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SAN JOSE, CA – In 2010, worldwide silicon wafer area shipments increased 40% to 9.37 billion in2 compared to 2009, says SEMI. Revenues improved 45% year-over-year to $9.7 billion.
“Given current market forecasts, we are expecting solid demand for silicon wafers in 2011, although at a much more modest post-recovery rate,” said Dr. Volker Braetsch, chairman of SEMI SMG and corporate VP of Siltronic.
Wafer shipments are considered a leading indicator for future printed circuit board and electronics assembly orders.
The data include polished silicon wafers, including virgin test wafers, epitaxial silicon wafers, and non-polished silicon wafers shipped by the wafer manufacturers to the end-users.
WASHINGTON -- The US National Highway and Transportation Safety Administration and NASA this week issued their final report absolving Toyota's vehicles of malfunctions that caused unintended acceleration.
MUNICH -- Europe’s share of the component placement equipment market ticked up last quarter, according to industry sources.
ARLINGTON, VA – Jedec will undertake an effort to standardize hybrid memory modules.
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SAN JOSE – MEPTEC will sponsor its annual conference on thermal design management this March in San Jose.
The Heat is On: Performance and Cost Improvements through Thermal Management Design takes place March 21 at the Doubletree Hotel.
Sessions will provide in-depth discussions on challenges for various emerging applications and end markets, along with possible solutions and the resultant impact on cost and performance. This event will be part of the Electronics Thermal Week, co-sponsored by MEPTEC and SEMI-THERM.
For information, visit www.meptec.org/meptecthermal-th.html.
BANNOCKBURN, IL – IPC and National Physical Laboratory are sponsoring a Process Defect Clinic during the Apex trade show in April.
The clinic will feature process guru Bob Willis, who will assist show attendees with assembly and soldering process problems, RoHS compliance issues, solderability concerns, field failures and other process-related issues.
Attendees can bring board assemblies for examination or process problems, either by appointment (www.ipcapexexpo.org/my-show) or by visiting booth 217 during show hours.
Questions can be submitted in advance to processdefectclinic@ipc.org.
