July 13th - The DAY
We are now only days away from Semicon West 2010, which opens at 10 AM on Tuesday, July 13th at the Moscone Center in San Francisco, CA. With the technology and manufacturing on the rebound, foot traffic is expected to better than in recent years. We here at Palomar are especially excited as our much anticipated, much talked-about, new product introduction which will be revealed at the show (demonstrations of this new product at the Palomar booth, North Hall #6064)!
Double-Digit Increases
Last year the words "quietly encouraging" were whispered around show, describing the state of the business. Those whispers have proved to be true. In March of this year, SEMICON West reported that "analysts predictions for a double digit increase in global semiconductor revenues, and year-over-year ca
pital spending growth in excess of 50%, accompany a major rebound for semiconductor equipment and materials market." This year's show will host new programs on the latest in semiconductor manufacturing, emerging markets such as LED, flexibile electronics and MEMS. It's fairly safe to say that these programs reflect broader industry trends.
InterSolar
Another exciting aspect of this year's SEMICON is its partnership with InterSolar, the world's leading solar energy technology event. With governments, consumers and businesses increased focus on alternative energy, InterSolar will be larger than last year in terms of exhibitors, visitors and conference program content.
Beyond the Present
In addition to Palomar's new product launch, Palomar experts will be on hand to discuss interested visitors' wire bonding, die attach and other high reliability, complex packaging challenges. Palomar Microelectronics, the contract assembly division of Palomar Technologies, provides Palomar a sort "look into the future" via its customers: in addition to high reliability military and medical system packaging production, we see n
ovel new technologies and get the opportunity to help kickstart prototyping, then aid in designing and ultimately bring to life, through production, the customers' product. Some of these new technologies include sophisticated ID protection in minature packages, new uses of HD LEDs, and MEMS devices that are used in such things as high-end commercial cleaning! Not everyone has an applications lab like Palomar, but every attendee at SEMICON West will get the chance to feel the beat of the industry and gain knowledge of upcoming trends. And of course, every attendee will have the opportunity to stop in at Palomar's booth (#6064) and pick the brain's of the experts present (Steve Buerki, Brad Benton, Mike Artimez...to name a few).
Energizing the Industry
We hope that SEMICON West exceeds even the most optimistic analyst expectations and thus energizes the semiconductor industry for a decade of groundbreaking innovation and growth. When the water level rises, all boats rise.