The industry needs an event that has the function of Semicon West but it’s obvious that in its current format few can afford it (it’s a similar situation with other semiconductor media)… Change is needed, before it’s too late to do anything about it and all those great memories and opportunities are confined to history… The News This Week… There’s only one story is really on the minds of 90% of journo’s out there at the moment and that is Intel getting slapped with the biggest anti-trust anti-trust fine in Europe’s history at $1.45bn. … In a final word, the bright star of the Solar/Photo-Voltaic industry has shown its first signs of not being the saviour of semiconductor tool vendors with several key players slashing forecasts amidst fears of poor earnings; is this the bit where Solar slips from being the holy grail of profitability (thanks mostly to government subsidies it has to be said) to the chipped coffee cup of collapse as per Garter’s infamous Hype Curve?