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IBM`s 300mm Semiconductor Facility In New York State (East Fishkill) Has
IBM's 300mm semiconductor facility in New York state (East Fishkill) has
been opened. The $2.5bn investment will house both development and
manufacturing. Work on prototype customer designs has begun and the facility
is on-schedule to begin volume manufacturing later this year. The new
facility covers an area of 12,000m2 and is designed to support the creation
of chips with circuits smaller than 100nm.
Air Products and Chemicals is making a multi-$mn investment in an ultra-high
purity ammonia distillation plant at its Pennsylvania electronic gases
manufacturing complex. The facility is due to be onstream this autumn,
producing the company's "White Ammonia" (NH3) with a minimum purity of
99.99996% (6.6) and a targeted purity of 99.99999+% (7.0+). Target
applications are compound semiconductors (LEDs, lasers and laser diodes,
photodiodes, and high power transistors and ICs), 300mm semiconductor fabs
and flat panel displays. .
Genus has made a binding commitment to obtain financing of at least $7.5mn
through a private placement of subordinated notes and warrants convertible
into or exercisable for its common stock. The company anticipates completing
the transaction this month. Proceeds are to fund the next phases of
commercialisation of its atomic layer deposition technology. Primarily this
will include funding additional inventory, sales and support to address new
customers, working capital, and other general corporate purposes.
FEI has bought a new campus in Oregon to consolidate its local operations at
one site and provide room for expansion. One building on the site covers
6000m2 with space for offices and another has 10,000m2 for R&D and
manufacturing. Semiconductor cleanroom space and facilities, as well as
demonstration labs, will be included. FEI will begin moving operations,
currently housed in five separate buildings, to the new site later this
year. FEI's total investment in the new location will be $23mn. The new
campus was previously owned by Tokyo Electron. The company is due to merge
with Veeco (Bulletin 441, July 15, 2002), making a a new firm with 2900
employees. The new site could be home to more than 500 Veeco FEI employees.
purity ammonia distillation plant at its Pennsylvania electronic gases
manufacturing complex. The facility is due to be onstream this autumn,
producing the company's "White Ammonia" (NH3) with a minimum purity of
99.99996% (6.6) and a targeted purity of 99.99999+% (7.0+). Target
applications are compound semiconductors (LEDs, lasers and laser diodes,
photodiodes, and high power transistors and ICs), 300mm semiconductor fabs
and flat panel displays. .
Genus has made a binding commitment to obtain financing of at least $7.5mn
through a private placement of subordinated notes and warrants convertible
into or exercisable for its common stock. The company anticipates completing
the transaction this month. Proceeds are to fund the next phases of
commercialisation of its atomic layer deposition technology. Primarily this
will include funding additional inventory, sales and support to address new
customers, working capital, and other general corporate purposes.
FEI has bought a new campus in Oregon to consolidate its local operations at
one site and provide room for expansion. One building on the site covers
6000m2 with space for offices and another has 10,000m2 for R&D and
manufacturing. Semiconductor cleanroom space and facilities, as well as
demonstration labs, will be included. FEI will begin moving operations,
currently housed in five separate buildings, to the new site later this
year. FEI's total investment in the new location will be $23mn. The new
campus was previously owned by Tokyo Electron. The company is due to merge
with Veeco (Bulletin 441, July 15, 2002), making a a new firm with 2900
employees. The new site could be home to more than 500 Veeco FEI employees.
