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December 2001

26 December 2001 -- DRAM prices edge upward (Nikkei BP) (chart)

20 December 2001 -- Equipment bookings bouncing along bottom (SEMI) (chart)

20 December 2001 -- IBM builds seven-qubit quantum computer (IBM)

19 December 2001 -- Motorola to rely on outsourcing, again (SBN)

18 December 2001 -- Canon rolls out 300-mm toolset (Canon)

14 December 2001 -- LEEPL leaps into NGL fray (EETimes)

12 December 2001 -- Finally, DRAM prices stabilize (Nikkei BP) (chart)

12 December 2001 -- Notes from IEDM, part 3

11 December 2001 -- UCSB researchers control electron spins (SF Chronicle)

6 December 2001 -- Hynix, Micron, seek different goals (Reuters)

4 December 2001 -- Notes from IEDM, part 2

3 December 2001 -- Notes from IEDM, part 1

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November 2001

30 November 2001 -- MRS: Integrating magnetic devices

27 November 2001 -- Recession here, but may be mild (AP)

27 November 2001 -- ASML abandons Micrascan V (SBN)

25 November 2001 -- Intel embraces SOI (SBN)

25 November 2001 -- DRAM squeeze gets political (Fin. Times)

20 November 2001 -- Equipment bookings creep up (SEMI) (view chart)

15 November 2001 -- Intel unveils 15-nm transistor (SBN)

15 November 2001 -- Magnetic semiconductors reach room temperature

14 November 2001 -- Motorola launches GaAs on Si unit (Reuters)

14 November 2001 -- DRAM spot prices jump, for now (SBN)

13 November 2001 -- Intel investigates exotic memory (SBN)

7 November 2001 -- SIA forecast calls for moderate 2002 (SBN)

7 November 2001 -- Wafer shipments down 17% (SEMI)

6 November 2001 -- Varian wins 300 mm implant orders

2 November 2001 -- Bell Labs researchers measure Casimir force (PRL)

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October 2001

26 October 2001 -- Fall forecast: moderate growth in 2002 (WSTS) (Adobe Acrobat needed)

25 October 2001 -- Read-Rite puts ALD in production

24 October 2001 -- Equipment book-to-bill edges up (SEMI) (view chart)

23 October 2001 -- Japanese chipmakers allege dumping (AP)

22 October 2001 -- IMEC tackles low-k packaging, RF CMOS

11 October 2001 -- Micron, Samsung squeeze competitors (Taipei Times)

10 October 2001 -- Cost, quality slow SOI adoption (SBN)

9 October 2001 -- Nobel committee recognizes Bose-Einstein condensate

5 October 2001 -- Too many mask writers chase too little business (SBN)

3 October 2001 -- Direct RDRAM sales jump (Nikkei BP) (view chart)

1 October 2001 -- FASB rethinking pro forma reporting (WaferNews)

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September 2001

27 September 2001 -- Etec e-beam writer targets 0.10 micron node (SBN)

21 September 2001 -- Skepticism greets 0.10 micron process standard (SBN)

20 September 2001 -- August book-to-bill edges down to 0.61 (SEMI)

20 September 2001 -- Motorola grows GaAs on silicon

19 September 2001 -- First GaAs foundry ramps up (Nikkei BP)

18 September 2001 -- Motorola makes EUV masks

16 September 2001 -- Air traffic halt disrupts supply chains (Fin. Times)

14 September 2001 -- Ruthlessness, anger, and terrorism

13 September 2001 -- Pushing back NGL (SBN)

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August 2001

30 August 2001 -- Fullerene superconductors reach 117°K (Reuters)

28 August 2001 -- IBM announces nanotube NOT gate (SBN)

24 August 2001 -- Intel demonstrates 20-nm transistor (Nikkei BP)

24 August 2001 -- Nakamura sues over blue LED patent (Japan Times)

21 August 2001 -- Lithography microprints neuron cultures (EETimes)

21 August 2001 -- Equipment bookings, book-to-bill trending up (SEMI)

20 August 2001 -- Fujitsu cuts 10% of workforce (Reuters)

15 August 2001 -- DRAM spot price reaches US$1 (Nikkei BP) (view chart)

14 August 2001 -- Good news! 2001 is more than half over (IC Insights)

12 August 2001 -- Internet freedom troubles governments (Mercury News)

9 August 2001 -- Artificial retina study takes next step (NYTimes, free registration required)

8 August 2001 -- Berkeley researchers rethink IC design (EETimes)

7 August 2001 -- MEMS offer big risks, big potential (SEMI)

3 August 2001 -- Prescription for Japan: unleash the vultures (Dismal Scientist)

2 August 2001 -- DRAM price slide continues (Nikkei BP)

1 August 2001 -- Intel pushes back 193 nm adoption (SBN)

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July 2001

25 July 2001 -- University at Albany building 300-mm research center (SBN)

24 July 2001 -- IMEC tackles limits of CMOS

24 July 2001 -- Equipment book-to-bill ratio edges up to 0.54 (SEMI)

20 July 2001 -- CaF₂ birefringence not a showstopper for 157-nm (SBN)

19 July 2001 -- Logic leads semiconductor Roadmap (SBN)

19 July 2001 -- Notes from Semicon West, part 2

16 July 2001 -- Notes from Semicon West, part 1

12 July 2001 -- Trikon helps ramp III-V manufacturing

11 July 2001 -- DRAM prices drop towards US$3 (Nikkei BP) (view chart)

10 July 2001 -- Gallium rush reaches Nevada (Compound Semiconductor)

4 July 2001 -- NSF to fund quantum chip effort (EETimes)

3 July 2001 -- Chip sales still sliding (SIA)

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June 2001

30 June 2001 -- The downside of globalization (Mercury News)

26 June 2001 -- FlexICs opens pilot facility (SBN)

26 June 2001 -- Intel plans 300 mm Oregon fab (AP)

26 June 2001 -- Brooks acquires CCS

22 June 2001 -- SEMI Book-to-bill at 0.46 (SEMI) (view chart)

21 June 2001 -- DRAM production cut as prices slide (Nikkei BP)

20 June 2001 -- 300 mm tools for implant, RTP

20 June 2001 -- Why is this page so ugly?

1 June 2001 -- Online chip sales take off (Electronic Business)

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