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As you may have read, the CEO of Ultratech made some unfortunate statements on the recent quarterly conference call in regards to FinFET Yield. As a result there has been a lot of speculation about the who, what, and why. I blogged about it because it interested me personally plus I wanted to collect more data on the subject. Some of the resulting data was posted publicly but most was emailed to me in private, discussed in person, or on the phone.

One of the many benefits of blogging on SemiWiki is that we have access to an incredible amount of semiconductor related data that passes through the site and our private email. It also gives us bloggers access to the semiconductor rank and file, more so than journalists as we are working semiconductor professionals and travel in the same circles. The bad news is that we get our fair share of hate mail and on occasion death threats. And when I say “we” it's mostly me because let’s face it I don’t always play well with others, just check my grade school report cards.

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