Copyright © 2013 Knight Sac Media. All rights reserved.http://www.siliconinvestor.com/subject.aspx?subjectid=15042Any input on this company? The stock has performed very well. Is it overvalued compared to SVGI and UTEK? -Ritzhttp://www.siliconinvestor.com/images/Logo380x132.pnghttp://www.siliconinvestor.com/subject.aspx?subjectid=1504238013210FUBHOJapan’s Ushio will discontinue its R&D for EUV light sources and will sell its EUV service business to ASML. That means the market has only two EUV source vendors—ASML’s Cymer unit and Gigaphoton. “Ushio’s subsidiary, Xtreme Technologies, competes with Cymer, which was recently acquired by ASML, thus symbolizing an en...http://www.siliconinvestor.com/readmsg.aspx?msgid=288922065/13/2013 7:55:20 PMFUBHO TSMC reiterates plans for 18-inch wafer manufacturing Josephine Lien, Taipei; Jessie Shen, DIGITIMES [Friday 10 May 2013] Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) has reiterated plans to build its first 450mm (18-inch) pilot production lines, which will offer FinFET transistor technology at 10nm and 7nm nodes...http://www.siliconinvestor.com/readmsg.aspx?msgid=288860485/10/2013 12:24:54 AMFUBHOThe secrets of 14nm lithography 03/28/2013 By Gandharv Bhatara, Mentor Graphics Gandharv Bhatara is the product marketing manager for OPC technologies at Mentor Graphics. The long-expected demise of optical lithography for manufacturing ICs has been delayed again, even though the technology itself has reached a pla...http://www.siliconinvestor.com/readmsg.aspx?msgid=288085043/31/2013 1:32:38 PMFUBHOAt SPIE, ASMLHolding disclosed various milestones with its extreme ultraviolet (EUV) lithography technology. ASML’s EUV production tool, dubbed the NXE:3300B, has demonstrated resolutions of 13nm for lines and spaces and 18nm contact holes. In addition, ASML demonstrated a 40-Watt source with dose control and under go...http://www.siliconinvestor.com/readmsg.aspx?msgid=287602133/5/2013 12:16:54 AMFUBHOAt SPIE, ASMLHolding disclosed various milestones with its extreme ultraviolet (EUV) lithography technology. ASML’s EUV production tool, dubbed the NXE:3300B, has demonstrated resolutions of 13nm for lines and spaces and 18nm contact holes. In addition, ASML demonstrated a 40-Watt source with dose control and under go...http://www.siliconinvestor.com/readmsg.aspx?msgid=287602123/5/2013 12:16:53 AMFUBHO IEDM: Moore’s Law seen hitting big bump at 14 nm Rick Merritt12/11/2012 12:01 AM EST SAN FRANCISCO – Chips made at the 14-nm process node may deliver as little as half the typical 30 percent performance increase—and still carry a hefty cost premium--due to the lack of next-generation lithography needed to make them ...http://www.siliconinvestor.com/readmsg.aspx?msgid=287347762/19/2013 4:50:25 PMFUBHOISSCC: ASML says EUV best option at 10nm Rick Merritt2/19/2013 3:21 AM EST SAN FRANCISCO, Calif. – ASML reported incremental progress on extreme ultraviolet lithography which it said will be the best option for making chips starting at the 10 nm node and below. An executive was more cautious about the outlook for 450m...http://www.siliconinvestor.com/readmsg.aspx?msgid=287341362/19/2013 12:12:42 PMFUBHOASML and Cymer to tackle EUV together Brian Bailey10/17/2012 9:49 AM EDT http://www.eetimes.com/electronics-news/4398770/ASML-and-Cymer-to-tackle-EUV-together Extreme Ultraviolet (EUV) semiconductor lithography is seen as one of the necessary advances for smaller geometries, and yet there have been many doubters as ...http://www.siliconinvestor.com/readmsg.aspx?msgid=2847983910/17/2012 2:20:26 PMFUBHOASML to acquire Cymer to accelerate development of EUV technology [graphic]Press Release: Cymer, Inc. – 49 minutes ago VELDHOVEN, the Netherlands, and SAN DIEGO, Oct. 17, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- ASML Holding NV [ASML], a leading provider of lithography systems for the semiconductor industry, and Cymer, Inc. [CYMI], a le...http://www.siliconinvestor.com/readmsg.aspx?msgid=2847848010/17/2012 2:01:57 AMFUBHOMoore's Law threatened by lithography woes Rick Merritt10/5/2012 9:26 AM EDT LEUVEN, Belgium – Moore's Law, the engine of semiconductor innovation for decades, is losing steam due to delayed introduction of next-generation extreme ultraviolet lithography. That was the verdict of experts at the 2012 International Sympo...http://www.siliconinvestor.com/readmsg.aspx?msgid=2845660410/5/2012 9:07:28 PMFUBHO ASML outlines a FinFET process 'two-step' Peter Clarke eetimes.com  7/20/2012 6:56 AM EDT LONDON – Eric Meurice, CEO of lithography equipment supplier ASML Holding NV (Veldhoven, The Netherlands), has explained how he expects logic process nodes to roll out over the next several years. The IC miniaturization progre...http://www.siliconinvestor.com/readmsg.aspx?msgid=282798917/20/2012 9:32:11 AMFUBHOEUV for R&D use will also contribute to 2013 sales as we will ship up to 11 systems of 3300 as we planned now for a long time. These will not contribute to