Semiconductor International Announces 2008 Editors' Choice Best Product Award Winners

Tue Jul 1, 8:25 AM

OAK BROOK, Ill.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Semiconductor International bestowed its 2008 Editors’ Choice Awards for excellence in semiconductor manufacturing on 20 commercially proven industry products (www.semiconductor.net/awards). These awards will be presented at a ceremony in San Francisco on Wednesday, July 16, during SEMICON West. The 2008 winners exemplified state-of-the-art equipment and materials installed and used in numerous fabs around the world.

The 2008 Editors’ Choice Best Product Award winners are:

Aerotech Inc.  

Ensemble Motion Controller

Agilent Technologies N9201A Parametric Test Option
Applied Materials Centura RP Epi
Applied Materials Producer APF PECVD
ASM America Pulsar 3000
Carl Zeiss SMT Orion Helium Ion Microscope
Cascade Microtech Grypper BGA Test Sockets
CyberOptics Semiconductor WaferSense ATS

DuPont Performance Elastomers

Kalrez 9100

Energetiq Technology EQ-10 Series
F&K Delvotec Semiconductor Desk Top Micro Factory Series 56XX
Honeywell Analytics Vertex Multi-Point Gas System
InnerSense Smart Wafer
Keithley Instruments

Model 4200-CVU

Lorex Industries Piezocon
Mentor Graphics Calibre nmOPC
Olympus LEXT OLS-3100 Microscope
Particle Measuring Systems AirSentry II
Sosul

PES-2300 200-mm Wafer Bevel Etching Tool

Swagelok CR-288 Concentration Monitor

"Our Best Products program is different from others in that we are recognizing proven products and materials that have been acknowledged by their users as providing superior performance and/or capabilities that were not possible with competing tools or materials," said Laura Peters, editor-in-chief of Semiconductor International. "We are pleased to honor the many people and companies that have worked so hard to bring these innovations to the market."

Semiconductor International, published by Reed Business Information and a part of Reed Elsevier’s global array of information products, is the leading technical publication servicing the global semiconductor manufacturing industry. SI boasts the industry’s most experienced full-time technical editorial team. Additional information about SI and its many products and activities are available at www.semiconductor.net.

For more information about the Editors’ Choice Product Awards program, go to www.semiconductor.net/awards.

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