With multiple investments announced by players, the Power SiC wafer front-end equipment market will peak at $5 billion in 2026. Besides the strong growth in the tool market, there are some concerns about future over-capacity and manufacturing challenges for technology transition.
Semiconductors
New Processes and Priorities Pose New SubFab Challenges
New process trends are creating new challenges for the equipment in the subfab, particularly vacuum pumps and gas abatements systems that must now handle new types of materials and their process byproducts, and at greater volumes
Wafer Fab Equipment: 2024 Revenue Holds Steady, Poised for 2025 Surge
Yole Group announces a 2024 revenue (calendar year) to increase by 1.3% year-on-year, reaching $108.1 billion, despite a 12% quarter-to-quarter drop in Q1 2024.
Optimizing Risk Mitigation in the Fab and Sub-Fab
Service is starting to come into the risk mitigation category, said Alex Smith, Vice President of Marketing, Semiconductor Service at Edwards.
KLA: 40 Years of Broadband Plasma Inspection
Broadband plasma inspectors use advanced optical and data processing technologies to discover critical defects on patterned wafers during chip manufacturing.
Bechtel: Now Is the Time for Digital Integration
We recently caught up with Dr. Evann Smith, the digital solutions manager for Bechtel’s Manufacturing & Technology business unit where they lead the strategic development and deployment of the digital ecosystem.
Edwards: How Cryogenics and High-Speed Vacuum Pumps Enable High Aspect Ratio Etch
Edwards has a new cryogenic chiller called Polycold that provides cryogenic wafer chuck cooling. The company also announced a new line of turbopumps.
SCREEN Focuses on Sustainability, New Coat/Develop Track Systems
SCREEN offers a diverse range of systems, from its flagship models for 300mm wafers, offering high functionality and superior productivity for the cutting-edge device market, to 200mm and under models that handle wafers of various sizes and shapes for the IoT device market
Silicon Photonics Light the Way Toward Large-Scale Applications in Quantum Information
Silicon-based frequency-entangled qubits enable secure quantum information distribution across a five-user quantum network without the need for trusted nodes.
Inorganic Ventures acquires PURE Analytical Laboratories
IV Labs Inc, the parent company of Inorganic Ventures, has acquired PURE Analytical Laboratories in a move to produce materials with higher purities than currently available and to create new, high-purity materials for emerging applications from semiconductors and computing to pharmaceuticals and diagnostic equipment.
