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Solid State Technology - semiconductors, chips, integrated circuits

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Response surface methods for peak process performance
Nov 13 -- Response surface methods (RSM) provide statistically validated predictive models that can be manipulated for finding optimal process configurations that exhibit minimal variability. This article introduces two RSM enhancements that focus on achieving robust operating conditions....
 
Qcept, CEA-Leti to explore leading-edge characterization, yield
May 28 -- May 28, 2008 - Qcept Technologies and European R&D organization CEA-Leti have inked a deal to investigate techniques for characterizing leading-edge semiconductor materials and processes, including high-/low-k dielectrics, atomic layer deposition (ALD), fully silicided (FUSI) metal gates, and advanced cleaning technologies....
 
How IT supports integrated global/local strategies and operations for Toshiba
May 20 -- by Bob Haavind, Editorial Director, Solid State Technology
May 20, 2008 - In his presentation during a "Fab Lite" session at the ConFab, Giichi Inoue of Toshiba Semiconductor explained how IT plays multiple supporting roles in marketing and manufacturing, interlinking many intricate tasks and strategies to allow smooth global operation across many markets with fast response to customer needs. Plus: why Japanese firms are "agrarian" and US firms are "hunters."...
 
Mentor Graphics + Ponte: "End of the DFM dream"
May 15 -- by James Montgomery, News Editor, Solid State Technology
May 15, 2008 - The acquisition of Ponte Solutions by Mentor Graphics not only takes one of the last pure DFM companies off the table, it also answers the question about what side of the chipmaking wall DFM belongs, and terminates an inflection point that might not be seen again for a decade or more....
 
 

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