KLA-Tencor News

A Hayward man was sentenced to more than 230 years to life in state prison last week in connection to burglaries committed at high-tech firms in Milpitas in 2007.

Staff reporter, Shanghai; Esther Lam, DIGITIMES [Tuesday 15 July 2008] With China being one of the key hubs for semiconductor production and key market for semiconductor sales, leading process control and yield ...

Tencor is the world leader in yield management and process control solutions for semiconductor manufacturing and related industries.

Applied Materials shares are trading off sharply this morning after Citigroup's Timothy Arcuri cut his his rating on the stock to Hold from Buy.

Standard & Poor's Ratings Services said Thursday that its "BBB+" ratings and "Stable" outlook for KLA-Tencor Corp.

A company that manufactures semiconductor products used by computer-chip companies plans to close its Tucson facility and consolidate operations at its headquarters in Milpitas, Calif., and Singapore.

The Test and Packaging tech room hosts articles on semiconductor test and packaging topics.

“We started our manufacturing in Singapore two years ago, and the remarkable success of this operation laid the groundwork for our new expansion here”

SINGAPORE: KLA-Tencor , the leader in process control solutions for semiconductor manufacturing and related industries, celebrated the official opening of its new facility in Singapore. via CIOL

Siemens Home and Office Communication Devices is enlarging its portfolio of WiMAX end-user devices with the addition of an outdoor modem. via Business Wire

“Their Silicon Debug and Diagnostic technology is in alignment with KLA-Tencor ' s strategy to address design-dependent manufacturing, inspection and yield issues.”

Teseda Corporation, a leading silicon validation and failure analysis company, has closed a new investment round. via Earth Times

“However, for both 2006 and 2007, the semiconductor metrology/inspection market underperformed the overall semiconductor front-end wafer processing equipment market. 2006 was a disaster but 2007 was still bad.”

Press release, May 6; Esther Lam, DIGITIMES [Tuesday 6 May 2008] The semiconductor metrology/inspection equipment market grew only 7.2% in 2007, compared to a growth of 11% for the front-end wafer processing ... via DigiTimes

“His experience in the industry and semiconductor test will be a great addition to our Board.”

Electroglas, Inc. , a leading supplier of wafer probers and software solutions for the semiconductor industry, today announced that Jorge Titinger has been elected to the Company's Board of Directors effective ... via PrimeNewswire

Excluding items, earnings would have been $121 million, or 67 cents per share. Revenue fell 16% to $602 million. via SchaeffersResearch.com Daily Market Blog

Richard P. Wallace - CEO John Kispert - President and COO Analysts Presentation Operator Good afternoon. via Seeking Alpha

“Revenues declined sequentially during the first quarter of 2008, as a consequence of the weak condition of the semiconductor capital equipment market”

ICOS Vision Systems Corporation NV , a leading supplier of inspection solutions for the semiconductor industry, today announced its financial results for the first quarter ended March 31, 2008. via Market Wire

The Standard & Poor's 500 finished higher Wednesday, after upbeat earnings reports from several blue chip companies lifted the overall market. via Canadian Business Magazine

“We do the work for the mask maker”

Applied Materials Inc. has made its entry into the photomask inspection business, by rolling out a new tool based on a breakthrough aerial imaging technology. via Electronic Engineering Times Asia

Tencor today introduced its latest mask inspection technology, called Wafer Plane Inspection , a unique mask inspection technology that, for the first time in the industry, provides the versatility in a single ... via Business Wire

Semiconductor testing equipment maker KLA-Tencor Corp. said Tuesday it launched a tender offer for Leuven, Belgium-based ICOS Vision Systems Corp. via Forbes

MOST NOTEWORTHY: Apple, AstraZeneca and KLA-Tencor were today's noteworthy upgrades: Thomas Weisel upgraded Apple to Overweight from Market Weight, citing a re-set in FY08 expectations and expected growth from ... via Blogging Stocks