tag: semiconductor equipment

Features And Benefits Of The SECS/GEM Standard – eBook
By PDF Solutions - 12 May, 2026 - Comments: 0

Discover how the SEMI E30 SECS/GEM standard empowers smarter, more efficient manufacturing by enabling factories to seamlessly collect equipment data, reduce integration costs, implement advanced process control, and improve overall operational performance. This eBook walks through key GEM capabilities—including collection events, alarms, recipe management, terminal services, and more—to s... » read more

Tool Matching Getting Tougher Across Test & Metrology
By Laura Peters - 10 Mar, 2026 - Comments: 0

Key Takeaways Engineers leverage both device-specific and tool-level data to identify a process "sweet spot." Tight, frequent tool-to-tool matching enables greater yield and fab flexibility. Machine learning helps capture the nuances of a tool's signature. Many people outside of the semiconductor industry wonder how humans can fabricate transistors with tens of nanometer sca... » read more

Where All The Semiconductor Investments Are Going
By Ed Sperling - 17 Nov, 2022 - Comments: 2

Companies and countries are funneling huge sums of money into semiconductor manufacturing, materials, and research — at least a half-trillion dollars over the next decade, and maybe much more — to guarantee a steady supply of chips and know-how to support growth across a wide swath of increasingly data-centric industries. The build-out of a duplicate supply chain that can guarantee capac... » read more

Using Less Helium In Semiconductor Manufacturing
By Terry Powell - 22 Jul, 2021 - Comments: 0

Helium gas is increasingly in short supply. While consumers may be most familiar with it for use in filling balloons, it is used much more heavily in a variety of industrial processes – including semiconductor fabrication. As a result of supply concerns, many companies, including Lam, are looking for ways to reduce their helium usage. The making of a semiconductor chip involv... » read more

Revenue Soars For Semiconductor Equipment Power Subsystems
By John West - 10 Jun, 2021 - Comments: 0

Sales of process power and reactive gas subsystems for semiconductor manufacturing equipment are on track to achieve a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 23% between 2016 and 2021 – far outpacing the critical subsystems industry average of 16.4% due to multiple positive factors. Process power and reactive gas subsystems account for approximately 13% of all expenditures on critical subsy... » read more

Demand, Lead Times Soar For 300mm Equipment
By Mark LaPedus - 20 May, 2021 - Comments: 0

A surge in demand for various chips is causing select shortages and extended lead times for many types of 300mm semiconductor equipment, photomask tools, wafers, and other products. For the last several years, 200mm equipment has been in short supply in the market, but issues are now cropping up throughout the 300mm supply chain, as well. Traditionally, lead times have been three to six mont... » read more

Chip Equipment Billings Soar In 2020
By Clark Tseng - 17 Dec, 2020 - Comments: 0

The global economy has started down a gradual path to recovery from COVID-19 in recent months as the world continues to combat the virus. Yet one sector – semiconductors – has shown impressive growth powered by a transformation hastened by the pandemic across industries ranging from education and work-from-home to healthcare. Semiconductor sales increased 12% in September to mark a secon... » read more

Week In Review: Manufacturing, Test
By Mark LaPedus - 23 Oct, 2020 - Comments: 0

Chipmakers AMD and Xilinx have entered into a definitive agreement for AMD to acquire Xilinx in an all-stock transaction valued at $35 billion. With the proposed deal, AMD will enter the FPGA business, putting it further in competition with Intel. The transaction has been unanimously approved by the AMD and Xilinx boards. The transaction is expected to close by the end of calendar year 2021. U... » read more

Industry Pushes For Fab Tool Security Standards
By Mark LaPedus - 17 Sep, 2020 - Comments: 1

The semiconductor industry is developing new cybersecurity standards for fab equipment in an effort to protect systems from potential cyberattacks, viruses, and IP theft. Two new standards are in the works, which are being formulated under the auspices of the SEMI trade group with leadership from chipmakers and others. Led by Intel and Cimetrix, the first standard deals with malware-free equ... » read more

Moov: Used Equipment Digital Marketplace
By Ed Sperling - 14 Sep, 2020 - Comments: 1

Most startups in the tech world are done by engineers or scientists. The idea behind Moov, a platform for buying and selling used equipment, is the brainchild of investment bankers. In effect, Moov has built a futures platform for semiconductor manufacturing equipment, with prices updated every few minutes from all over the world. "The basic idea is that every few years, companies upgrade... » read more

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