SEMATECH to Update Industry on Next-Generation Wafers at SEMICON Japan.

CHIBA, Japan -- A microchip industry briefing on progress toward next-generation wafer manufacturing, along with demonstrations of cost-effective R&D for advanced chips, will highlight offerings of SEMATECH and its subsidiaries during events at SEMICON Japan here Dec. 5-8.

Executives of the International SEMATECH Manufacturing Initiative (ISMI) will focus on next-generation factory productivity options during the ISMI 300 Prime/450 mm Industry Briefing starting at 9 a.m. Dec. 6 in Room 301, 3F, International Conference Hall, Makuhari Messe convention center. Discussion leaders will include Joe Draina, ISMI associate director; Tom Abell, manager of ISMI's 450 mm Program; and Jackie Ferrell, manager of ISMI's Standards Program. They and other speakers will outline 300 Prime progress to date and program direction for 2007, while reviewing opportunities for industry collaboration in next-wafer activities.

Also, representatives of ATDF, the global R&D foundry and wholly owned SEMATECH subsidiary, will staff Booth 304, Hall 5A in the nano-marketing area of Makuhari Messe. ATDF specializes in offering custom development services in its state-of-the-art R&D wafer fab, where customers can confidentially test new designs, integration methodologies, and prototype systems while protecting their own intellectual property.

Other SEMATECH-related activities will include:

* ISMI e-Manufacturing Workshop at 9 a.m. Tuesday, Dec. 5, Room 301, International Conference Hall, Makuhari Messe. ISMI engineers Harvey Wohlwend, Lance Rist, and Gino Crispieri will discuss equipment data quality issues in the microchip industry, recipe management implementation experiences, and lessons learned from ISMI evaluations of supplier Interface A implementations.

* Organizational meeting for the International Energy Conservation Coordinating Committee (IECCC), 11 a.m. Dec 5 in Room 203 in the International Conference Hall at Makuhari Messe. IECCC is a global effort to track and coordinate energy conservation programs throughout the industry. Meeting participants will identify committee members and refine the panel's charter. The meeting also will include updates from IECCC founding members JEITA, SEAJ, JACA, SEMI, and ISMI.

* SEMI Global Environment Symposium, 1 p.m. Dec 5, in Room 302 of the International Conference Hall, Makuhari Messe. Walter Worth, SEMATECH Fellow, and James Beasley, ISMI project engineer, will provide SEMATECH's perspective on water and wastewater opportunities and challenges.

* Manufacturing Technology Forum (MTF) Workshop, 1 p.m. Wednesday, Dec. 6, in Room 301B, International Conference Hall, Makuhari Messe. As a newly established SEMI advisory panel, the MTF works to improve the SEMI standards process by providing a venue for collective understanding of user requirements and industry direction. This workshop will explain the need for MTF, its organization, opportunities for participation, and relationship to the SEMI Standards Program.

* Ben Bunday, Member of Technical Staff at ISMI, will deliver a keynote address on "The Future of CD Metrology" at 2:20 p.m. Wednesday during the Hitachi High Tech CTE Forum in Hotel Springs Makuhari, near Makuhari Messe. Bunday also will speak at 2:40 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 7, during the STEP/Standardization of LER/LWR Measurement seminar in the VIP Conference Room, International Conference Hall, Makuhari Messe.

* "300 mm Productivity Detractors" will be the topic of a presentation by Tom Abell, Manager of ISMI's 450 mm Program, at 10 a.m. Dec. 7 in Room 202 of the International Conference Hall, Makuhari Messe. Abell's talk will be part of a SEMI forum, "Issues and Challenges for Next Generation Fab."

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