Leica - VB 5/6 and ZBA 31H/32 E-Beam tools:

IBM’s development of ...

22 Sep 1997

IBM was first with copper interconnect for semiconductors. It marked the successful culmination of a decade-long search for a material to replace aluminum. ... See more

Craig Barrett: How Inte ...

04 May 2006

Craig describes the origins of manufacturing lore such as Copy Exactly, Intel U, and refsnart in this interview ... See more

In the final installment of this three-part interview, Jim Morgan expands on the strategies that made AMAT the successful company it is today. Topics covered include why perseverance works; balancing Kaizen m ... See more

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

1st diffusion transisto ...

30 Jun 1955

Fairchild lead the industry from mesa-transistors to diffusion using Jean Hoerni's planar process, which would lay the foundation for the Integrated Circuit, Moore's Law, and would be the base process for almos ... See more

Auto Etch 590 Oxide Etc ...

The AutoEtch 590 reduces ion bombardment and attendant device damage by placing the wafer on the grounded electrode. ... See more

Lessons Learned at Fair ...

18 Jan 2006

Jim Bowen talks about how he took Fairchild Test Systems Group from a money loser to the world's largest semiconductor equipment company during the seventies and how mismanagement led to its destruction after h ... See more

Varian - Vacuum/Coater

varian 3135 Vacuum/Coater System ... See more

1947-The Transistor is ...

16 Dec 1947

SEMI's Great Moments in Semiconductor History: In 1947, Walter Brattain and John Bardeen, working under William Shockley at AT&T Bell Laboratories… ... See more

RVSI - WS-1000 Bumped W ...

31 Dec 1969

High Throughput Bumped Wafer Characterization System ... See more