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450mm is easy… anyone can do it.
June 27, 2008
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It’s easy… It’s hard - “It takes as many as five years to prepare the standards and prototypes, before final equipment design can begin…” And last year it was said: “By the end of next year, we will have a better idea of how difficult it is goi
Continue Reading →Analysis on 450mm by ISMI
June 27, 2008
International SEMATECH Manufacturing Initiative (ISMI) announced their program on 450mm last summer. In their presentation, there is a lot of analysis on why 300mm can’t meet their targets. Has anyone seen anything on why 450mm can meet ISMI’s targets? It seems to be mi
Continue Reading →An article in Future Fab on the Economics of 450mm
June 26, 2008
The semiconductor industry’s introduction of 300 mm wafers required addressing some significant manufacturing challenges. The industry is now contemplating 450 mm wafers. Respondents to a survey conducted by Wright Williams & Kelly, Inc. (WWK) in April of 2007 suggested that the c
Continue Reading →Report from Confab in Las Vegas: Supplier Viewpoint
June 24, 2008
SEMI’s study on 450mm economics.
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