SAN JOSE, Calif., Aug. 28 -- SEMIndex, a powerful web-based index research tool to help analysts and investors track the chip equipment and materials industry has been launched.
   The announcement was made by SEMIndex sponsor Semiconductor Equipment and Materials International (SEMI), a global trade association of more than 2,400 companies that provide the technology and materials for building chips to power computers, cell phones and thousands of other industrial and consumer electronics.