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February 1, 2010

New Release - The 2010 MEMS Cost Model revision 1000 is now available. The 2010 model is a complete MEMS costing solution and supports up to 2 MEMS die and up to 2 IC die per package and also includes packaging and test costs. The model includes many popular MEMS products as predefined products. When you select a predefined product you get fill in help for all of the model settings. The model also supports user defined products and processes. BUY NOW!

January - 2010

New Release and SALE - Now shipping 300mm Watch revision 70 with data on 123 - 300mm Fabs with projections to 2012. Includes all of the latest status updates. On SALE for $1,000 versus regular $1,150. BUY NOW! (01/14/2010)
Industry Status as of January 2010 - November revenue of of $21.49 billion dollars (raw numbers not 3 month moving average) are up 26.7% from $16.96 billion dollars in November of 2008. This is the second consecutive growth month of 2009 and we are now forecasting the year to end down 10% overall versus 2009. We also expect at least +20% growth for 2010. (01/11/2010)
New Release - 2010 IC Cost Model is now available with new features, updated data and 452 processes. The price includes updates and support for all of 2010. BUY NOW! (01/01/2010)

December - 2009

New Release - Solar Watch revision 14 is now available with coverage of 225 companies and 298 facilities including additional detail around thin film technologies. Includes 12 months of updates. BUY NOW! (12/10/2009)
New Economics Article - Our President, Scotten W. Jones has published an article: 300mm Prime and the prospect for 450mm wafers in Semiconductor International .Industry Status as of December 2009. (12/03/2009)
Industry Status as of December 2009 - October revenue of $22.08 billion dollars is up 14.3% from $19.31 billion dollars in October of 2008. The October revenue is the first month of positive growth in 2009 and stronger than we expected. We now expect to end 2009 with the overall year down 11% versus 2008 and 2010 to show strong positive growth of greater than 20%. (12/01/2009)

November - 2009

Updated Utilization Data - Utilization is rising across the board. Our forecast model is predicting that utilization industry wide will be at or near 100% next year creating possible capacity shortages. (11/18/2009)
New Release and SALE - Now shipping 300mm Watch revision 69 with data on 125 - 300mm Fabs with projections to 2012. Includes all of the latest status updates. On SALE for $1,000 versus regular $1,150. BUY NOW! (11/10/2009)
Industry Status as of November 2009 - September revenue of $24.03 billion dollars is down 8.6% from September 2009 revenue of $26.28 billion dollars. Q3 overall is down 10.2% from Q3 of 2009, a stronger showing than we had originally expected. We expect Q4 to show positive growth versus Q4 2008 and 2009 overall to come in at -12% versus our original forecast of -16%. We are also forecasting greater than 20% growth for 2010! (11/02/2009)

October - 2009

Forecast Update - At the beginning of 2009 we were forecasting negative growth of -16% for the full year. We now expect the overall growth for the year to come in at -12%. Q1 was -29.9%, Q2 was -21.1%, Q3 to-date has been -11% and we are forecasting it will end at -10.7%. For Q4 we are forecasting a return to positive growth at 17.9%. Our first look at 2010 with our forecast model is projecting greater than 20% growth! (10/29/2009)
Special Offer - Buy the 2009 IC Cost Model now for the regular price of $1,900 and get a free upgrade to the 2010 model when it is released. This offer gets you updates and support for the balance of 2009 and for all of 2010! BUY NOW! (10/26/2009)
Special Offer - Buy the 2008 IC Packaging report between now when the 2009 IC Packaging report is published in November and get the 2009 IC Packaging report as a free upgrade. BUY NOW! (10/26/2009)
New Release and SALE - Now shipping 300mm Watch revision 68 with data on 125 - 300mm Fabs with projections to 2012. Includes all of the latest status updates. On SALE for $1,000 versus regular $1,150. BUY NOW! (10/13/2009)
New Release and Special Offer - Buy the 2009 IC Cost Model now for the regular price of $1,900 and get a free upgrade to the 2010 model when it is released. This offer gets you updates and support for the balance of 2009 and for all of 2010! Release 0909 is now out with support for 440 processes, new data and new features. BUY NOW! (10/05/2009)
New Release - Solar Watch revision 13 is now available with coverage of 224 companies and 294 facilities including additional detail around thin film technologies. Includes 12 months of updates. BUY NOW! (10/02/2009)
New Economics Article - Industry Status as of October 2009 - August revenue of $19.02 billion dollars is down 13% versus August 2008 revenue of $21.07 billion dollars. With July and August coming in at -9.1% and -13% respectively, Q3 is coming in stronger than we were expecting. We now expect Q4 to show positive growth versus 2008 and the year overall to end at -12%. (10/02/2009)