production by customers. They will be only used for recipe engineering; but this will create nearly €800 million of revenue for ASML which add to the base sales...http://www.siliconinvestor.com/readmsg.aspx?msgid=282760907/18/2012 6:30:02 PMFUBHOhttp://www.electroiq.com/blogs/chipworks_real_chips_blog/2012/07/the-elephant-has-left-the-room-450-mm-is-a-go.html[graphic]http://www.siliconinvestor.com/readmsg.aspx?msgid=282580957/10/2012 7:14:45 PMFUBHOEUV startup in talks with ASML, seeks $5 million eetimes.com  Peter Clarke7/9/2012 9:15 AM EDT LONDON – Extreme ultraviolet light source startup Zplasma Inc. (Seattle, Wash.) is in talks with a number of companies in the EUV lithography sector, including light source suppliers and leading lithography equipment maker...http://www.siliconinvestor.com/readmsg.aspx?msgid=282544557/9/2012 10:13:49 AMFUBHOCymer demos 50W EUV lithography litho source electroiq.com  June 3, 2012 -- Cymer presented at Barclays Capital’s BarCap 2012 Global TMT Conference, providing information on semiconductor makers’ transition from deep ultra violet (DUV) to extreme ultraviolet (EUV) lithography, pre-pulse technology demonstrations, an...http://www.siliconinvestor.com/readmsg.aspx?msgid=281872616/4/2012 5:30:01 PMFUBHO DRAM, foundry logic in race to use EUV, says ASML eetimes.com  Peter Clarke4/19/2012 8:24 AM EDT LONDON – A couple of set-backs for developers of sub 20-nm manufacturing processes in recent months have accentuated the need for EUV lithography to come good and are likely to drive demand for the technology in 2014, ac...http://www.siliconinvestor.com/readmsg.aspx?msgid=280926714/19/2012 12:54:13 PMFUBHO Source problems cause EUV revenue delay, says ASML eetimes.com  Peter Clarke4/19/2012 8:14 AM EDT LONDON – Lithography equipment developer ASML Holding NV (Veldhoven, The Netherlands) has said that a delay in the availability of illumination power sources has prompted it to push out revenue recognition on the first...http://www.siliconinvestor.com/readmsg.aspx?msgid=280926704/19/2012 12:53:50 PMFUBHOAnalyst: EUV Misses 14nm Node and Now Aims for 10nm By Mark LaPedus, SemiMD senior editor semimd.com  Extreme ultraviolet (EUV) lithography has missed the 20nm — and the 14nm — process nodes, according to an analyst, who added that the tool technology is down but not out of the running. At last count, EUV was suppo...http://www.siliconinvestor.com/readmsg.aspx?msgid=279785612/28/2012 7:29:03 PMFUBHOIntel Wants EUV but Keeps Lithography Options Open semimd.com  By Mark LaPedus, SemiMD senior editor During the LithoVision 2012 technology conference in San Jose, Calif. on Sunday (Feb. 12), Intel Corp. reiterated its plans to insert extreme ultraviolet (EUV) lithography as its first choice for the 10nm node, but...http://www.siliconinvestor.com/readmsg.aspx?msgid=279463802/13/2012 4:05:14 PMFUBHOASML Announces 2011 Fourth Quarter and Full Year Results ASML achieves record 2011 sales and sees continued strength in H1 2012 Press Release: ASML Holding NV – 8 hours ago VELDHOVEN, Netherlands--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- ASML Holding NV (ASML) (NASDAQ: ASML - News) (Amsterdam: ASML - News) today publishes 2011 fourth ...http://www.siliconinvestor.com/readmsg.aspx?msgid=278877811/18/2012 9:26:47 AMFUBHOIntel Invests in IMS Nanofabrication For Sub-22nm Semiconductor Design Tools itproportal.com  Intel's announcement of test hardware based on a 14nm process size has been joined by the company's funding arm, Intel Capital, investing in nanometre scale mask and direct write lithography imaging technology outfit IMS N...http://www.siliconinvestor.com/readmsg.aspx?msgid=2781582012/9/2011 6:48:17 PMFUBHOASML’s EUV Roadmap Points to New Wavelength http://semimd.com/blog/2011/11/25/asml%E2%80%99s-euv-roadmap-points-to-new-wavelength/ By Mark LaPedus, SemiMD senior editor ASML Holding NV has just begun to ship its first pre-production, extreme ultraviolet (EUV) lithography tools based on 13.5nm wavelength technolo...http://www.siliconinvestor.com/readmsg.aspx?msgid=2779343211/29/2011 1:28:19 PMFUBHOhttp://www.siliconinvestor.com/readmsg.aspx?msgid=2769614710/12/2011 6:12:18 AMFUBHOTSMC says equipment vendors late for 14 nm Rick Merritt 9/7/2011 6:08 AM EDT eetimes.com  New transistors needed at 14nm [graphic] 8Lithography costs soar for immersion at 14nm, TSMC said. Chiang suggested immersion lithography would be too expensive at 14 nm, exceeding traditional guidelines of half the capital...http://www.siliconinvestor.com/readmsg.aspx?msgid=276211859/7/2011 1:43:50 PMFUBHO TSMC ready to flip the switch on EUV Rick Merritt9/6/2011 7:09 AM EDT http://www.eetimes.com/electronics-news/4219635/TSMC-ready-to-flip-the-switch-on-EUV TAIPEI – Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. will switch on its first extreme ultraviolet machine in two weeks. The milestone marks the next step in the ...http://www.siliconinvestor.com/readmsg.aspx?msgid=276190909/6/2011 4:41:53 PM