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.
10 February 2010Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corporation (SMIC) has made three new executive appointments: Chris Chi as chief business officer; Simon Yang as chief operating officer; and Gary Tseng as chief financial officer. Mr. Yang’s appointment as COO comes as a result of the recent resignation of Marco Mora from the same role.
09 February 2010Martin van den Brink, Executive Vice President of Technology and Marketing for ASML, has become the eleventh recipient of SEMI’s annual Bob Graham Award, which is awarded for outstanding contributions in semiconductor equipment and materials marketing. Van den Brink has been with ASML for 25 years, with 15 years as a technologist and more recently as a marketing executive.
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.
16 April 2009Qimonda AG has announced it will be cutting 1,000 employees from its
Portuguese unit, while also suspending the contracts of the 800
remaining workers for the next six months. This unit had stopped
production last month, since parts from Dresden’s Qimonda factory
failed to ship.