September - 2009

New Release and Special Offer - Buy the 2009 IC Cost Model now for the regular price of $1,900 and get a free upgrade to the 2010 model when it is released. This offer gets you updates and support for the balance of 2009 and for all of 2010! Release 0908 is now out with support for 434 processes, new data and new features. BUY NOW! (09/22/2009)
Special Offer - Buy the 2008 IC Packaging report between now when the 2009 IC Packaging report is published in November and get the 2009 IC Packaging report as a free upgrade. BUY NOW! (09/22/2009)
New Release and SALE - Now shipping 300mm Watch revision 67 with data on 129 - 300mm Fabs with projections to 2012. Includes all of the latest status updates. On SALE for $1,000 versus regular $1,150. BUY NOW! (09/15/2009)
New IC Cost Model Applications Note - our Product Support page now has a spreadsheet of process adders to use when modifying base processes in the IC Cost Model (09/15/2009)
New Release and Special Offer - Buy the 2009 IC Cost Model now for the regular price of $1,900 and get a free upgrade to the 2010 model when it is released. This offer gets you updates and support for the balance of 2009 and for all of 2010! Release 0907 adds new processes and die sizes. BUY NOW! (09/08/2009)
New Release - Solar Watch revision 12 is now available with coverage of 220 companies and 290 facilities including additional detail around thin film technologies. Includes 12 months of updates. BUY NOW! (09/08/2009)
New Release - The 2009 Discrete and Power Products Cost Model revision 0904a is now available. The model allows the user to easily calculate the cost of most Power IC and Discrete Products by making selections from drop-down lists. The product runs inside Excel and includes 12 months of free support and upgrades. Revision 0904a adds the ability to override foundry margins. BUY NOW! (09/07/2009)
Updated data - Fab utilization for Q2. (09/03/2009)
New IC Cost Model Applications Note - See our Product Support Page for a new applications note on Calculating Gross Margin Versus Volume. (09/03/2009)
Special Offer - Buy the 2009 IC Cost Model now for the regular price of $1,900 and get a free upgrade to the 2010 model when it is released. This offer gets you updates and support for the balance of 2009 and for all of 2010! BUY NOW! (09/01/2009)
Featured Product - the 2009 IC Economics report was released on June 29th with updated data for 2009. The 2009 IC Economics report is 214 pages with 190 figures and 56 tables. Email us for a free sample chapter. BUY NOW! (09/01/2009)

August - 2009

Industry Status as of September 2009 - July revenue of $19.89 billion dollars is down only 4.3% from $20.79 billion dollars in July of 2008 (these are actual not moving average numbers). -4.3% growth for July is stronger than we expected and we are now revising our full year forecast for 2009 from -16% to -12% revenue growth. (08/31/2009)
New Release - The 2009 MEMS Cost Model revision 0905 is now available. The 2009 model is a complete MEMS costing solution and supports up to 2 MEMS die and up to 2 IC die per package and also includes packaging and test costs. The model includes many popular MEMS products as predefined products. When you select a predefined product you get fill in help for all of the model settings. The model also supports user defined products and processes. The 0905 release adds the ability to override individual equipment cost and throughput values. BUY NOW! (08/25/2009
New Release and Sale - The 2009 IC Cost Model release 0906 is now available. Release 0906 includes a major revision in NAND wafer costs and support for 426 processes! The model is currently on sale for $1,600 versus the regular $1,900 price. BUY NOW! (08/17/2009)
New Release and SALE - Now shipping 300mm Watch revision 66 with data on all of the 300mm Fabs in the world with projections to 2012. Includes all of newest data on all the recent output reductions and push-outs due to the downturn. On SALE for $1,000 versus regular $1,150. BUY NOW (08/10/2009)
Industry Status as of August 2009 - June revenue of $19.46 billion dollars (raw numbers not 3 month moving average) is down 23.7% from $25.52 billion dollars in June of 2008. This is fairly consistent with the rest of Q2 although a little softer than we were expecting. We expect the third and fourth quarter to strengthen from here and the year to end 16% down overall from 2008 as we previously forecast. (08/03/2009)

