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August 10, 2010

New Release and Sale - the 2010 IC Cost and Price Model revision 1006 is now available and on sale for $1,700 versus the regular price of $1,975. Revision 1006 now supports 477 processes! The 2010 IC Cost and Price Model allows the user to easily calculate the cost and price of most integrated circuits. Price includes updates and support for all of 2010. BUY NOW!

July - 2010

New Release - the 2010 IC Economics report is now available. Expanded and updated the report is 231 pages long with 218 full color figures and 57 tables. The report includes expanded 450mm analysis, expanded reticle cost coverage and much more. BUY NOW! (07/12/2010)
Industry Status as of July 2010 - May 2010 growth has come in at 45.4% and year to date growth is 52.3%. We expect growth for the year to meet or exceed our 28% forecast. (07/09/2010)

June - 2010

New Release and Sale - the 2010 IC Cost and Price Model revision 1006 is now available and on sale for $1,700 versus the regular price of $1,975. Revision 1006 now supports 475 processes! The 2010 IC Cost and Price Model allows the user to easily calculate the cost and price of most integrated circuits. Price includes updates and support for all of 2010. BUY NOW! (06/24/2010)
New Release - There are new 300mm expansions announced almost daily and our 300mm Watch Database has all the details. Revision 77 includes data on 127 fabs with projections through 2015 and a new breakout of output by linewidth for each fab. The price of $1,150 includes 12 months of updates. BUY NOW! (06/21/2010)
New Release and Sale - the 2010 IC Cost and Price Model revision 1005 is now available and on sale for $1,700 versus the regular price of $1,975. Revision 1005 now supports 472 processes! The 2010 IC Cost and Price Model allows the user to easily calculate the cost and price of most integrated circuits. Price includes updates and support for all of 2010. BUY NOW! (06/14/2010)
Conference Talk - IC Knowledge President - Scotten W. Jones to present "Cost Modeling of MEMS systems" at COMS 2010. Come meet our president and hear about the industries leading MEMS cost model. (06/14/2010)
New Release - 300mm is heating up, don't get left out in the cold! There are new expansions announced almost daily and our 300mm Watch Database has all the details. Revision 76 includes data on 126 fabs with projections through 2015. The price of $1,150 includes 12 months of updates. BUY NOW! (06/11/2010)
New Economics Article - Industry Status as of June 2010 - June 2010 growth has come in at 43.1% and year-to-date growth is 54.2%. We now believe our 28% growth forecast for the year may be conservative. (06/01/2010)

May - 2010

New Release - 300mm is heating up, don't get left out in the cold! There are new expansions announced almost daily and our 300mm Watch Database has all the details. Revision 75 includes data on 125 fabs with projections through 2015. The price of $1,150 includes 12 months of updates. BUY NOW! (05/24/2010)
New Release and Sale - the 2010 IC Cost and Price Model revision 1004 is now available and on sale for $1,700 versus the regular price of $1,975. The 2010 IC Cost and Price Model allows the user to easily calculate the cost and price of most integrated circuits. Price includes updates and support for all of 2010. BUY NOW! (05/17/2010)
New Release - 300mm is heating up, don't get left out in the cold! There are new expansions announced almost daily and our 300mm Watch Database has all the details. Revision 74 includes data on 123 fabs with projections through 2015. The price of $1,150 includes 12 months of updates. BUY NOW! (05/17/2010)
SALE - the 2010 IC Cost and Price Model is now on sale for $1,700 versus the regular price of $1,975. The 2010 IC Cost and Price Model allows the user to easily calculate the cost and price of most integrated circuits. Price includes updates and support for all of 2010. BUY NOW! (05/03/2010)
Industry Status as of May 2010 - March 2010 growth has come in at 53.9% and year-to-date growth is now at 58.3%. for the overall year we continue to expect growth to be around 28%. (05/03/2010)

