To specifically address these issues and customers, San Jose-based semiconductor manufacturing equipment provider Novellus Systems Inc. today at SemiCon West launched its VECTOR Extreme PECVD system, ...

Wafer fabrication equipment supplier Lam Research (LRCX: 37.91, -1.57, -3.98%) unveiled a $3.3 billion all-stock buyout of Novellus (NVLS: 42.04, +7.34, +21.15%) late Wednesday in a deal that ...

SAN JOSE — Don't expect Novellus Systems Inc. to immediately begin bolting photoresist-stripping chambers or other surface-preparation systems onto its deposition equipment as a result of its planned ...

Novellus expects spending for wafer fab equipment in this year to be in the range of $30 to $32 billion and expect demand to be pushed in to '12. Guidance: For Q3 expect bookings to be down 15% to ...

SAN JOSE, Calif., Feb. 23, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Novellus Systems announced today that its subsidiary Peter Wolters GmbH has introduced a new version of its microLine double side lapping system ...

The company unveils the Vector, a tool that can process 12-inch silicon wafers for less than the cost of a comparable tool for 8-inch wafers. Novellus impresses chipmakers with cheaper tool - CNET X ...

Novellus Systems Inc. on Monday escalated its legal fight with chip-equipment rival Applied Materials ... used in machines that apply metallic layers onto wafers from which semiconductors are made.

Novellus claims that SOLA is a key enabler for a variety of advanced film applications, including transistor-level high-stress nitrides (HSN) and interconnect-level dense or porous low-k dielectrics.

SAN FRANCISCO (CBS.MW) -- In the late 1980s, Novellus Systems had only one product for manufacturing semiconductors. Now, the chip-equipment maker has five product lines focused on leading-edge ...

Lam Research Corp , a supplier of wafer fabrication equipment, agreed to buy smaller rival Novellus Systems Inc for $3.3 billion in stock as it looks to gain cutting-edge technology and become more ...