May

20

KLA-Tencor setup high-precision manufacturing plant in Singapore

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The world’s largest semiconductor metrology and yield management company, KLA-Tencor, has announced that it will setup its first Asian high precision manufacturing plant in Singapore. The reasons for picking Singapore are primary due to the island’s strong precision engineering and semiconductor industries. Around 70% of the KLA-Tencor’s customers are located in Asia. Setting up a manufacturing plant in Asia will further enhance the company’s service to its customers (Ref). The new facility will be located at 4 Serangoon North Ave 5, in Singapore.

Since the merger of KLA and Tencor in 1997, KLA-Tencor’s growth strategy is apparently through the acquisition of other smaller companies. Instead of relying solely on in-house R&D effort, KLA-Tencor has sought to expand its market share and technology through acquiring other companies. For example, last year KLA-Tencor acquired Therma-Wave, a metrology company specializing on inline thickness measurement. This year, it is going to acquire Belgium’s ICOS Vision Systems, a Belgium-based maker of inspection equipment for semiconductor packaging and interconnect applications. The ICOS acquisition signals an expansion for KLA-Tencor beyond semiconductor semgent to solar and LED segments (Ref).

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Sep

5

Two major Semiconductor events in Asia next week

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SEMICON Taiwan 2007

There are two upcoming semiconductor events in Asia next week. One is SEMICON Taiwan 2007, and the other one is Singapore Semiconductor Summit 2007.

SEMICON Taiwan is a premier event in the Asia’s semiconductor industry. This year event will run from September 12-14 at the Taipei World Trade Center. According to the organizers, the show floor has been sold out with over 730 exhibiting companies. The overwhelming response reflects the incredible state of Taiwan semiconductor industry. Taiwan has 10 300 mm fabs currently in production and another seven either under construction or equipping for operation. Nine 300 mm fabs are in the planning stage. To support this robust manufacturing activity, the Taiwan equipment market is forecasted to reach $7B by the end of 2007 and $8B in 2008 (Ref).

In conjunction to the SEMICON Taiwan, Entegris is organizing its own semiconductor conference at the Grand Hyatt which is next to the Taipei World Trade Center. A friend of mine working in Entegris is organizing this event. The Entegris conference will feature leading-edge solutions that enable optimization of current processes and provide future solutions for CMP, Photolithography and Wet Etch and Clean applications. I hope she could help me to write a blog on SEMICON Taiwan and Entegris’s conference after the events. :)

On the home ground, MIDAS, a new semiconductor industry association in Singapore, is organizing a one-day semiconductor summit at the Raffles Town Club. For details, click here. The keynote speakers of the event include:

  • Mr. Ulf Schneider, VP Infineon Technologies Asia Pacific
  • Mr. Chan Yong Choong, VP Corporate Development & Business Management STATSChipPAC
  • Mr. Damian Chan, Head Semiconductors Electronics Cluster, EDB
  • Dr. Markus Wachter, Managing Director German Institute of Science & Technology
  • Ms. Meenu Sarin, Director VLSI Consultancy
  • Prof. Yeo Kiat Seng, Head of Division for Circuits & Systems, NTU
  • Mr. BC Khou, CEO Trilobyte Technologies
  • Mr. Edwin Chow, Director Technology Innovation Division SPRING
  • Mr. Anthony Ng, CEO D’Crypt
  • Mr. John Tan, Lead Venture Partner Jafco Singapore

Enjoy some flash back of SEMICON Singapore 2007 below:

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