Kulicke & Soffa Industries, Inc. (K & S, 2101 Blair Mill Rd., William Grove, PA 19090; Tel: 215/784-6000) has announced that due to the extended downturn in the semiconductor industry, it the semiconductor industry, it will close its X-LAM substrate operations in Milpitas, California. K&S acquired the technology in January 1999 and opened K&S Substrates in Milpitas to develop it later that year. X-Lam consists of thin, very high-density multi-layer laminates applied to a core. While still in development, the technology enables the production of next generation, high performance BGA substrates and multi-layer boards at line widths of 32 microns and below. The company's X-Lam development results to date and has shown potential to address the semiconductor industry roadmap well into the future.
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