Sony Ericsson 3Q loss widens; gets new financing Oct 16, 2009
ASML Holding NV, a key supplier to computer chip makers, reported Wednesday a net profit of euro20 million ($29. 7 million) for the third quarter, ending a nine-month streak of losses, and said new orders had increased sharply. (Fresno Bee -- Business)
* ASML breaks nine months of losses as orders increase Oct 15, 2009
ASML Holding NV, a key supplier to computer chip makers, reported yesterday a net profit of 20 million euros (US$29. 7 million) for the third quarter, ending a nine-month streak of losses and said new orders had increased sharply. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World)
Analysis: TI fab ramp puts analog rivals on notice Oct 2, 2009
The deal included i-line and 248-nm scanners from ASML Holding NV and Nikon Corp. To ramp up RFAB, TI will need to buy only 6 more tools, including epitaxial reactors and furnaces. TI plans to move this equipment from Virginia to the Richardson fab. (EETimes)
Canon struggles in litho as tool prices soar Sep 19, 2009
Now, for the most part, there are only two lithography suppliers at the leading-edge: ASML Holding NV of the Netherlands and Nikon Corp. of Japan, said G. Dan Hutcheson, president of VLSI Research Inc. ''Canon has developed a leading-edge (193-nm) tool,'' Hutcheson said. The problem is ''everyone has bought a tool (from either ASML or Nikon) and no one wants to switch. (EETimes)
ASML upgrades guidance for rest of '09 Sep 11, 2009
LONDON In a better than anticipated guidance note, ASML Holding NV (Veldhoven, the Netherlands) says its business has picked up over the past months. The Dutch lithography gear vendor says the main reason is due to improved short- and mid-term orders from makers of DRAMs and logic devices. (EETimes)
GlobalFoundries outlines roadmap, plans to break fab ground Jul 21, 2009
For critical layers, GlobalFoundries' main lithography vendor is ASML Holding NV. ''We are also engaged with Nikon and Canon,'' Sonderman said. For low-k at 45-nm, the company is using Applied Materials Inc.'s Black Diamond films. (EETimes)
Intel pushes 193-nm litho down to 15-nm Jun 20, 2009
Hynix, IMEC, Intel, Samsung, Toshiba and possibly TSMC are the initial customers for ASML Holding NV's ''pre-production'' EUV lithography tool, according to an analyst. Intel is also working with Nikon in EUV. Nikon is building a tool within its headquarters in Japan. (EETimes)
ASML tips roadmap for EUV litho production platform Jun 6, 2009
BRUSSELS, Belgium ASML Holding NV (Veldhoven, The Netherlands) tipped a roadmap for the introduction of its first extreme ultraviolet (EUV) lithography machines at the IMEC Technology Forum. The company is proposing a single platform approach with series of machines expected to show improving characteristics that will provide flexibility for the insertion of EUVL in the chip manufacturing process, and a gradual migration of the platform from pre-production to mass-production status. (EETimes)
Nikon's fab tool unit to cut 1,000 jobs May 27, 2009
Nikon is the world's second largest lithography vendor, next to ASML Holding NV of the Netherlands. One of Nikon's biggest customers is Intel Corp., which is buying fab gear. (EETimes)
Stocks Gain in Europe After Citigroup, GE Beat Estimates; Barclays Climbs Apr 18, 2009
ASML Holding NV, Europes largest maker of semiconductor equipment, rallied 5. 8 percent to 15. (Bloomberg -- Europe)
TSMC tips litho roadmap, backs maskless Feb 28, 2009
Spacer is a double patterning technique that uses deposition, anisotropic (directional) etching and trimming to produce smaller features on chips,'' according to ASML Holding NV. ... The company's main tool supplier--ASML Holding NV--is currently selling a ''pre-production'' EUV tool, which will ship next year. (EETimes)
IBM, AMD push 16-nm EUV effort despite tool delay Feb 25, 2009
-- ASML Holding NV has slightly delayed the delivery schedule for its ''pre-production'' extreme ultraviolet (EUV) lithography tool by a quarter or so. Despite a minor slip, ASML of the Netherlands claims that it has processed 28-nm devices with its Rlithography tool. (EETimes)
