Latest Advanced Micro-Fabrication Equipment Inc. Stories

Company's New Single-Station Chamber Advanced Dielectric Etcher Qualified by Leading Korean Customer for Critical Flash Applications at 20nm and Below SHANGHAI and SEOUL, South Korea, April 10, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Advanced Micro-Fabrication Equipment Inc. (AMEC) said today that it has developed a Single-Station Chamber Advanced Dielectric Etcher (Primo SSC AD-RIE(TM)) capable of processing the most rigorous semiconductor applications. In less than 12 months, the Primo SSC AD-RIE...

Company debuts MOCVD Platform for low-cost high-volume manufacture of HB-LEDS, with extendibility to GaN-on-Silicon applications SHANGHAI, March 13, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- At SEMICON China next week, Advanced Micro-Fabrication Equipment Inc. (AMEC) will make its Solid-State Lighting (SSL) market debut with a new multi-reactor Metal Organic Chemical Vapor Deposition (MOCVD) cluster tool. The Prismo D-Blue(TM) MOCVD platform enables high-volume manufacturing of sophisticated GaN,...

SHANGHAI and SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 31, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Advanced Micro-Fabrication Equipment Inc. (AMEC) today appointed Andrew Chen as Vice President and Chief Financial Officer (CFO). An accomplished international finance and accounting executive, Chen has extensive operational experience as a CFO with diverse multinational corporations. At AMEC, he'll drive budgeting, treasury, risk-management, internal audits, compliance and investor relations. He reports to the...

SAN FRANCISCO and SHANGHAI, Sept. 19, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Today, Advanced Micro-Fabrication Equipment Inc. (AMEC) strengthened its global executive team by appointing Pat Walsh as Vice President and General Manager, US Region. A veteran of Applied Materials, Lam Research and other semiconductor equipment companies, Walsh will drive continued penetration of the US market for AMEC's advanced etch tools. Reporting to CEO Gerald Yin, he'll also start building out the...

SHANGHAI, TAIPEI and SAN FRANCISCO, July 23, 2012 /PRNewswire-Asia/ -- Advanced Micro-Fabrication Equipment Inc.(AMEC) announced today that it has prevailed again in patent litigation filed against AMEC subsidiaries by Lam Research Corporation(LAM) in Taiwan. Two judgments were rendered, from judicial forums of the highest level in Taiwan. The first involves LAM's allegation that AMEC infringes TW Patent I36706 (confinement ring). On July 11, the Taiwanese Supreme Court...

SHANGHAI and SAN FRANCISCO, March 19, 2012 /PRNewswire-Asia/ -- Today, at SEMICON China, the country's premier tradeshow for semiconductor equipment and materials, Advanced Micro-Fabrication Equipment Inc. (AMEC) announced that one of its second-generation dielectric etch tools, the Primo AD-RIE(TM) is now installed at leading Chinese foundry, SMIC. The customer will use the tool for process applications at nodes of 32/28nm and below. This is the first installation in China for the Primo...

SHANGHAI and SAN FRANCISCO, Calif., March 14, 2012 /PRNewswire-Asia/ -- Today, in a move that extends its market reach and broadens its product portfolio, Advanced Micro-Fabrication Equipment Inc. (AMEC) unveiled the Primo TSV200E(TM) - a compact, ultra high-productivity etch tool for 200mm wafer-level packaging, MEMS and 3DIC applications. Leveraging advanced etch technologies found in AMEC's Primo D-RIE(TM) and Primo AD-RIE(TM) tools, the new system will be used to build CMOS image...

SHANGHAI, SAN FRANCISCO and TAIPEI, Taiwan, Jan. 4, 2012 /PRNewswire-Asia/ -- Advanced Micro-Fabrication Equipment Inc. (AMEC) announced that it has prevailed again in litigation against AMEC subsidiaries by Lam Research Corporation (LAM) in Taiwan. In a decision rendered on Dec. 29, 2011, the Intellectual Property Court of Taiwan (IP Court) affirmed an earlier LAM defeat in the Taiwan Intellectual Property Office (TIPO). In its ruling, the IP Court upheld TIPO's position that LAM's TW...

SAN FRANCISCO, July 11, 2011 /PRNewswire-Asia/ -- This week at SEMICON West, Advanced Micro-Fabrication Equipment Inc. (AMEC) will launch the Primo AD-RIE(TM) tool - the company's second-generation 300mm very high frequency Advanced Decoupled Reactive Ion Etch (AD-RIE) system for 22nm and beyond critical process requirements. Leveraging the field-proven capabilities of the earlier Primo D-RIE(TM) tool, the Primo AD-RIE features technical innovations to tackle the challenges that complicate...

SHANGHAI, TAIPEI, and SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 25, 2011 /PRNewswire-Asia/ -- Advanced Micro-Fabrication Equipment Inc. (AMEC) announced that it has prevailed for the second time in a patent infringement lawsuit filed against AMEC subsidiaries by Lam Research Corporation (LAM) in the Intellectual Property Court of Taiwan ("IP Court"). In a decision rendered last Thursday, the IP Court dismissed LAM's appeal of its earlier trial court defeat. In a separate matter, AMEC also scored a victory in...