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vapor deposition (PVD), copper Electrofill?, photoresist and residue removal, and chemical mechanical planarization (CMP) systems. As circuit geometries shrink in size, the deposition, surface preparation and CMP equipment manufactured by Novellus becomes increasingly important technology for manufacturing advanced semiconductor devices.
front- and back-end markets. The Company possesses a strong technological base, state-of-the-art manufacturing facilities, a competent and qualified workforce and a highly trained, strategically distributed support network.
advanced network services. The company¡¯s industry-leading
semiconductor devices are designed into networking equipment that efficiently
delivers a variety of products and services for the core, metro, access,
enterprise, small office/home office (SOHO), data center and wireless
segments of the network.
to the global semiconductor industry, is one of the leading information
infrastructure providers.
As a core information infrastructure company, Applied Materials innovates
and commercializes the processing and manufacturing technology that helps
semiconductor manufacturers produce the world's most advanced chips.
To support customers around the world, Applied Materials employs approximately
12,000 people in over 70 locations throughout the United States, Europe,
Japan, Korea, Israel, Taiwan, Malaysia, Singapore and the People's Republic
of China.
advanced integrated circuits, software design tools, predefined system functions delivered as cores, and unparalleled field engineering support. Founded in 1984 and headquartered in San Jose, Calif., Xilinx invented the field programmable gate array (FPGA) and fulfills more than half of the world demand for these devices today. Xilinx solutions enable customers to reduce significantly the time required to develop products for the computer, peripheral, telecommunications, networking, industrial control, instrumentation, high-reliability/military, and consumer markets.
Texas Instruments Incorporated is the world leader in digital signal processing and
analog technologies, the semiconductor engines of the Internet age.
TI is a leader in the real-time technologies that help people communicate.
We are moving fast to drive the Internet age forward with semiconductor
solutions for large markets such as wireless and broadband access and
for new emerging markets such as digital cameras and digital audio.