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

Valuing Moore’s Law i ...

13 Feb 2015

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

An Intel Wafer Fab Clea ...

02 Jun 1980

This video shows what it was like to work in a state-of-art fab during the late seventies to early eighties. ... See more

History of Ion Implanta ...

15 Jun 1980

History of Ion Implantation Systems and their importance in the development of semiconductor manufacturing. Includes the roles William Shockley and Liechtenstein based Balzers played in the early development of ... See more

A Brief History of Elec ...

200 years of deposition technology ... See more

The Transistor and the ...

30 Jun 1955

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

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

Moore's Law: Its Death ...

01 Oct 2003

Its Death Has Been Greatly Over-Exaggerated - ISSM 2003 Keynote Presentation ... See more

Change In Chip Making A ...

12 Jun 1996

A revolution is occurring in the chip industry causing fundamental change at its market. business, and technical levels. Manufacturers are becoming more market-driven as commodity marketing methods give way to ... See more

Silicon Valley Genealog ...

SEMI's poster that shows the history of semiconductor start-ups in Silicon Valley. ... See more