In the News: Technology, Crica 1981

Organization Name :KLA-TencorTime Period :1980'sRelevant Date :1981-06-01

Summary : This technical paper laid out the future of yield management, covering all the issues the industry faced with defects and gave a vision for resolving them. It became the foundation on which KLA was built. Published sometime in 1981, it is a landmark in visionary work.

KLA 200 Series Reticle ...

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KLA's Reticle Inspection System was the first automatic inspection system to ensure that killer defects as small as 0.7 microns on both reticles and photomasks would be detected. ... See more

Tencor at 20 Years

Tencor (later evolved to be KLA - Tencor) is in the bedrock of the semiconductor equipment industry. It developed many products that were essential to chip manufacturing. Some are still made today. ... See more

KLA-Tencor - KLA 2020

30 Jun 1985

The tool that sparked the yield management revolution. ... See more

KLA Conquers the Pellic ...

16 Nov 1981

Technology, Circa 1981 – It's often the overlooked news that turn out to be critical turning points. The pellicle was one such event. Being able to inspect them was even more critical and a large barrier to o ... See more

KLA Conquers Phase Shif ...

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KLA-Tencor - KLA ADD/10 ...

01 Jan 1980

The dawn of automated inspection. KLA's mask inspection tools took over to see what humans could not, launching what would become a great company by pushing barriers aside. ... See more

The Rise of ASML

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Andy Grove on the devel ...

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Kulicke & Soffa - Wire ...

Ever wonder how the nanochips you see in pictures wind up covered in plastic on a printed circuit board and how they connect nanometer scale lines to the big wires in the electronics you buy? ... See more

Varian - 3280 Cassette- ...

The time was the early eighties. Change for semiconductor equipment was in the air, you could almost smell it. ... See more