Summary : This section examines the vendors who supply semiconductor manufacturing equipment. There are approximately 534 of them. The top five are shown below in Figure 2.0.0-1. In 1989, these five companies held a 26.4% share of the semiconductor equipment market. The market share for the top five equipment suppliers was virtually unchanged over the 1988 figure, 26.3%. Japan-based firms hold four of the top five position in 1989, as compared to only three in 1988. These are: Tokyo Electron Ltd., Nik ... See More
Key events drawn from archived documents in VLSI's library. These documents have ...
Key events drawn from archived documents in VLSI's library. These documents have been carefully selected for their historical significance. ... See more
The History of the invention of the Integrated Circuit. Why it wasn't so predict ...
The History of the invention of the Integrated Circuit. Why it wasn't so predictable. Corporate culture played no small part in influencing how a small west coast start-up named Fairchild and a company that mad ... See more
There are three market segments of the diffusion/oxidation equipment industry. T ...
There are three market segments of the diffusion/oxidation equipment industry. They are diffusion, high pressure oxidation and rapid thermal processing, as depicted in Figure 4.4.0-1. ... See more
The emergence of crystalline silicon and silicon-based material such as silicon- ...
The emergence of crystalline silicon and silicon-based material such as silicon-germanium as the premier material and the personnel driving the integrated circuit (IC) microelectronics revolution will be review ... See more
There are two essential applications for semiconductor lithography equipment. Th ...
There are two essential applications for semiconductor lithography equipment. They are lumped together here under the name 'microlithography and mask making'. The two segments consist of mask-making equipment a ... See more
Assembly equipment consists of those types of equipment used to separate the co ...
Assembly equipment consists of those types of equipment used to separate the completed wafer into its individual dice and to assemble each die into its own package. The assembly equipment market comprises roug ... See more
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