April - 2010

New Release - The 2010 Discrete and Power Products Cost and Price Model revision 1001 has been released with improved pricing capability. The 2010 Model easily allows the user to estimate the manufacturing cost and selling price for most discrete and power products. The cost is $1,600 for a single user license and includes 12 months of support and updates. (04/30/2010)
New Release - 300mm is heating up, don't get left out in the cold! There are new expansions announced almost daily and our 300mm Watch Database has all the details. Revision 73 includes data on 122 fabs with projections through 2015. The price of $1,150 includes 12 months of updates. BUY NOW! (04/21/2010)
New Release - the 2010 MEMS Cost Model revision 1002 has now been released. The 2010 model is a complete product costing solution. BUY NOW! (04/19/2010)
Industry Status as of April 2010 - February 2010 have come in at 51% growth versus February of 2009 on top of 72% growth in January versus January of 2009. We are forecasting 2010 to show 27% overall revenue growth for the year! (04/05/2010)

March - 2010

New Release - the 2010 MEMS Cost Model revision 1001 has now been released with added product and package types. The 2010 model is a complete product costing solution. BUY NOW! (03/31/2010)
New Release - 300mm is heating up, don't get left out in the cold! There are new expansions announced almost daily and our 300mm Watch Database has all the details. The latest revision includes data on 122 fabs with projections through 2015. The price of $1,150 includes 12 months of updates. BUY NOW! (03/30/2010)
New Release - the 2010 IC Cost Model is now a Cost and Price Model. The industry standard for cost modeling now offers features to project Price as well as Cost with revision 1003 adding more price functionality. Revision 1003 includes 15nm forecasts for EUV and QPS costs as well as new data and other improvements and supports 460 processes. The model price is $1,975 and includes updates and support for all of 2010. BUY NOW! (03/22/2010)
New Release - The 2010 Discrete and Power Products Cost and Price Model has now been released with updated data and pricing capability. The 2010 Model easily allows the user to estimate the cost and selling price for most discrete and power products. The cost is $1,600 for a single user license and includes 12 months of support and updates. BUY NOW! (03/12/2010)
Updated data - Q4 Utilization data (03/05/2010)
New Release - The 2010 IC Packaging report has now been released with coverage of all the latest trends and updated data. The report includes 52 figures, 46 table and is 106 pages long. BUY NOW! (03/03/2010)
Special Offer - Buy the 2009 IC Economics report now and get the 2010 IC Economics report as a free upgrade when it is released. We are planning big updates to the 2010 report plus there will be a price increase so buy now and save. BUY NOW! (03/01/2010)
Industry Status as of March 2010 - January 2010 began the year up 55.1% versus January of 2009! We are expecting 2010 to show greater than 20% growth versus 2009. (03/01/2010)

February - 2010

New Release - the 2010 IC Cost Model is now a Cost and Price Model. The industry standard for cost modeling now offers features to project Price as well as Cost with revision 1002 adding more price functionality. Revision 1002 includes 15nm forecasts for EUV and QPS costs as well as new data and other improvements and supports 459 processes. The model price is $1,975 and includes updates and support for all of 2010. BUY NOW! (02/22/2010)
The 450mm Debate Rages On - In the December, 2009 issue, Solid State Technology published an article I wrote titled; 300mm Prime and prospects for 450mm. Recently John Ellis of SEMI published an article critical of my work titled; The Economic Realities of 450mm. In his article Mr. Ellis both misquotes and mischaracterized my work. My response to Mr. Ellis' article titled; Setting the record straight on 450mm was posted on the Solid State Technology web site today. (02/19/2010)
New Release - 300mm is heating up, don't get left out in the cold! There are new expansions announced almost daily. Get all the latest information with projections through 2012 for 122 fabs with our 300mm Watch Database. The price of $1,150 includes 12 months of updates. BUY NOW! (02/16/2010)
New Release - the 2010 IC Cost Model is now a Cost and Price Model. The industry standard for cost modeling now offers features to project Price as well as Cost. Revision 1001 also adds 15nm forecasts for EUV and QPS costs as well as new data and other improvements and supports 459 processes. The model price is $1,975 and includes updates and support for all of 2010. BUY NOW! (02/05/2010)
Updated - Utilization Data now includes some 2009-Q4 foundry data. (02/05/2010)
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! (02/01/2010)

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)