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Title:Hudson VLSI
Notice:For Digital Chip Data - CHIPBZ::PRODUCTION$:[DS_INFO...]
Moderator:RICKS::PHIPPS
Created:Wed Feb 12 1986
Last Modified:Fri Jun 06 1997
Last Successful Update:Fri Jun 06 1997
Number of topics:701
Total number of notes:4658

679.0. "Spherical Semiconductors? " by SCASS1::MARIA (John Maria) Mon Apr 14 1997 16:51

    A new semiconductor R&D facility is moving to the Dallas area soon. 
    The company is Ball Semiconductor.  I will be calling on them and would
    like to understand the technology they are developing.  The press
    release states they will be developing "spherical semiconductors"  Can
    someone help me understand the use for such a technology, and what we
    Digital can bring to the table (sell!!!) to help them along?
    
    
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679.1A hoax?SCASS1::MARIAJohn MariaTue Apr 15 1997 00:326
    Could this be a hoax?  Ball Semiconductor has received some hefty tax
    abatements.  I thought current monolithic wafer technolgy worked best
    on very flat surfaces.  A search on the web of spherical semiconductors
    only brought up abnormalies in wafer fabrication.
    
     
679.2BHAJEE::JAERVINENOra, the Old Rural AmateurTue Apr 15 1997 09:144
    re .0: 
    
    Maybe the announcement was made on April 1st?