The Semiconductor Metrology Systems division of Carl Zeiss SMT has an immediate opening for an Application Engineer, located in Santa Clara, CA, and mainly servicing our Intel account.
09 November 2011Peter Smith has been brought on as CEO during a reshuffle at Voltaix. He
is replacing Mark Fine who served as interim CEO since January 2010. He
will have responsibility for a number of the company's strategic
initiatives and will oversee relationships with distributor partners
world-wide. Fine is taking up the post of president, in place of John de
Neufville, who will continue as the company's chief scientist,
overseeing chemical research and end-use applications development.
13 October 2011Having presented awards the previous day at the Semicon Europa Executive
Summit, Heinz Kundert himself received the IC Industry Award
for leadership, which was presented on October
12, 2011, at SEMICON Europa, in Dresden.
22 October 2010After a two-year term at solar equipment supplier Spire, Dr. Avishai
Kepten has returned to the semiconductor equipment sector as Vice
President and General Manager of Rudolph Technologies, Metrology
Business Unit. Dr. Kepten had previously spent six years at Novellus
Systems, as Director of Technology and Director of New Product
Development of the Electrofill Business Unit.
22 July 2009Arizona State University's (ASU) developed training program for professionals has announced details for the 2009 ‘Facility Manager's Development Program' (FMDP), due to start in September this year.
22 May 2009Further to its approximately 14% cut in staff numbers in October 2008 – only seven months ago, Axcelis Technologies, Inc. has again announced that it is letting staff go in a further attempt at cutting operating costs to stay competitive. Approximately 235 staff, or 20% of its global workforce will be axed from the company’s books, yielding an estimated $25 million in savings per annum.
16 April 2009Xilinx, Inc. has announced plans to restructure the company, including
getting rid of 6% of its workforce, or 200 employees, which would have
a pre-tax charge of US$11-US$13 million for the June quarter, mostly
dealing with severance pay expenses.