July - 2009

New Release - The 2009 MEMS Cost Model revision 0904 is now available. The 2009 model is a complete MEMS costing solution and supports up to 2 MEMS die and up to 2 IC die per package and also includes packaging and test costs. The model includes many popular MEMS products as predefined products. When you select a predefined product you get fill in help for all of the model settings. The model also supports user defined products and processes. The 0904 release adds the ability to pick between saw and laser MEMS die simulation. BUY NOW! (07/31/2009)
New Release and Sale - The 2009 IC Cost Model release 0905 is now available. Release 0905 features updated data and TSMC 40nm yield projections. The model is currently on sale for $1,600 versus the regular $1,900 price. BUY NOW! (07/30/2009)
New Release - The 2009 Discrete and Power Products Cost Model revision 0904 is now available. The model allows the user to easily calculate the cost of most Power IC and Discrete Products by making selections from drop-down lists. The product runs inside Excel and includes 12 months of free support and upgrades. Revision 0904 adds 4 new processes and 9 new packages. BUY NOW! (07/29/2009)
New Release - Solar Watch revision 11 is now available with coverage of 213 companies and 282 facilities including additional detail around thin film technologies. Includes 12 months of updates. BUY NOW! (07/27/2009)
Featured Product - the 2009 IC Economics report was released on June 29th with updated data for 2009. The 2009 IC Economics report is 214 pages with 190 figures and 56 tables. Email us for a free sample chapter. BUY NOW! (07/15/2009)
New Release - The 2009 Discrete and Power Products Cost Model revision 0903 is now available. The model allows the user to easily calculate the cost of most Power IC and Discrete Products by making selections from drop-down lists. The product runs inside Excel and includes 12 months of free support and upgrades. Revision 0903 adds 11 new processes and 3 new packages. BUY NOW! (07/07/2009)
Industry Status as of July 2009 - May revenue of $16.15 billion dollars is down 21.3% from $20.53 billion dollars in July of 2008. The first two months of the second quarter are up from the 30% drop seen in the first quarter. We expect the third and fourth quarter to strengthen from here and the year to end 16% down overall from 2008 as we previously forecast. (07/06/2009)

June - 2009

New Release - the 2009 IC Economics report has now been released with updated data for 2009. The 2009 IC Economics report is 214 pages with 190 figures and 56 tables. Email us for a free sample chapter. BUY NOW! (06/29/2009)
New Release - Solar Watch revision 10 is now available with coverage of 204 companies and 273 facilities and additional detail around thin film technologies. Includes 12 months of updates. BUY NOW! (06/22/2009)
Last Chance - Special Offer and Sale - Order the 2008 IC Economics report between now and the end of June at the current sale price of $1,000 and get the 2009 IC Economics report as a free upgrade when it is released. The IC Economics report covers the IC market, materials and equipment markets, 300mm, foundries, design, IC economics, fabrication, test and packaging costs and much more. ORDER NOW! (06/15/2009)
New Release and Sale - The 2009 IC Cost Model release 0904 is now available. Release 0904 upgrades the model to model quarterly instead of yearly improving the accuracy of depreciation calculations and the modeling of new process yield ramps. The model is currently on sale for $1,600 versus the regular $1,900 price. BUY NOW! (06/08/2009)
New Release - Solar Watch revision 09 is now available with coverage of 193 companies and 262 facilities and additional detail around thin film technologies. Includes 12 months of updates. BUY NOW! (06/02/2009)
Industry Status as of June 2009 - April revenue of $16.18 billion dollars (raw numbers not 3 month moving average) is down 16.5% from $19.38 billion dollars in April of 2008. This is a big improvement from last months 31.7% drop and may be the beginning of the improvement we expect to bring the overall growth rate for 2009 up to -19% by the end of the year. (06/01/2009)

