FLANDERS, N.J. — In a move to compete against KLA-Tencor Inc. and others, Rudolph Technologies Inc. here today entered the wafer-inspection tool market, by acquiring ISOA for $27.5 million in cash.

August Technology Corp. today introduced the AXi series of automated wafer inspection tools designed to be utilized in front end wafer fabs detecting defects 0.5 microns in size and larger “The AXi's ...

November 24, 2013. Rudolph Technologies has announced that it has won orders for its AWX FSI unpatterned wafer inspection system at both a major Southeast Asia-based outsourced assembly and test (OSAT ...

The wafer inspection business is heating up as chipmakers encounter new and tiny killer defects in advanced devices. Last month ASML Holding entered into an agreement to acquire Hermes Microvision ...

Unpatterned wafer inspection, which has flown well under the radar for most of the semiconductor industry, is becoming more critical amid the need to find defects earlier in the manufacturing process ...

Defect inspection scientists from Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Harbin Institute of Technology and The Chinese University of Hong Kong make a thorough review of new perspectives and ...

As the automotive electronics market continues to grow, spurred by developments such as semi-autonomous and fully autonomous vehicles, the demand is increasing for power semiconductor components with ...