Market Research & Supply-Chain Analysis

TECHCET provides Business Intelligence and Analysis on the Electronics and Semiconductor Materials Markets through our annually published Critical Material ReportsTM (CMR). These market research…

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Markets & Competitive Landscaping

TECHCET’S Powerful Insight into the Electronic Materials industry uniquely qualifies competitive analysis and forecasting that is second to none. Our analysts are recognized for…

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IP (Intellectual Property) Development

Expert Witness & IP Work TECHCET’s deep technical knowledge and experience in the Electronic Materials Industry allow them to produce the highest-quality information for…

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M&A / Due Diligence

M & A – Mergers and Acquisition Due Diligence Years of expertise in the semiconductor materials and equipment sector enable TECHCET to identify the…

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CMP Materials Market to Reach $2.4B by 2022

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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CMC Conference 2018 Call For Papers

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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2017 Critical Materials Conference – It’s not like any other!

For Immediate Release 2017 CMC Conference A Highly Differentiated Program Brought to you by the CMC and TECHCET Register now! – May 11-12 event in Richardson, Texas San Diego, CA, April 18, 2017: TECHCET CA—the advisory service firm providing electronics materials information—and the Critical Materials Council (CMC) of semiconductor fabricators announce that Dr. Hans Stork, SVP and CTO of On Semiconductor, will provide the keynote address at the next…

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Germanium Can Take Transistors Where Silicon Can’t

Nearly 70 years ago, two physicists at Bell Telephone Laboratories—John Bardeen and Walter Brattain—pressed two thin gold contacts into a slab of germanium and made a third contact on the bottom of the slab. The flow of current through this configuration could be used to turn a small signal into a larger one. The result was the first transistor—the amplifier and switch that was, arguably, the greatest invention of…

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China’s SMIC eyes S. Korea’s Dongbu HiTek

October 25, 2016: China-based Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corp. is seeking to buy South Korea’s only foundry chipmaker Dongbu HiTek Co., industry sources said Monday, a move that is expected to bring changes to the intensely competitive market. “Dongbu HiTek has not held an open bidding (since December), and is seeking a private contract,” an official from the Korea Development Bank said. “The company is currently negotiating with SMIC, which…

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Veeco Announces Reduction in ALD Technology Investments

Veeco Announces Reduction in ALD Technology Investments and Guides Third Quarter 2016 Revenue to High End of Guidance Range PLAINVIEW, NY–(Marketwired – October 05, 2016) – Significantly reducing future investments in Atomic Layer Deposition (“ALD”) technology development ALD cost reductions expected to result in annualized savings of approximately $10 million Expecting to record pre-tax charges of between $56 and $62 million in Q3 2016, the vast majority of which…

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Nanya to invest NT$50 billion over next 2 years, says president

Taiwan-based DRAM maker Nanya Technology is looking to invest a total of NT$50 billion (US$1.6 billion) over the next two years to “enhance its product value rather than market share,” according to company president Pei-Ing Lee. Nanya will put its focus on new memory technologies including ReRAM and 3D XPoint, said Lee. Nanya recently issued a filing with the Taiwan Stock Exchange (TSE) disclosing a total of NT$343 million…

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Son of SoftBank to Invest $4.6 Bil. in Korea for Next 10 Years

Son Jeong-ui (or Masayoshi Son), chairman of SoftBank in Japan, will invest up to 5 trillion won (US$4.55 billion) in Korea for the next ten years. He is reportedly interested in making a large-scale investment in non-memory semiconductor chips so that he could propose a partnership model between Korea and Japan in the Internet-of-Things area. Mr. Son discussed his plans with President Park Geun-hye at Cheongwadae (Presidential Palace) on…

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Qualcomm in Talks to Acquire NXP Semiconductors

Qualcomm Inc. is in talks to acquire NXP Semiconductors NV, a deal that likely would cost more than $30 billion and accelerate a consolidation rush in the semiconductor industry. The companies could strike an agreement in the next two to three months, according to people familiar with the matter. As always, it is possible there won’t be one, and some of the people said Qualcomm is simultaneously exploring other…

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450mm And Other Emergency Measures

Talk about boosting wafer sizes from 300mm to 450mm has been creeping back into presentations and discussions at conferences over the past couple months. Earlier this year, discussions focused on panel-level packaging. These are basically similar approaches to the same problem, which is that wafers need to be larger to reap efficiencies out of device scaling. Whether either of these approaches ever materializes is questionable. The cost of developing…

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