CMP to cost $10 per wafer pass by 2003

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CMP employed for planarization of advanced integrated circuit (IC) interconnects is expected to decline in cost from its present price of almost $12 per wafer pass to $10 per wafer pass by 2003, according to research by O'Mara & Associates of Palo Alto, CA. The study also shows that other wafer production costs will also decline as a result of increased CMP use. Materials costs, for instance, are expected to decline to $2.-2 per wafer pass by 2003, from $2.44 per wafer pass presently. Direct costs are also likely to decrease as the use of automated equipment increases.

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World: CMP employed for planarization of integrated circuit interconnects likely to decline in cost to $10 a wafer pass by 2003

Integrated Circuits

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Japan's markets back on track

Article Abstract:

The Japanese semiconductor industry posted total sales of 3,654.97 billion yen in 1998, down by 11.4% from 1997, On a dollar denominated basis, the decline was even greater at 18.1% to $27,921.8 million in 1998. The Japanese market also dropped as fraction of the world market from 22.6% in 1997 to 20.1% in 1998, and is currently the smallest among four major semiconductor markets. The semiconductor production equipment industry also declined by 22.4% to 600.4 billion yen in 1998, with an even greater drop of 30.2% to $4,460.6 million on dollar-denominated basis.

Japan

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Market outlook: feast or famine through 2000

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Texas Instruments vice president and chief economist Dr. Vladi Catto predicted that the semiconductor industry will remain flat in 1998 but will begin to recover in 1999. The recovery of the industry, however, will depend on the pricing of DRAM and the balancing of semiconductor demand with supply as well as on the turnaround of the Asian market. Catto said the growth of the industry in the past years did not follow the long-term average of around 17%, but instead grew by less than 10% during its low periods or more than 20% during the boom periods.

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Chief economist Dr Vladi Catto of Texas Instruments predicts the semiconductor industry will begin to recover in 1999

Forecasts, trends, outlooks

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