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SEMI Europe Whitepaper
October 20, 2008
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SEMI Europe has issued a whitepaper entitled: “6 Recommendations to the European Union and National Governments to Increase Europe’s Microelectronic Industry Competitiveness”In the whitepaper, the statement on 450mm reads: “450 mm wafer diameter has to be assessed a
Continue Reading →The difficulty behind making a 450mm wafer
August 21, 2008
Wafer News recently published an article about the difficulty in making a 450mm wafer that is flat enough for 22nm, relatively defect-free, and economically reasonable.
Continue Reading →450mm Misconceptions Article
August 19, 2008
Found in an electronics weekly article from David Manners
Continue Reading →Updates from SEMICON West 2008
July 25, 2008
As expected, SEMICON West, held in San Francisco last week, delivered a flurry of activity, press releases and commentary. We can’t hope to provide feedback on all of the following links, and will just let them speak for themselves. Electronics Weekly EDN Blog #1 EDN Blog #2 ED
Continue Reading →ISMI Progress Report
July 11, 2008
ISMI has released their latest progress report on 450mm. They are doing tests on “silicon test wafers”. What does that mean? Just so there is no confusion, their current silicon wafers are actually sintered (mockup) wafers made from powdered silicon, as single crystal w
Continue Reading →Harvard study shows near 70% cycle time reduction
July 09, 2008
A recently published study in IEEE spectrum on cycle time improvment by Harvard Business School: 67% cycle time reduction and 12% cost reduction in 6 months. “In just seven months, the organization was able to reduce the manufacturing cost per wafer by 12 percent and the cycle
Continue Reading →50%+ cycle time reduction on 300mm
July 09, 2008
ISMI’s recently published factory simulation shows that great cycle time gains (on the order of 50%+) can be achieved with 300mm. It seems the ISMI decision last summer to move forward with 450mm didn’t include this information. Was the decision premature? SEMI’s r
Continue Reading →Analysis by SEMI
July 05, 2008
SEMI’s Equipment Productivity Working Group has posted their economic analysis of a transition to 450mm.
Continue Reading →Government involvement on 450mm?
July 03, 2008
Hynix/Samsung With the announcement of the Hynix / Samsung joint work on MRAM and 450mm, it looks like there may be some government involvement in 450mm. The intent is to build the local equipment supplier base (on the 450mm effort) and ensure that royalties associated with 450mm st
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