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SMIC Reports 2012 Second Quarter Results

2012-08-08 02:30:42

SHANGHAI, Aug. 8, 2012 /PRNewswire-Asia/ -- Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corporation (NYSE: SMI; SEHK: 981) ("SMIC" or the "Company"), one of the leading semiconductor foundries in the world, today announced its consolidated results of operations for the three months ended June 30, 2012. First Quarter 2012 Highlights: Record-high quarterly revenue of $421.8 million in 2Q12, which was up by 26.8% from $332.7 million in 1Q12 and jumped by 19.7% year...

Qcept Technologies Receives Order For ChemetriQ 5000 Non-Visual Defect Inspection System For 2X-nm And 1X-nm Process Development And Integration

2012-08-06 06:27:04

ATLANTA, Aug. 6, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Qcept Technologies Inc. today announced that it has received an order for its ChemetriQ(® )5000 non-visual defect (NVD) inspection system from a leading semiconductor technology innovator headquartered in North America. The ChemetriQ(®) 5000 system will be used to support the company's unit process development and process integration activities for advanced nodes, including 2X-nm and 1X-nm logic for both front-end-of-line and...

Amtech Systems to Announce Third Quarter Financial Results on August 9, 2012

2012-08-02 06:21:36

TEMPE, Ariz., Aug. 2, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Amtech Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ: ASYS), a global supplier of production and automation systems and related supplies for the manufacture of solar cells, semiconductors, and sapphire and silicon wafers, today announced that it will host a conference call to discuss the Company's financial results for the third quarter ended June 30, 2012 on Thursday, August 9, 2012 at 5:00 p.m. E.T. Executive Chairman J.S. Whang; President and CEO, Fokko...

NREL Expands Natcore's License To Develop "Black Silicon" Solar Cells

2012-08-02 02:26:38

RED BANK, N.J., Aug. 2, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- By adding new patents to its original license to Natcore Technology Inc. (TSX-V: NXT; NTCXF.PK), the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) has expanded that license under which Natcore will develop and commercialize a line of black silicon products based on NREL patents. "Black silicon" refers to the apparent color of the surface of a silicon wafer after it has been etched with nano-scale pores; the black color results from the...

FlipChip International Announces the Appointment of Weng Kay Lui as Asian Sales Director.

2012-08-01 02:30:23

PHOENIX, Aug. 1, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- FlipChip International - (FCI), the global technology leader in Wafer Level Packaging and flip chip bumping announced today the appointment of Weng Kay Lui as Asian Sales Director. Weng Kay Lui will be based in Shanghai and be responsible for Sales and Marketing in Asia, offering all FCI Global Services to the Semiconductor Industry, including the expanded Wafer Level Package capability being installed at FlipChip Millennium (Shanghai) - (FCMS),...

MEMC Schedules Second Quarter Conference Call

2012-07-27 02:25:19

ST. PETERS, Mo., July 27, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- MEMC Electronic Materials, Inc. (NYSE: WFR) invites investors to listen to a broadcast of the Company's conference call to discuss second quarter 2012 financial results. The live webcast will take place on Wednesday, August 8, 2012 at 8:00 a.m. Eastern Time at www.memc.com. Participating in the call will be Ahmad Chatila, Chief Executive Officer, and Brian Wuebbels, Chief Financial Officer. A replay of the call will be available until...

SCHMID Group Specifies Production Line for PERC Cells with an Efficiency of over 20%

2012-07-11 06:22:28

FREUDENSTADT, Germany, July 11, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- The world market leader is in the passing lane: With the license for SCHOTT's PERC technology, SCHMID has rounded off its production-ready technology portfolio and now supplies systems and processes for cells with an efficiency potential of over 20%, available as an individual upgrade or complete turnkey production line. In 2011, SCHOTT, in cooperation with SCHMID, had proved that an efficiency of 20.2% can be achieved with...

EV Group's GEMINI® Wafer Bonding System First to Pass Equipment Maturity Assessment Within SEMATECH's 3D Interconnect and Manufacturability Program

2012-07-10 10:29:08

SAN FRANCISCO, July 10, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- SEMICON West -- EV Group (EVG), a leading supplier of wafer bonding and lithography equipment for the MEMS, nanotechnology and semiconductor markets, today announced that its GEMINI(®) Automated Wafer Bonding System has become the first product to pass a systematic, rigorous Equipment Maturity Assessment (EMA) implemented within SEMATECH's 3D Interconnect program and ISMI's EMA team. The assessments of several critical 3D tools, announced...

High Performance LED Manufacturer Purchases TEL NEXX's Apollo PVD Tool

2012-07-10 10:28:32

BILLERICA, Mass., July 10, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- TEL NEXX, Inc., (TEL NEXX), a wholly owned subsidiary of Tokyo Electron U.S. Holdings and a leading supplier of advanced wafer packaging solutions, announces that a world leader in innovative High Performance LED technology has purchased an Apollo physical vapor deposition (PVD) system for an Asian manufacturing facility. The Apollo tool will help reduce the manufacturing costs of the supplier's unique LED structures and control overall...

EUVL Infrastructure Development Center, Inc. (EIDEC) Adopts Defect Printability Simulation Software from Luminescent Technologies for its Mask Development Program

2012-07-10 02:32:49

PALO ALTO, Calif., July 10, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Luminescent Technologies, Inc., the leading provider of Computational Metrology and Inspection solutions for the global semiconductor manufacturing industry, announced today that EIDEC, an industry consortium focused on advancing technologies needed to support Extreme Ultraviolet Lithography (EUVL) production has adopted Luminescent's EUV Defect Printability Simulator (DPS) software for EIDEC's EUV mask development program. DPS is an...