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SAVE THE DATE: October 30-31, 2018 San Diego, CA, July 09, 2018: TECHCET—the advisory services firm providing electronic materials information— announced that the 2018 Critical Materials Council (CMC) Seminar will be held in Ningbo, China in coordination with the IC Materials and Components Industry Technological Innovation Alliance (ICMtia) of China’s annual event. This will be a joint conference 2-day event, October 30-31, for registered attendees and members from both…

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Cobalt sources highly strategic through 2023 San Diego, CA, July 3, 2018: TECHCET—the advisory services firm providing electronic materials information— announced that strong growth in IC fabrication demand for atomic-layer deposition (ALD), chemical-vapor deposition (CVD), and spin-on dielectric (SOD) precursors should result in a combined global market size of US$1.3 billion by the year 2023. Specifically, metal precursors are expected to see a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of…

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Far-sighted Experts Recently with Gartner and SEMI, respectively TECHCET—the advisory services firm providing electronic materials information— announced that seasoned industry experts Dean Freeman and Dan Tracy have recently joined the firm as senior analysts. Freeman was most recently a Market Research Vice President for Gartner, and now covers Silicon Wafer markets and related supply-chains for TECHCET. Tracy was most recently the Senior Director of Industry Research and Statistics for…

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Silicon wafer revenues grew 21% in 2017 San Diego, CA, June 08, 2018: TECHCET—the advisory services firm providing electronic materials information— announced that global semiconductor wafer fabrication process materials market grew by 9 percent year-over-year (Y/Y) to reach US$41.4 billion in 2017. Silicon wafers are one of the main drivers for this growth, with the cumulative area of all wafer sizes shipped in millions of square inches (MSI) growing…

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Slurry and Pad Sub-Markets both ~6% CAGR San Diego, CA, January 18, 2018: TECHCET—the advisory services firm providing electronic materials information— announced that increased use of 3D structures in commercial ICs leads to the need for more Chemical-Mechanical Planarization (CMP) process steps in commercial IC fabrication to keep the different layers properly aligned. The growing importance of CMP technology will lead to steady growth in the market for consumable…

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Semiconductor manufacturing event to be held April 26–27 in Phoenix, Arizona San Diego, CA: The Critical Materials Council (CMC) of semiconductor fabricators and TECHCET announce a Call For Papers (CFP) to be presented at the 2018 CMC Conference, April 26-27, 2018 in Phoenix, Arizona. Like the first two CMC Conferences held in Dallas and Portland (cmcfabs.org/cmc-events/), the 2018 event will cover actionable technical and supply-chain information related to critical…

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