August 2006

Cover Story

MEMS enters the age of mass production

Special Feature

LG.Philips LCD's 7th generation LCD plant aims to gain upper hand with 42 inch panels

Inside LSI

Toshiba implements all-new wiring technology for 32nm, incorporating self-forming barrier process

Inside LSI

Samsung unveils strategy for technology to extend the life of flash memory

Inside EDA

Small-sized, low power consumption massively parallel processor core that can be integrated into consumer SoC

Report LSI (ASML)

ASML's new technology

Report LSI

"SEMICON West 2006" report

Report LSI

With an aim to address reformed production, new MIRAIs reduce variations and the number of wiring layers

Report LSI

M-Systems develops 4-bit/cell flash memory technology

Report LSI

Cell-based IC for consumer products used for high-speed server chip

Report

Flash report from "SINO CES"

Emerging Technology

Transistor and flash memory realized in one device

Key Word

Robust transistor

KeyPerson

Professor Esashi of Tohoku University: "MEMS has penetrated the field of electronics components"

KeyPerson (Samsung)

Silicon through via interconnection technology to be placed at the central core of package strategy

Interview

Hitachi Chemical Company discusses its strategy on CMP slurry business

New Products

Mask inspection system/NuFlare Technology, Inc.
Liquid crystal viscosity coefficient measurement system / Micronics Japan Co., Ltd.
Vacuum robot/ULVAC, Inc.
Driver IC for mobile phone LCD /  NEC Electronics Corp.
Laser scanning equipment for marking barcode on LCD glass substrate. /
YE Data Inc.
3 dimensional router for IC design/Cadence Design Systems, Inc.