He said he was glad Seagate's wafer fabrication facility in Londonderry would not be affected by the announcement.

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"The trend in wafer fabrication is outsourcing integrated circuit or IC packaging and Hana will benefit from that, " Potter says.

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The map below illustrates the relationship between the epicenter of the earthquake and most of the semiconductor wafer fabrication plants in Japan.

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Davis says that the company on the call noted that Applied intends to increase its focus on growing market share in the core wafer fabrication equipment market.

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The technology is based on highly efficient solid oxide fuel cells (SOFCs) and microelectromechanical systems (MEMS) wafer fabrication methods, including key nanotechnology elements, and is fueled by recyclable high energy power cartridges, or pods.

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Investors fumed when Alphatec announced in February it would buy a controlling stake in Submicron, a wafer-fabrication plant owned by Chaarn.

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Samsung Electronics, the world's largest producer of memory chips, closed its wafer-fabrication plant and gave its employees one week off to enjoy sun and sand.

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