Although Carlo Bozotti, CEO of STMicroelectronics, has cut his forecast for semiconductor industry growth this year to between four and five per cent, Malcolm Penn, CEO of Future Horizons reckons: "We can't make it much less than 7 per cent growth this year, and the balance of probability is in the 10 per cent region."
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UK plastic electronics centre building finished
<p>30jul08Petec</p> <p>Building work at the Printable Electronics Technology Centre (PETEC) in Sedgefield has been completed.</p> <p>Based at NETPark, the Centre...</p>
Allocation, price increases and fights for wafers in 2009
Allocation, rationing, higher prices and a fight for wafers are the inevitable fate of the semiconductor industry next year, according to Malcolm Penn, CEO of Future Horizons, speaking at his company's mid-term forecast meeting, IFS2008-MT, in London today.
SEMI Cold-Shoulders 450mm
<p>The semiconductor industry cannot afford the R&D costs for both shrinking transistors and moving to 450mm wafers according to a report from Equipment Productivity...</p>
Immersion buoys ASML
Despite fears of a downturn in spending in the semiconductor equipment industry, immersion lithography is keeping ASML buoyant, as the company shipped 16 immersion systems and got new orders for 33 (29 new and four used) in Q2.
TSMC cheers up chip industry
Good news for the stability of the chip market is that the leading foundry, TSMC, reckons Q3 sales will be better than Q2 and that the semiconductor market will grow 5 per cent this year.
Oil price adds to problems for manufacturers
Fuel prices continue to escalate, with concerns over US domestic stocks leading to the price of crude hitting a record high of $135 a barrel - and with no indication of a slowdown in the immediate future
IQE expands wafer capacity to meet US orders
IQE has announced significant orders from its largest customers for various products from the semiconductor wafer manufacturer's New Jersey facility
The Electronics Weekly news roundup – East Kilbride, Intel, Evan Steadman
A pick of the main stories crossing the ElectronicsWeekly.com News Index this week, from Intel fines for antitrust behaviour and lay-offs at Spansion, to the East Kilbride fab closing and an obituary for Evan Steadman...
East Kilbride fab closing, R&D remains
Freescale concedes that a sale of the company's fab at East Kilbride now looks 'unlikely' and that, while consultation continues, 'the focus will now be on the proposed closure of the fab' with the loss of 850 jobs.
