>>>Feb. 1, 2006
SANTA CLARA, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Feb. 1, 2006--Intevac, Inc. (Company) (Nasdaq:IVAC) named Dr. Michael Barnes to the new position of Chief Technical Officer, Equipment Products, in a move to strengthen the Company's development capabilities.

>>>Jul 16, 2007
SANTA CLARA, Calif., Jul 16, 2007 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- Intevac, Inc. (Company) (Nasdaq:IVAC) announced today the launch of its new Lean Etch(TM) semiconductor manufacturing system, which brings the Company's "Lean Thinking" principles to the design of semiconductor capital equipment. The Lean Etch, developed for the Dielectric Etch market, will be officially launched at a press conference on July 17th during SEMICON West 2007.

>>>Sept. 18, 2008
SANTA CLARA, Calif. & YONG-IN CITY, Korea--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sept. 18, 2008--Intevac, Inc. (NASDAQ:IVAC) and TES Co., Ltd. (KOSDAQ:095610) announced today they have entered into a semiconductor capital equipment business alliance. Intevac, with headquarters in Santa Clara, California, is the world leader in magnetic media deposition systems and recently developed the high-productivity Lean Etch(TM) system for dielectric etch applications. TES is a Korean manufacturer of high-productivity chemical vapor deposition (CVD) systems, as well as other products. The two companies have joined forces to leverage each party's unique technology, manufacturing and geographic strengths in order to accelerate sales of their semiconductor products.

>>>Oct. 09, 2009
Form 8-K for INTEVAC INC
9-Oct-2009
Change in Directors or Principal Officers

>>>Oct. 12, 2009
MONDAY, OCTOBER 12, 2009
INVESTORS' SOAPBOX PM
Chip-Equipment Firms May Be Back in Black

http://online.barrons.com/article/SB1255...

Question: What is the status of IVAC's Chip-Equipment business???