May - 2009

New Release and SALE - Now shipping 300mm Watch revision 65 with data on all of the 300mm Fabs in the world with projections to 2012. Includes all of newest data on all the recent output reductions and push-outs due to the downturn. On SALE for $1,000 versus regular $1,150. BUY NOW! (05/26/2009)
White Paper - Cost Modeling as a Decision Making Tool. (05/19/2009)
New Release and Sale - The 2009 IC Cost Model release 0903 is now on sale for $1,600 versus the regular $1,900 price. Release 0903 includes 400 processes, 67 product types and new die sizes. BUY NOW! (05/18/2009)
New Release - Solar Watch revision 08 is now available with coverage of 145 companies and 209 facilities, 2008 actual output and forecasts for 2009 through 2012. Includes 12 months of updates. BUY NOW! (05/18/2009)
New Economics Article - has Intel artificially inflated microprocessor prices? (05/18/2009)
Industry Status as of May 2009 - March revenue of $17.38 billion dollars (actual not moving forecast) is down 31.2% from March of 2008. First quarter revenue is down 29.9% from 2008. We expect 2009 to improve from here and end down 19% overall versus 2008. (05/04/2009)
SALE - the 2009 IC Cost Model is now on sale for $1,600 versus the regular $1,900 price. BUY NOW! (05/01/2009)

April - 2009

Updated data- the Fab Utilization data has been updated for foundries for Q1 - 2009. (04/30/2009)
New Release and SALE - Now shipping 300mm Watch revision 64 with data on 125 - 300mm projects with projections through 2012 and much more. Includes new data on all the recent output reductions due to the downturn. On SALE for $1,000 versus regular $1,150. BUY NOW! (04/27/2009)
SPECIAL SALE - we are not updating the 2008 IC Technology report for 2009 but we are offering the 2008 report at over one half off. On sale for $500 versus the regular $1,050 price. BUY NOW! (04/27/2009)
New Release - The 2009 Discrete and Power Products Cost Model revision 0902 is now available. The model allows the user to easily calculate the cost of most Power IC and Discrete Products by making selections from drop-down lists. The product runs inside Excel and includes 12 months of free support and upgrades. Revision 0902 adds 6 new processes and 15 new packages. BUY NOW! (04/21/2009)
New Release - Solar Watch revision 07 is now available with coverage of 119 companies and 181 facilities, 2008 actual output and new forecasts for 2009 through 2012. We have also continued adding data by facility in addition to summary data by company. Facility data now covers over 100% of worldwide capacity. Includes 12 months of updates. BUY NOW! (04/14/2009)
New Release - The 2009 Discrete and Power Products Cost Model revision 0901 is now available. The model allows the user to easily calculate the cost of most Power IC and Discrete Products by making selections from drop-down lists. The product runs inside Excel and includes 12 months of free support and upgrades. Revision 0901 adds 12 new processes and 1 new package. BUY NOW! (04/04/2009)
New Economics Data - Industry Status as of April 2009 - February 2009 revenue of $13.40 billion dollars (actual not moving average) is down 27.3% versus February of 2008 following January being down 31.5%. We are now forecasting -19% growth for the year overall. (04/04/2009)

