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2006 Articles

22 May 2006 -- Better, faster, cheaper metrology

10 March 2006 -- New activation anneals help dopants stay put

2003 Articles

6 October 2003 -- Thermal processes struggle to achieve ideal devices

25 July 2003 -- Semicon West: industry soldiers on

9 May 2003 -- Failure analysis for improved yield

11 April 2003 -- Is the semiconductor industry cracking under its own weight?

20 February 2003 -- Organic semiconductors create new markets

2002 Articles

15 August 2002 -- Semicon West: Week in review

27 June 2002 -- New wet clean systems improve old standby

1 May 2002 -- Spintronics, a new nanoelectronics adventure

10 April 2002 -- MRS tackles MEMS materials issues

2 April 2002 -- Advanced light sources balance power, bandwidth

8 February 2002 -- 2002 Outlook: Crawling back from the bottom

23 January 2002 -- Nikon vs. ASML, Part II: The case in Federal District Court

16 January 2002 -- Nikon vs. ASML, Part I: Analyzing the ITC complaint

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2001 Articles

20 November 2001 -- DRAM market faces structural weakness

31 October 2001 -- IMEC prepares for sub-100 nm era

23 September 2001 -- What next for IC markets?

11 September 2001 -- Quantum computers tie computer science and quantum mechanics together

29 August 2001 -- Cost, manufacturability limit lithography extensions

2 August 2001 -- Dow Corning litigates HSQ patents

23 July 2001 -- Semicon West: Week in review

15 July 2001 -- Manufacturing MEMS

29 June 2001 -- Moving tool data for e-diagnostics

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Reference Section

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SEMI Book-to-bill ratio -- January, 2000 to June, 2007

SEAJ Book-to-bill ratio -- January, 2000 to June, 2007

Ratio of three-month moving average bookings to three-month moving average shipments for the North American and Japanese semiconductor equipment industries. Data from SEMI for North America, SEAJ for Japan. Chart updated monthly.

ICIS-LOR DIMM Price Report -- 21 March 2003 to 6 Aug 2004

North American, European, and Asian 30-day rolling average spot prices of 256 MB DIMMS (PC2100), in US dollars. Data from ICIS-LOR as reported by Nikkei BP. No updates after 6 August 2004.

ICIS-LOR DRAM Price Report -- 23 February 2001 to 24 October 2003

North American, European, and Asian 30-day rolling average contract prices of 128Mb DRAMs (PC133, 16M x 8), in US dollars. Data from ICIS-LOR as reported by Nikkei BP. No updates reported after 24 October 2003.

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