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New Consortia: Are Chipmakers Missing?
June 28, 2013
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Consortia Galore Last week, Mark LaPedus at SemiMD put together a great article about the latest surge in 450mm consortia and consortium-like 450mm projects. It appears that 450mm R&D is poised to really take off with the formation of these new groups. After reading the piece, I w
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The 450mm Transition’s Dirty Little Secret
May 31, 2013
For all of the excitement about the coming 450mm transition, not everything about the disruption will be be rosy for all sectors of the industry. While there is still some debate on the overall cost savings that will be realized by using 450mm wafers, there’s not much discussion about
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Chemical Spill Announces DNS 450mm Tool
April 24, 2013
Interesting Article in Albany Times-Union By Conrad T. Sorenson – CEO Enabling Materials LLC April 24, 2013 In the Press: Three treated after spill at Nanotech A leak of 30% hydrogen peroxide from a Dainippon Screen tool while it was being unloaded for installation at Nanofab X (G450C
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Standing out from the Crowd on 450mm
April 07, 2013
In Albany, New York, G450C members and suppliers are gathering. Plans on 450mm R&D from Europe are likewise being announced. With all of this industry cooperation, how does a chipmaker differentiate on 450mm? The big levers driving cost-benefit, namely lithography and wafer size (
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January 23, 2013
San Francisco, CA (PRWEB) January 23, 2013 SAN FRANCISCO, Calif. – January 23, 2013 – Mazik Media, a provider of next-generation publishing solutions, including long-time semiconductor industry staple, Future Fab International, announced today a special collaborative agreement with th
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A Plan Coming Together: 450mm Patterned Wafers
January 21, 2013
For all of the real progress and the hype around 450mm, there is one thing that is for certain, that is, you can’t develop and test a new 450mm tool and its process without patterned wafers. This has been the Achilles’ heel many OEMs have been concerned about, namely, access to patter
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EDA Challenges posed by 450mm Wafers
December 05, 2012
In his blog on EEtimes, Steve Schulz points out an obvious, but sometimes forgotten aspect to 450mm: EDA Tools. He raises a number of great points which I’d like to discuss further. I encourage you to read his blog on the subject. The link to his article is posted at the end. 450mm ED
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CNSE/G450C Series: Paul Farrar, Jr., talks 450mm
November 27, 2012
Paul Farrar, Jr., General Manager of the Global 450mm Consortium (G450C) headquartered at the College of Nanoscale Science and Engineering (CNSE), and CNSE Vice President for Manufacturing Innovation, discusses the progress and impact of the G450C and its significant potential benefit
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450mm Fab for TSMC in New York?
November 26, 2012
Editor’s Note: The proposed agreement we’ve seen for continued participation in the second phase of the G450C consortium, which has an additional combined investment of $3.3B, requires each partner to build a 450mm fab in New York State if they are going to build one anywh
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