Electroglas - Model 3001 Wafer Prober System

Electroglas Model 131B ...

30 Jun 1965

The elegant simplicity of this small machine belies the fact that an earlier ancestor was the granddaddy of all modern semiconductor automation. ... See more

Advantest: What made it ...

05 Jan 2006

Toshio Maruyama reflects on the history and future of Advantest and its role in semiconductor ATE. ... See more

Andy Grove as an Indust ...

21 Mar 2016

How Andy changed our industry in fundamental ways. ... See more

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

Terry Higashi - HoF

Terry Higashi navigated TEL through the toughest times the Equipment Industry has ever seen, all the while building them into a technology leader ... See more

IBM’s R&D Partnering ...

10 Jan 2008

The Chip Insider's Cook’s Tour: A deep immersion course in what IBM was doing in 2008 at both Albany Nanotech and at IBM’s Fishkill facility is reviewed by VLSIresearch's Chip Insider in this 2008 article. ... See more

ASM Assembly Automation ...

30 Jun 1985

Here are two fine examples of third optical inspection systems when such systems were at their zenith. Used in assembly to accept, rework or reject wire bonds in un-lidded packages prior to sealing, the 3rd Op ... See more

Fusion - MICROLITE Seri ...

Microlite 150 Series Photostabilizer Systems provide a clean one-step process for hardening of photoresists at high production throughput. ... See more

Applied Materials - Nit ...

Applied Materials - Nitrox AMN-710 :1960s - Improved yields by sealing oxide pin holes. ... See more

Excerpt from 1984 Annua ...

Lam Research Corporation was founded in 1980 when advance in micro miniaturization technology produce dramatic changes in the way that integrated circuits were made. ... See more