author of Crystal Fire, discusses how it came to be. ... See more
Historical perspective on Moore’s Law and its affects on everyday life and eco ...
Historical perspective on Moore’s Law and its affects on everyday life and economic growth for the world as a whole from the fruits brought by semiconductor technology through a 2005 lens. ... See more
Crashing into Moore's Wall is like a conspiracy theory: it can never be disprove ...
Crashing into Moore's Wall is like a conspiracy theory: it can never be disproved to the true believers that our industry is about to run into a wall that has never appeared. Back in the mid-nineties, Scientifi ... See more
Automatic Test Systems (ATS) encompass a broad range of equipment-in size and in ...
Automatic Test Systems (ATS) encompass a broad range of equipment-in size and in function as well as in price. It includes all equipment that is used to electrically verify a device's functionality. VLSI Resear ... See more
The early nineties, brought a renaissance to packaging due to a demand for more ...
The early nineties, brought a renaissance to packaging due to a demand for more I/0, smaller sizes, higher power, faster speed and control of thermal properties. These demands drove the need for more sophistic ... See more
The sweeping revolution brought about by integrated circuits has caused change n ...
The sweeping revolution brought about by integrated circuits has caused change not only in electronics, but also in the very act of manufacturing the integrated circuit itself. Process equipment, assembly equip ... See more
Material handling equipment serves as a physical, mechanical and electronic inte ...
Material handling equipment serves as a physical, mechanical and electronic interface between test equipment and the device under test (DUT). It consists of three major subsegments commonly referred to as wafer ... See more
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