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In This Issue
An Interview with Xiaofeng Peng of LDK Solar
Emerging Markets Spark Interest at SEMICON West
Photomask Market—Expect 26% Growth by 2010
New or Old: Fabs Can't Escape the Continuing LEED Efforts at TI
Capital Spending Rebound by the End of Q3
The Sun is Shining on California's PV Industry
Extensions for Solar Energy Incentives and the R&D Tax Credit
Dazzling Display Issues: LCD Market Growth, Glass Size, Fab Cost, and OLEDs
Semiconductor Careers in Singapore are Hot! Learning about the "Big Picture"
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An Interview with Xiaofeng Peng of LDK Solar
Interviewed by Doris Dong, SEMI China
Four years ago, Xiaofeng Peng was pondering his next career move. He realized that renewable energy would have a big future. In July 2005, Peng founded LDK Solar—now one of the fastest-growing suppliers of solar wafers in the world.
 Emerging Markets Spark Interest at SEMICON West
Semiconductor technology continually enters new and emerging markets. Today's leading manufacturing technologies, processes and products had their origins at SEMICON West. This year's Emerging Markets TechXpot continues this tradition, highlighting the latest advances in printed/flexible electronics, thin-film batteries, and energy harvesting.
Photomask Market—Expect 26% Growth by 2010
By Lara Chamness, SEMI Industry Research & Statistics
The photomask market, supplied by both merchant and captive mask shops, is the second largest wafer fabrication materials market behind silicon. Looking forward, the photomask market is expected maintain its number two position in fab materials and reach $3.89 billion by 2010.
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New or Old: Fabs Can't Escape the Continuing LEED Efforts at TI
By Russell Hill, Texas Instruments
Texas Instruments (TI) has been awarded LEED Gold certification for its 300mm wafer fab in Richardson, Texas (RFAB). It is the first gold-certified wafer factory and the second largest LEED for New Construction (LEED-NC) gold-certified project in the world.
Capital Spending Rebound by the End of Q3
By George Burns, Strategic Marketing Associates
The Strategic Marketing Associates Quarterly Fab Report analyzes new fab activity and capital spending plans. Our capital spending forecast looks for a cut of $10 billion to $50 billion in 2008. This is down 17 percent from 2007.
 The Sun is Shining on California's PV Industry
In 2006, California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger signed the "Million Solar Roofs Plan" into law to create incentives for solar power and reduce greenhouse gases. That’s when California’s home-grown PV industry launched into high gear, creating a powerhouse.
Extensions for Solar Energy Incentives and the R&D Tax Credit
In May, the House passed a "tax extenders" legislative package. Among the provisions, the bill would extend tax incentives for renewable energy sources (including solar energy) which expires the end of this year and the R&D tax credit which expired on December 31, 2007. Unfortunately, in the Senate, the bill ran into a philosophical logjam.
 Dazzling Display Issues: LCD Market Growth, Glass Size, Fab Cost, and OLEDs
By Craig Addison, SEMI
From LCD glass demand to Gen 10. From substrate size to the cost of freeways versus fabs. From touch-screen cell phones to LCD TVs in emerging markets and OLEDs in high-end niche applications...all these topics—and more—were discussed at Display Taiwan 2008.
Semiconductor Careers in Singapore are Hot! Learning about the "Big Picture"
Singapore's economy hosts a rich ecosystem of businesses, and over the past decade, the region's electronics industry has experienced tremendous growth—with over 52 percent of Singapore's electronics output in 2007 coming from semiconductors alone.
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