Sourcing Used Equipment

By Mark LaPedus - 31 May, 2017 - Comments: 1

Emerald Greig, executive vice president for the Americas & Europe at SurplusGlobal, sat down to discuss fabs and the used/refurbished equipment market with Semiconductor Engineering. SurplusGlobal is one of the world’s largest suppliers of secondary fab equipment. What follows are excerpts of that conversation. SE: What is the status of the 200mm new or used equipment market today? ... » read more

200mm Crisis?

By Mark LaPedus - 18 May, 2017 - Comments: 7

Over the last year or so, the IC industry has experienced an acute shortage of both 200mm fab capacity and 200mm equipment amid a surge of demand for certain chips. Right now, though, the 200mm shortfall is much worse than before. But this situation isn’t expected to improve for both elements in the second half of 2017, and perhaps beyond. On the capacity front, chipmakers are generally... » read more

The Week In Review: Manufacturing

By Mark LaPedus - 27 Jan, 2017 - Comments: 0

Chipmakers Faced with a huge write-down at its nuclear operations, Toshiba is looking to spin off its semiconductor division, which makes NAND. As expected, Toshiba seeks investors in the new company, according to Nikkei. Western Digital (WD) is one potential investor. Foxconn is another possible investor, according to CNBC. Peregrine Semiconductor has rolled out its latest RF SOI process.... » read more

Fab Tool Biz Faces Challenges In 2017

By Mark LaPedus - 15 Dec, 2016 - Comments: 3

After experiencing a gradual recovery and positive growth in 2016, the semiconductor equipment industry sees a mixed picture as well as some uncertainty in 2017. In the near term, though, business is robust. Several chipmakers started to place a sizeable number of fab tool orders in the latter part of 2016, particularly in three areas—3D NAND, logic and foundry. Now, after buying the in... » read more

200mm Equipment Shortfall

By Mark LaPedus - 21 Jul, 2016 - Comments: 0

A surge in demand for consumer electronics, communications ICs, sensors and other products has created a shortage in 200mm fab capacity that shows no signs of abating. None of these chips need to be manufactured using the most advanced processes, and there have been enough tweaks to processes at established nodes to eke even more out of existing processes. But that has left chipmakers strugg... » read more

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