Press Releases
June 10, 2009
SVTC Technologies & PDF Solutions Collaborate to Expand Customer Capabilities
San Jose, CA, June 10, 2009 – SVTC Technologies and PDF Solutions, Inc. have formed a strategic agreement to bring leading-edge product development and yield management services to each other's customers, while creating a platform for seeking mutual clients.
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June 4, 2009
SVTC Enables Schiltron to Produce Smallest Thin-Film Silicon Transistors for 3D Flash Memories
San Jose, CA, June 4, 2009 – SVTC Technologies, a leading independent company providing technology development and commercialization services to global clients, has partnered with startup Schiltron Corporation to produce the smallest silicon-based thin-film transistors ever made, with 48 nm gate length and 35 nm channel thickness.
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June 1, 2009
SVTC Delivers Millionth Test Wafer
Sapporo, Japan (1 June 2009) – SVTC Technologies, the leading provider of development and commercialization services for silicon-based technologies, today marked the delivery of over a million test wafers by honoring a key customer at the 2009 IEEE International Interconnect Technology Conference (IITC).
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May 6, 2009
SVTC Technologies Receives Additional Funding
San Jose, CA and Austin, TX. May 6, 2009 – SVTC Technologies, a leading provider of development and commercialization services for silicon-based technologies, announced that the company has raised an additional $34 million from its existing investors, Oak Hill Capital Partners and Tallwood Venture Capital.
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April 7, 2009
SVTC Technologies Names Dr. Kenneth Kin to Board of Directors
San Jose, CA, April 7, 2009—SVTC Technologies, (www.svtc.com), a leading independent company providing technology development and commercialization services to global clients, has named renowned semiconductor marketing strategist Dr. Kenneth Kin to its Board of Directors.
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March 9, 2009
SVTC expands its Analytical Services to include new markets
PITTCON CONFERENCE, Chicago, IL, March 9, 2009—SVTC Technologies, (www.svtc.com), a leading independent company providing development and commercialization services for silicon-based technologies, today announced an expansion of its Analytical Services capabilities to encompass markets beyond its traditional base of silicon chip-based industries.
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February 3, 2009
SVTC Announces 300 mm CMP Partnership with Entrepix
SAN JOSE, Calif., February 3, 2009 — SVTC Technologies (www.svtc.com) today announced a partnership with Entrepix, Inc., (www.entrepix.com) to provide 300 mm chemical mechanical polishing (CMP) development and production services for customers who use the Tool Access Program (TAP) at the SVTC fab in Austin, Texas. CMP is a critical process step in semiconductor manufacturing.
January 13, 2009
SVTC Announces New CEO Joseph R. Bronson
SAN JOSE, Calif., (January 13, 2009) — SVTC Technologies, a leading independent company providing development and commercialization services for silicon-based technologies, today announced that Joseph R. Bronson has become Chief Executive Officer. Bronson has more than two decades of experience in the semiconductor industry.
July 14, 2008
SVTC expands MEMS capabilities
SEMICON, SAN FRANCISCO, (July 14, 2008) — To meet the need for advanced micro-electromechanical systems (MEMS) tools, SVTC Technologies, a leading independent semiconductor process-development fab, announced that it has expanded its capabilities to enable customers to move toward the next generation of MEMS processing.
June 25, 2008
SVTC Technologies Launches Photovoltaic Development Center to Accelerate Solar Energy Industry Product Innovation
SAN JOSE, Calif. (June 25, 2008) — SVTC Technologies, the independent semiconductor process-development fab, announced that its SVTC Solar business unit has launched the Silicon Valley Photovoltaic Development Center. The center will provide the burgeoning solar industry with the infrastructure – including development equipment, support and engineering services – required to create and commercialize innovative solar energy products...
June 25, 2008
SVTC Solar Partners With Roth & Rau to Provide Complete Solar Cell Manufacturing Line
SAN JOSE, Calif. (June 25, 2008) — SVTC Technologies, a leading independent semiconductor process-development fab, announced that it has signed a collaboration agreement with world-recognized solar equipment manufacturer Roth & Rau AG of Germany. Under the agreement, Roth & Rau will collaborate with SVTC's Solar business unit and provide a complete silicon wafer solar cell development and manufacturing line for SVTC Solar's new Silicon Valley Photovoltaic Development Center...
June 25, 2008
JA Solar to Develop New Solar Cell Products at the Silicon Valley Photovoltaic Development Center
SAN JOSE, Calif. (June 25, 2008) — SVTC Technologies, a leading independent semiconductor process-development fab, announced that its SVTC Solar business unit has welcomed JA Solar as a customer for its new Silicon Valley Photovoltaic Development Center. JA Solar, a China-based manufacturer of high-performance silicon wafer solar cells, will use the center to develop new products for the solar market...
June 24, 2008
South San Jose's Industrial Park Emerges as a Manufacturing Hub
SAN JOSE, Calif.ñ Moving a step closer to realizing San José's Green Vision goal of adding 25,000 Clean Tech jobs in 15 years, the San Jose Redevelopment Agency unanimously approved an agreement to bring SVTC Solar to the emerging solar cluster in the City's Edenvale area...
June 2, 2008
Nantero and SVTC Make Carbon Nanotube Capability Available for Next-Generation Electronics
WOBURN, Mass. June 2, 2008 - Nantero Inc., a nanotechnology company using carbon nanotubes (CNTs) for the development of next-generation semiconductor devices, has announced a collaboration with SVTC Technologies to accelerate the commercialization of nanotube-based electronics products. Nantero has developed a “CMOS-friendly” proprietary CNT process that it will install at SVTC’s two state-of-the-art development fabs, in San Jose, Calif., and Austin, Texas...
April 28, 2008
SVTC SIGNS BUILDING LEASE FOR SVTC SOLAR; HIRES SOLAR INDUSTRY VETERAN KURT LAETZ
SAN JOSE, Calif. April 28, 2008 - Signaling its expansion into the fast-growing photovoltaic industry, SVTC Technologies, a leading independent semiconductor process-development fab, has leased more than 85,000 sq. ft. in San Jose for a new PV development center and hired solar industry veteran Kurt Laetz to head up the new initiative...