March - 2009

New Release - The 2009 MEMS Cost Model revision 0903 is now available. The 2009 model is a complete MEMS costing solution and supports up to 2 MEMS die and up to 2 IC die per package and also includes packaging and test costs. The model includes many popular MEMS products as predefined products. When you select a predefined product you get fill in help for all of the model settings. The model also supports user defined products and processes. The 0903 release adds a cost per step page. BUY NOW! (03/30/2009)
Special Offer and Sale - Order the 2008 IC Economics report between now and June at the current sale price of $1,000 and get the 2009 IC Economics report as a free upgrade when it is released. The IC Economics report covers the IC market, materials and equipment markets, 300mm, foundries, design, IC economics, fabrication, test and packaging costs and much more. ORDER NOW! (03/24/2009)
Updated data - new utilization data is now available. (03/17/2009)
New Release - Solar Watch revision 06 is now available with coverage of 117 companies and 179 facilities, 2008 actual output and new forecasts for 2009 through 2012. We have also continued adding data by facility in addition to summary data by company. Facility data now covers over 100% of worldwide capacity. Includes 12 months of updates. BUY NOW! (03/16/2009)
New Economics Article - Solar Status March 2009 (03/16/2009)
New Release and SALE - Now shipping 300mm Watch revision 63 with data on 125 - 300mm projects with projections through 2012 and much more. Includes new data on all the recent output reductions due to the downturn. On SALE for $1,000 versus regular $1,150. BUY NOW! (03/09/2009)
New Economics Article - Industry Status as of March 2009 - January 2009 revenue of $13.7 billion dollars (actual not moving average) has begun 2009 down 31.5% versus January of 2008. (03/02/2009)

February - 2009

New Product - The 2009 Discrete and Power Products Cost Model is now available. The model allows the user to easily calculate the cost of most Power IC and Discrete Products by making selections from drop-down lists. The product runs inside Excel and includes 12 months of free support and upgrades. BUY NOW! (02/25/2009)
New Release - The 2009 MEMS Cost Model revision 0902 is now available. The 2009 model is a complete MEMS costing solution and supports up to 2 MEMS die and up to 2 IC die per package and also includes packaging and test costs. The model includes many popular MEMS products as predefined products. When you select a predefined product you get fill in help for all of the model settings. The model also supports user defined products and processes. The 0902 release user defined processes and materials and other updates. BUY NOW (02/20/2009)
New Release - the 2009 IC Cost Model revision 0902 is now available with updated data, new features and support for 399 processes including expanded 32nm coverage. The price includes updates and support for all of 2009. BUY NOW! (02/20/2009
Updated data - foundry utilization data is now available for Q4. (02/10/2009)
New Release and SALE - Now shipping 300mm Watch revision 62 with data on 124 - 300mm projects with projections through 2012 and much more. Includes data on the first production 300mm Fab shut down. On SALE for $1,000 versus regular $1,150. BUY NOW! (02/09/2009)
Industry Status as of February 2009 - December ended 2008 with -32.1% growth bringing the year down to -1.9% growth. The big question now is how negative will 2009 be? (02/03/2009)

January - 2009

New Release - the 2009 IC Cost Model revision 0901 is now available with updated data, new features and support for 393 processes including expanded 32nm coverage. The price includes updates and support for all of 2009. BUY NOW! (01/26/2009)
New Release - The 2009 MEMS Cost Model revision 0901 is now available. The 2009 model is a complete MEMS costing solution and supports up to 2 MEMS die and up to 2 IC die per package and also includes packaging and test costs. The model includes many popular MEMS products as predefined products. When you select a predefined product you get fill in help for all of the model settings. The model also supports user defined products and processes. The 0901 release adds additional detail to the output and other updates. BUY NOW! (01/20/2009)
New Release - Solar Watch revision 5 is now available with coverage of 120 companies and updated data. We have also continued adding data by facility in addition to summary data by company. Facility data now covers over 90% of worldwide capacity, we expect to reach 100% over the next several months. Includes 12 months of updates. BUY NOW! (01/12/2009)
New Economics Article - Solar Status January 2009 (01/12/2009)
300mm article - Our President Scotten W. Jones has written an article on "Status and trends in 300mm manufacturing" for Solid State Technology magazine. The article is available here. (01/08/2009)
Industry Status as of January 2009 - industry growth turned further negative in November at -22.7%. Year to-date growth has now fallen to 1.2%. If December comes in as negative as November the total year will show negative growth! (01/02/2009)
New Release - the 2009 IC Cost Model is now available with updated data, new features and support for 384 processes including extensive 32nm coverage. The price includes updates and support for all of 2009. BUY NOW! (01/01/2009)