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Think Small!, March. 2008:
2008 is year of the 8-inch mems fab
Eight-inch Mems fabs are hardly nothing new. In revenue terms, a major part of the Mems market has been processed on 8-inch lines since 2001, when Texas Instruments moved to 200 mm production. For many years, though, TI was the only significant manufacturer and the opportunity forequipment and wafer suppliers was limited. Since 2005, a handful of companies have joined the 8-inch group; these are Hewlett Packard, STMicroelectronics, PCOS and foundries Dalsa, DNP and tMt. And indeed WTC estimates that in 2006 around 16% of the revenue generated by the MEMS market was produced from activity on 8-inch lines.
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